REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

11/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 1209W  Airtel Africa PLC  11 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 11 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                                10 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  80,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              342.40p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             349.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       346.63p

 

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 9,868,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,012,538. 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  346.64                         42,409             342.80                  349.40
 BATS Europe            347.53                         3,224              346.40                  348.60
 CHI-X Europe           346.28                         24,086             342.40                  349.40
 Aquis Exchange         347.01                         9,541              343.40                  349.40
 Turquoise              349.20                         740                349.20                  349.20

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,304,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 166.6763 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
 10/03/2026        08:02:48  1571    GBp       346.2000  CHIX           592106738346534000
 10/03/2026        08:06:14  357     GBp       347.6000  XLON           606180519380840000
 10/03/2026        08:07:01  543     GBp       347.6000  XLON           606180519380871000
 10/03/2026        08:10:05  1053    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592106738346837000
 10/03/2026        08:16:56  1006    GBp       346.8000  XLON           592106738347076000
 10/03/2026        08:24:20  1109    GBp       346.6000  XLON           592106738347296000
 10/03/2026        08:39:53  796     GBp       347.6000  XLON           606180519381819000
 10/03/2026        08:40:47  831     GBp       347.0000  XLON           606180519381837000
 10/03/2026        08:50:05  27      GBp       346.6000  XLON           606180519382031000
 10/03/2026        08:50:05  1060    GBp       346.6000  XLON           606180519382031000
 10/03/2026        09:06:52  1112    GBp       346.8000  XLON           606180519382363000
 10/03/2026        09:12:02  987     GBp       346.6000  XLON           606180519382462000
 10/03/2026        09:22:57  846     GBp       345.4000  XLON           606180519382658000
 10/03/2026        09:59:10  869     GBp       346.6000  XLON           592106738349360000
 10/03/2026        09:59:10  1175    GBp       346.6000  XLON           606180519383411000
 10/03/2026        10:00:42  960     GBp       346.2000  AQXE           592106738349397000
 10/03/2026        10:11:25  853     GBp       345.8000  AQXE           606180519383656000
 10/03/2026        10:33:25  877     GBp       346.0000  XLON           592106738350226000
 10/03/2026        10:36:11  756     GBp       345.8000  CHIX           592106738350317000
 10/03/2026        10:58:41  1432    GBp       347.0000  CHIX           592106738350839000
 10/03/2026        10:58:41  741     GBp       347.0000  BATE           606180519384818000
 10/03/2026        11:15:48  853     GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592106738351266000
 10/03/2026        11:15:48  215     GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592106738351266000
 10/03/2026        11:35:41  290     GBp       346.4000  BATE           592106738351646000
 10/03/2026        11:35:41  8       GBp       346.4000  BATE           606180519385581000
 10/03/2026        11:35:41  550     GBp       346.4000  BATE           606180519385581000
 10/03/2026        11:36:34  964     GBp       346.0000  CHIX           592106738351660000
 10/03/2026        11:43:31  1079    GBp       345.2000  XLON           606180519385699000
 10/03/2026        11:56:50  22      GBp       344.8000  XLON           606180519385915000
 10/03/2026        12:01:50  42      GBp       344.8000  XLON           606180519386000000
 10/03/2026        12:01:50  1026    GBp       344.8000  XLON           606180519386000000
 10/03/2026        12:24:27  1       GBp       344.2000  XLON           606180519386495000
 10/03/2026        12:29:17  856     GBp       344.2000  CHIX           592106738352704000
 10/03/2026        12:29:17  715     GBp       344.2000  XLON           606180519386577000
 10/03/2026        12:30:03  209     GBp       344.0000  CHIX           592106738352720000
 10/03/2026        12:30:03  549     GBp       344.0000  CHIX           592106738352720000
 10/03/2026        12:30:24  992     GBp       343.6000  XLON           592106738352733000
 10/03/2026        12:44:31  884     GBp       344.0000  XLON           592106738353010000
 10/03/2026        13:09:02  777     GBp       343.8000  XLON           592106738353448000
 10/03/2026        13:09:02  810     GBp       343.6000  XLON           606180519387275000
 10/03/2026        13:12:46  525     GBp       343.4000  AQXE           606180519387332000
 10/03/2026        13:12:46  565     GBp       343.4000  AQXE           606180519387332000
 10/03/2026        13:26:36  1062    GBp       342.8000  XLON           592106738353738000
 10/03/2026        13:30:33  1169    GBp       343.2000  XLON           606180519387638000
 10/03/2026        13:41:47  1431    GBp       343.6000  CHIX           592106738354152000
 10/03/2026        13:46:00  831     GBp       343.6000  CHIX           592106738354275000
