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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

06/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 5711V  Airtel Africa PLC  06 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 06 March 2026: Airtel Africa announces today it has
purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each from
Barclays Capital Securities Limited pursuant to the authority granted by its
shareholders as part of its share buy-back programme, details of which were
announced on 22 September 2025.

Aggregate information:

 Date of purchase                                05 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  30,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              355.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             367.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       361.65p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury by the Company.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares
of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,654,881,028, including 9,608,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,272,538. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The purchases were made pursuant to the revised arrangements entered into with
Barclays Capital Securities Limited announced on 22 September 2025.

Aggregate information on shares purchased according to trading venues:

 

 Venue                  Volume-weighted average price  Aggregated volume  Lowest price per share  Highest price per share
 London Stock Exchange  361.79                         21,925             357.20                  367.00
 BATS Europe            359.20                         140                359.20                  359.20
 CHI-X Europe           359.39                         5,364              355.20                  367.00
 Aquis Exchange         365.36                         2,571              361.20                  367.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,044,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 165.6489 GBp per ordinary share.

 

The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by
Barclays Capital Securities Limited as part of the buy-back programme.

 

Individual transactions:

 

 Transaction Date  Time      Volume  Currency  Price     Trading Venue  Transaction Reference
 05/03/2026        08:10:32  1071    GBp       355.4000  CHIX           592104997347186000
 05/03/2026        08:15:06  2       GBp       355.2000  CHIX           592104997347281000
 05/03/2026        08:15:06  860     GBp       355.2000  CHIX           592104997347281000
 05/03/2026        08:20:40  894     GBp       356.2000  CHIX           606178749909540000
 05/03/2026        08:40:24  1336    GBp       359.4000  XLON           592104997347930000
 05/03/2026        11:17:12  994     GBp       367.4000  AQXE           606178749913220000
 05/03/2026        11:25:08  801     GBp       367.0000  CHIX           606178749913362000
 05/03/2026        11:35:54  711     GBp       366.6000  XLON           592104997351640000
 05/03/2026        12:15:04  721     GBp       366.6000  XLON           592104997352321000
 05/03/2026        12:31:39  852     GBp       366.8000  XLON           592104997352609000
 05/03/2026        12:48:41  1311    GBp       367.0000  XLON           592104997352907000
 05/03/2026        12:54:27  811     GBp       366.8000  AQXE           592104997353006000
 05/03/2026        13:07:14  792     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592104997353241000
 05/03/2026        13:46:24  1135    GBp       364.4000  XLON           592104997353975000
 05/03/2026        13:47:55  781     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592104997354009000
 05/03/2026        13:59:50  798     GBp       362.6000  CHIX           606178749916028000
 05/03/2026        14:12:40  786     GBp       362.2000  XLON           592104997354593000
 05/03/2026        14:24:16  1014    GBp       362.2000  XLON           606178749916638000
 05/03/2026        14:32:30  766     GBp       361.2000  AQXE           592104997355213000
 05/03/2026        14:37:10  777     GBp       361.2000  XLON           606178749917124000
 05/03/2026        14:41:52  833     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606178749917318000
 05/03/2026        14:50:00  849     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606178749917615000
 05/03/2026        15:01:20  1327    GBp       360.6000  XLON           606178749918010000
 05/03/2026        15:06:46  826     GBp       359.6000  XLON           606178749918186000
 05/03/2026        15:15:23  791     GBp       358.4000  XLON           606178749918463000
 05/03/2026        15:20:39  787     GBp       357.2000  XLON           606178749918618000
 05/03/2026        15:35:35  1251    GBp       359.8000  XLON           606178749919140000
 05/03/2026        15:44:09  782     GBp       360.6000  XLON           592104997357811000
 05/03/2026        15:45:50  830     GBp       360.6000  XLON           592104997357864000
 05/03/2026        15:51:57  938     GBp       361.6000  CHIX           592104997358055000
 05/03/2026        15:56:33  815     GBp       361.2000  XLON           592104997358216000
 05/03/2026        16:05:01  1019    GBp       361.6000  XLON           606178749920110000
 05/03/2026        16:08:06  806     GBp       360.8000  XLON           592104997358668000
 05/03/2026        16:14:50  793     GBp       359.4000  XLON           592104997358977000
 05/03/2026        16:15:48  140     GBp       359.2000  BATE           592104997359023000

 

 

Enquiries

 

 Airtel Africa - Investor Relations

 Alastair Jones                                  +44 7464 830 011

 Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com            +44 207 493 9315
 (mailto:Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com)

 

 Airtel Africa - Group Company Secretary

 Simon O'Hara                             +44 207 493 9315

 

About Airtel Africa

Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money
services, with operations in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Airtel Africa
provides an integrated offer to its subscribers, including mobile voice and
data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and
internationally. The company's strategy is focused on providing a great
customer experience across the entire footprint, enabling our corporate
purpose of transforming lives across Africa.

 

www.airtel.africa (http://www.airtel.africa)

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