REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

10/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 9325V  Airtel Africa PLC  10 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 10 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                                09 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  100,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              325.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             335.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       332.08p

 

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 9,788,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,092,538. 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  332.50                         58,475             325.80                  335.20
 BATS Europe            331.61                         8,086              326.20                  334.60
 CHI-X Europe           330.57                         23,128             326.60                  334.40
 Aquis Exchange         334.20                         6,418              332.80                  334.80
 Turquoise              332.28                         3,893              326.80                  335.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,224,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 166.3507 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
 09/03/2026        08:01:28  1188    GBp       327.2000  XLON           606180165485034000
 09/03/2026        08:04:59  1249    GBp       326.6000  CHIX           592106412926961000
 09/03/2026        08:08:30  1249    GBp       326.4000  XLON           606180165485243000
 09/03/2026        08:13:08  981     GBp       326.2000  BATE           592106412927206000
 09/03/2026        08:23:20  2207    GBp       327.8000  CHIX           606180165485619000
 09/03/2026        08:29:50  1094    GBp       325.8000  XLON           592106412927593000
 09/03/2026        08:40:14  445     GBp       326.2000  XLON           606180165485978000
 09/03/2026        08:40:14  1504    GBp       326.2000  XLON           606180165485978000
 09/03/2026        08:56:08  716     GBp       326.8000  TRQX           592106412928169000
 09/03/2026        08:56:08  2254    GBp       326.8000  CHIX           606180165486295000
 09/03/2026        09:04:01  1622    GBp       327.8000  CHIX           592106412928333000
 09/03/2026        09:11:04  1130    GBp       327.2000  XLON           606180165486652000
 09/03/2026        09:22:22  764     GBp       331.4000  CHIX           606180165486994000
 09/03/2026        10:14:41  1139    GBp       331.6000  CHIX           606180165488930000
 09/03/2026        10:14:41  954     GBp       331.6000  CHIX           606180165488930000
 09/03/2026        10:14:41  803     GBp       331.4000  CHIX           606180165488930000
 09/03/2026        10:18:45  823     GBp       331.6000  BATE           592106412930985000
 09/03/2026        10:18:45  716     GBp       331.6000  XLON           606180165489029000
 09/03/2026        10:29:06  728     GBp       330.8000  XLON           592106412931206000
 09/03/2026        10:29:06  716     GBp       330.8000  CHIX           606180165489241000
 09/03/2026        10:38:50  1540    GBp       330.6000  CHIX           606180165489449000
 09/03/2026        10:52:20  1406    GBp       331.6000  BATE           592106412931709000
 09/03/2026        10:52:20  877     GBp       331.6000  XLON           606180165489727000
 09/03/2026        11:20:17  856     GBp       331.8000  XLON           592106412932237000
 09/03/2026        11:20:17  1165    GBp       331.8000  XLON           592106412932237000
 09/03/2026        11:20:17  716     GBp       331.8000  BATE           606180165490230000
 09/03/2026        11:24:11  1523    GBp       331.6000  XLON           606180165490303000
 09/03/2026        11:31:33  755     GBp       331.4000  XLON           606180165490425000
 09/03/2026        12:18:44  272     GBp       332.0000  TRQX           592106412933268000
 09/03/2026        12:18:44  17      GBp       332.0000  TRQX           592106412933268000
 09/03/2026        12:25:44  454     GBp       332.0000  TRQX           592106412933384000
 09/03/2026        12:25:44  788     GBp       332.0000  XLON           606180165491321000
 09/03/2026        12:25:44  743     GBp       332.0000  CHIX           606180165491321000
 09/03/2026        12:27:44  1244    GBp       331.6000  XLON           606180165491353000
 09/03/2026        12:27:44  789     GBp       331.6000  CHIX           606180165491353000
 09/03/2026        12:35:14  1225    GBp       331.4000  CHIX           592106412933548000
 09/03/2026        12:39:30  883     GBp       330.8000  XLON           606180165491552000
 09/03/2026        12:49:36  897     GBp       330.2000  XLON           606180165491737000
 09/03/2026        13:11:07  170     GBp       332.0000  XLON           592106412934252000
 09/03/2026        13:11:07  2900    GBp       332.0000  XLON           592106412934252000
 09/03/2026        13:11:07  888     GBp       332.0000  CHIX           606180165492151000
 09/03/2026        13:21:00  832     GBp       331.8000  XLON           592106412934443000
 09/03/2026        13:25:14  763     GBp       332.0000  XLON           592106412934524000
 09/03/2026        13:43:30  804     GBp       332.0000  CHIX           592106412935009000
 09/03/2026        13:43:30  802     GBp       331.8000  CHIX           592106412935009000
 09/03/2026        13:43:30  1385    GBp       331.8000  XLON           592106412935009000
 09/03/2026        13:43:30  716     GBp       331.8000  TRQX           606180165492873000
 09/03/2026        13:51:26  1384    GBp       332.0000  XLON           606180165493072000
