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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

09/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 7510V  Airtel Africa PLC  09 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 09 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                                06 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  80,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              339.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             357.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       345.59p

 

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 9,688,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,192,538. 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  345.40                         61,567             339.80                  357.40
 BATS Europe            347.19                         3,629              341.80                  356.60
 CHI-X Europe           346.48                         10,357             341.40                  356.60
 Aquis Exchange         345.17                         3,736              343.00                  351.20
 Turquoise              343.00                         711                343.00                  343.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,124,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 165.9751 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
 06/03/2026        08:05:27  882     GBp       356.4000  XLON           592105322770699000
 06/03/2026        08:05:27  711     GBp       356.4000  CHIX           606179103803392000
 06/03/2026        08:08:38  882     GBp       356.6000  CHIX           592105322770771000
 06/03/2026        08:21:23  1276    GBp       355.0000  XLON           592105322771035000
 06/03/2026        08:27:15  56      GBp       354.6000  BATE           606179103803809000
 06/03/2026        08:36:39  821     GBp       356.6000  BATE           592105322771348000
 06/03/2026        08:37:35  961     GBp       356.0000  XLON           606179103804031000
 06/03/2026        08:48:58  971     GBp       357.4000  XLON           592105322771555000
 06/03/2026        09:01:38  1097    GBp       354.0000  XLON           592105322771770000
 06/03/2026        09:17:43  1039    GBp       353.2000  CHIX           606179103804716000
 06/03/2026        09:34:46  1374    GBp       352.4000  XLON           606179103805048000
 06/03/2026        09:46:38  1174    GBp       350.6000  XLON           606179103805287000
 06/03/2026        10:04:30  1280    GBp       352.2000  XLON           606179103805600000
 06/03/2026        10:27:13  846     GBp       352.6000  CHIX           606179103805970000
 06/03/2026        10:27:47  913     GBp       352.2000  XLON           592105322773425000
 06/03/2026        10:43:14  967     GBp       352.2000  XLON           592105322773726000
 06/03/2026        11:00:13  995     GBp       351.6000  XLON           592105322774070000
 06/03/2026        11:31:20  1259    GBp       351.2000  XLON           592105322774685000
 06/03/2026        11:31:20  764     GBp       351.2000  AQXE           606179103807167000
 06/03/2026        11:48:42  1226    GBp       349.6000  XLON           592105322775106000
 06/03/2026        12:04:28  425     GBp       348.2000  BATE           592105322775438000
 06/03/2026        12:04:28  422     GBp       348.2000  BATE           592105322775438000
 06/03/2026        12:27:24  898     GBp       348.4000  XLON           606179103808327000
 06/03/2026        12:32:32  850     GBp       348.0000  XLON           606179103808431000
 06/03/2026        12:42:24  1166    GBp       347.0000  XLON           606179103808622000
 06/03/2026        12:59:25  872     GBp       344.0000  XLON           592105322776550000
 06/03/2026        13:15:18  1430    GBp       345.6000  XLON           592105322776889000
 06/03/2026        13:30:01  1325    GBp       346.4000  XLON           592105322777171000
 06/03/2026        13:45:01  1158    GBp       345.8000  XLON           606179103809903000
 06/03/2026        14:00:13  1140    GBp       344.6000  AQXE           592105322778066000
 06/03/2026        14:07:18  834     GBp       344.4000  XLON           592105322778249000
 06/03/2026        14:18:06  1131    GBp       343.8000  XLON           606179103810831000
 06/03/2026        14:28:56  711     GBp       343.6000  BATE           606179103811384000
 06/03/2026        14:30:31  729     GBp       344.6000  XLON           606179103811527000
 06/03/2026        14:30:52  1619    GBp       343.8000  XLON           592105322779293000
 06/03/2026        14:32:30  1010    GBp       343.0000  XLON           606179103811690000
 06/03/2026        14:35:23  974     GBp       342.2000  CHIX           606179103811876000
 06/03/2026        14:36:50  982     GBp       342.2000  XLON           606179103811967000
 06/03/2026        14:39:46  1194    GBp       341.8000  BATE           606179103812123000
 06/03/2026        14:42:40  1283    GBp       342.6000  XLON           606179103812292000
 06/03/2026        14:44:42  986     GBp       342.2000  XLON           606179103812376000
 06/03/2026        14:50:01  1249    GBp       342.4000  XLON           592105322780361000
 06/03/2026        14:52:09  982     GBp       342.0000  XLON           592105322780609000
 06/03/2026        14:55:59  1305    GBp       341.4000  XLON           592105322780843000
 06/03/2026        14:55:59  749     GBp       341.4000  XLON           606179103813086000
 06/03/2026        14:58:54  991     GBp       340.6000  XLON           606179103813224000
 06/03/2026        15:01:09  1307    GBp       341.2000  XLON           592105322781136000
 06/03/2026        15:03:33  982     GBp       341.4000  CHIX           592105322781261000
 06/03/2026        15:07:17  975     GBp       342.2000  CHIX           606179103813666000
 06/03/2026        15:09:01  983     GBp       342.0000  XLON           606179103813741000
 06/03/2026        15:15:24  1040    GBp       342.0000  XLON           592105322781774000
 06/03/2026        15:15:24  844     GBp       342.0000  XLON           606179103813988000
 06/03/2026        15:16:15  976     GBp       342.6000  XLON           592105322781811000
 06/03/2026        15:24:35  860     GBp       343.8000  CHIX           606179103814321000
 06/03/2026        15:24:35  1877    GBp       343.6000  XLON           606179103814321000
 06/03/2026        15:31:10  2263    GBp       344.0000  XLON           592105322782342000
 06/03/2026        15:34:54  955     GBp       343.4000  XLON           606179103814655000
 06/03/2026        15:35:42  1121    GBp       343.0000  AQXE           606179103814681000
 06/03/2026        15:38:35  977     GBp       343.4000  XLON           606179103814876000
 06/03/2026        15:42:18  957     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606179103815117000
 06/03/2026        15:43:33  991     GBp       342.2000  XLON           606179103815193000
 06/03/2026        15:45:42  1005    GBp       341.8000  XLON           592105322783143000
 06/03/2026        15:49:30  983     GBp       341.4000  XLON           592105322783337000
 06/03/2026        15:51:10  984     GBp       340.8000  XLON           606179103815578000
 06/03/2026        15:53:07  1017    GBp       339.8000  XLON           592105322783517000
 06/03/2026        15:55:31  989     GBp       340.6000  XLON           592105322783631000
 06/03/2026        16:00:05  711     GBp       341.6000  XLON           606179103815998000
 06/03/2026        16:00:05  996     GBp       341.6000  CHIX           606179103815998000
 06/03/2026        16:04:51  1134    GBp       343.0000  CHIX           592105322784054000
 06/03/2026        16:04:51  711     GBp       343.0000  TRQX           606179103816197000
 06/03/2026        16:04:51  79      GBp       343.0000  AQXE           592105322784054000
 06/03/2026        16:04:51  632     GBp       343.0000  AQXE           592105322784054000
 06/03/2026        16:06:38  958     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606179103816264000
 06/03/2026        16:08:13  958     GBp       342.6000  CHIX           606179103816328000
 06/03/2026        16:09:56  985     GBp       342.8000  XLON           592105322784255000
 06/03/2026        16:13:22  1817    GBp       342.2000  XLON           606179103816519000
 06/03/2026        16:15:44  1474    GBp       342.6000  XLON           592105322784484000
 06/03/2026        16:17:05  970     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606179103816672000
 06/03/2026        16:19:06  580     GBp       343.2000  XLON           606179103816754000

 

 

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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