 09/03/2026        14:05:50  776     GBp       332.0000  BATE           592106412935607000
 09/03/2026        14:05:50  1744    GBp       331.8000  XLON           592106412935609000
 09/03/2026        14:11:04  902     GBp       331.0000  CHIX           592106412935799000
 09/03/2026        14:11:09  1170    GBp       330.8000  BATE           606180165493635000
 09/03/2026        14:23:38  1450    GBp       333.4000  XLON           592106412936113000
 09/03/2026        14:28:05  764     GBp       332.8000  AQXE           592106412936230000
 09/03/2026        14:28:05  202     GBp       332.8000  AQXE           592106412936230000
 09/03/2026        14:35:16  830     GBp       333.8000  XLON           592106412936464000
 09/03/2026        14:37:28  1833    GBp       334.0000  XLON           592106412936535000
 09/03/2026        14:41:17  1013    GBp       334.4000  CHIX           606180165494458000
 09/03/2026        14:46:10  905     GBp       333.6000  XLON           606180165494604000
 09/03/2026        14:52:39  717     GBp       334.4000  CHIX           606180165494830000
 09/03/2026        14:54:42  1080    GBp       334.4000  AQXE           592106412937128000
 09/03/2026        14:54:42  1432    GBp       334.4000  XLON           606180165494906000
 09/03/2026        14:56:18  915     GBp       334.0000  XLON           592106412937214000
 09/03/2026        15:04:12  896     GBp       334.0000  XLON           592106412937567000
 09/03/2026        15:04:12  716     GBp       334.0000  AQXE           606180165495328000
 09/03/2026        15:09:04  1257    GBp       334.8000  XLON           606180165495511000
 09/03/2026        15:09:23  24      GBp       334.6000  AQXE           606180165495525000
 09/03/2026        15:09:23  868     GBp       334.6000  AQXE           606180165495525000
 09/03/2026        15:11:35  1432    GBp       334.8000  XLON           592106412937860000
 09/03/2026        15:11:35  38      GBp       334.8000  AQXE           606180165495612000
 09/03/2026        15:11:35  776     GBp       334.8000  AQXE           606180165495612000
 09/03/2026        15:18:13  658     GBp       334.6000  AQXE           606180165495853000
 09/03/2026        15:18:13  358     GBp       334.6000  AQXE           606180165495853000
 09/03/2026        15:18:13  800     GBp       334.6000  XLON           606180165495853000
 09/03/2026        15:19:24  667     GBp       334.2000  AQXE           592106412938159000
 09/03/2026        15:19:24  267     GBp       334.2000  AQXE           592106412938159000
 09/03/2026        15:25:23  974     GBp       334.6000  BATE           606180165496122000
 09/03/2026        15:25:23  789     GBp       334.6000  XLON           606180165496122000
 09/03/2026        15:30:46  493     GBp       334.6000  XLON           592106412938568000
 09/03/2026        15:34:14  612     GBp       335.0000  XLON           606180165496397000
 09/03/2026        15:34:14  274     GBp       335.0000  XLON           606180165496397000
 09/03/2026        15:34:14  254     GBp       335.0000  XLON           592106412938678000
 09/03/2026        15:37:22  1133    GBp       335.2000  XLON           592106412938779000
 09/03/2026        15:40:01  1807    GBp       335.0000  XLON           592106412938863000
 09/03/2026        15:40:01  815     GBp       335.0000  TRQX           606180165496574000
 09/03/2026        15:42:59  903     GBp       334.8000  TRQX           592106412938964000
 09/03/2026        15:44:45  914     GBp       334.6000  XLON           592106412939025000
 09/03/2026        15:46:50  951     GBp       334.2000  XLON           592106412939094000
 09/03/2026        15:50:07  925     GBp       333.6000  XLON           606180165496894000
 09/03/2026        15:51:47  908     GBp       333.8000  CHIX           592106412939248000
 09/03/2026        15:52:51  978     GBp       334.0000  XLON           606180165496979000
 09/03/2026        15:58:06  825     GBp       335.0000  XLON           606180165497143000
 09/03/2026        15:58:17  1142    GBp       334.6000  XLON           592106412939459000
 09/03/2026        15:59:03  898     GBp       334.2000  XLON           592106412939487000
 09/03/2026        16:02:23  1156    GBp       333.8000  XLON           592106412939613000
 09/03/2026        16:05:28  1089    GBp       334.4000  CHIX           606180165497416000
 09/03/2026        16:08:45  1226    GBp       334.2000  XLON           592106412939854000
 09/03/2026        16:08:45  822     GBp       334.2000  BATE           606180165497529000
 09/03/2026        16:09:26  1043    GBp       334.2000  XLON           592106412939880000
 09/03/2026        16:11:05  958     GBp       333.8000  XLON           606180165497624000
 09/03/2026        16:12:00  693     GBp       333.8000  XLON           606180165497657000
 09/03/2026        16:12:01  76      GBp       333.8000  XLON           606180165497658000
 09/03/2026        16:12:01  160     GBp       333.8000  XLON           606180165497658000
 09/03/2026        16:16:19  1389    GBp       333.8000  XLON           606180165497810000
 09/03/2026        16:16:20  856     GBp       333.8000  XLON           592106412940146000
 09/03/2026        16:17:40  953     GBp       333.6000  XLON           606180165497861000
 09/03/2026        16:18:35  229     GBp       333.6000  BATE           606180165497901000
 09/03/2026        16:18:35  23      GBp       333.6000  BATE           606180165497901000
 09/03/2026        16:18:35  2       GBp       333.6000  BATE           606180165497901000
 09/03/2026        16:18:50  164     GBp       333.6000  BATE           606180165497911000

 

 

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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