 10/03/2026        13:51:04  1082    GBp       343.6000  XLON           592106738354395000
 10/03/2026        13:51:17  769     GBp       343.4000  XLON           592106738354400000
 10/03/2026        14:02:59  1021    GBp       342.4000  CHIX           592106738354687000
 10/03/2026        14:22:54  738     GBp       343.6000  CHIX           606180519388941000
 10/03/2026        14:22:54  993     GBp       343.6000  XLON           606180519388941000
 10/03/2026        14:34:09  459     GBp       344.6000  CHIX           606180519389252000
 10/03/2026        14:35:23  716     GBp       344.6000  AQXE           592106738355573000
 10/03/2026        14:35:23  1389    GBp       344.6000  CHIX           606180519389293000
 10/03/2026        14:40:56  1199    GBp       345.4000  CHIX           606180519389445000
 10/03/2026        14:49:22  373     GBp       346.6000  CHIX           592106738355987000
 10/03/2026        14:57:27  881     GBp       347.6000  XLON           606180519389934000
 10/03/2026        14:57:27  736     GBp       347.4000  AQXE           592106738356242000
 10/03/2026        14:58:39  1432    GBp       347.4000  XLON           592106738356283000
 10/03/2026        14:58:39  716     GBp       347.4000  CHIX           606180519389974000
 10/03/2026        15:05:00  718     GBp       348.2000  AQXE           592106738356511000
 10/03/2026        15:05:00  716     GBp       348.2000  CHIX           606180519390195000
 10/03/2026        15:13:22  726     GBp       348.8000  XLON           606180519390453000
 10/03/2026        15:13:22  1089    GBp       348.6000  XLON           592106738356779000
 10/03/2026        15:13:22  716     GBp       348.6000  BATE           606180519390453000
 10/03/2026        15:13:22  726     GBp       348.6000  CHIX           606180519390453000
 10/03/2026        15:21:04  781     GBp       349.4000  CHIX           592106738357028000
 10/03/2026        15:21:04  1114    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592106738357028000
 10/03/2026        15:26:09  994     GBp       349.4000  AQXE           606180519390838000
 10/03/2026        15:30:11  740     GBp       349.2000  TRQX           592106738357311000
 10/03/2026        15:33:36  995     GBp       348.8000  XLON           592106738357424000
 10/03/2026        15:33:36  500     GBp       348.8000  CHIX           592106738357424000
 10/03/2026        15:33:36  295     GBp       348.8000  CHIX           592106738357424000
 10/03/2026        15:37:07  1180    GBp       348.6000  XLON           592106738357537000
 10/03/2026        15:40:46  1218    GBp       348.0000  XLON           592106738357660000
 10/03/2026        15:51:14  800     GBp       348.2000  XLON           592106738358016000
 10/03/2026        15:53:55  621     GBp       348.6000  AQXE           606180519391727000
 10/03/2026        15:53:55  142     GBp       348.6000  AQXE           606180519391727000
 10/03/2026        15:57:58  134     GBp       348.8000  XLON           606180519391860000
 10/03/2026        15:57:58  811     GBp       348.8000  CHIX           606180519391860000
 10/03/2026        15:57:58  452     GBp       348.8000  AQXE           592106738358245000
 10/03/2026        15:58:29  2404    GBp       348.6000  XLON           592106738358258000
 10/03/2026        15:58:29  716     GBp       348.6000  CHIX           606180519391873000
 10/03/2026        16:03:17  746     GBp       348.0000  XLON           592106738358446000
 10/03/2026        16:03:17  1357    GBp       348.0000  XLON           606180519392055000
 10/03/2026        16:09:04  667     GBp       347.8000  AQXE           606180519392273000
 10/03/2026        16:09:05  85      GBp       347.8000  AQXE           606180519392274000
 10/03/2026        16:11:03  742     GBp       348.2000  BATE           592106738358762000
 10/03/2026        16:13:00  1385    GBp       348.4000  XLON           606180519392434000
 10/03/2026        16:13:00  448     GBp       348.4000  CHIX           592106738358839000
 10/03/2026        16:13:00  268     GBp       348.4000  CHIX           592106738358839000
 10/03/2026        16:14:10  896     GBp       348.2000  CHIX           592106738358881000
 10/03/2026        16:22:22  234     GBp       347.6000  CHIX           592106738359218000
 10/03/2026        16:22:31  89      GBp       347.8000  AQXE           592106738359223000
 10/03/2026        16:22:31  565     GBp       347.8000  AQXE           592106738359223000
 10/03/2026        16:22:31  150     GBp       348.0000  BATE           592106738359223000
 10/03/2026        16:22:31  27      GBp       348.0000  BATE           592106738359223000
 10/03/2026        16:23:31  759     GBp       347.6000  CHIX           592106738359266000
 10/03/2026        16:23:44  261     GBp       347.4000  XLON           592106738359277000
 10/03/2026        16:23:46  1492    GBp       347.4000  XLON           592106738359278000
 10/03/2026        16:23:46  831     GBp       347.4000  XLON           592106738359278000
 10/03/2026        16:26:25  111     GBp       347.8000  XLON           592106738359393000
 10/03/2026        16:26:25  109     GBp       347.8000  CHIX           606180519392969000
 10/03/2026        16:26:25  182     GBp       347.8000  XLON           592106738359393000
 10/03/2026        16:26:25  178     GBp       347.8000  CHIX           606180519392969000
 10/03/2026        16:26:55  335     GBp       348.0000  AQXE           592106738359409000
 10/03/2026        16:26:55  518     GBp       348.0000  AQXE           592106738359409000
 10/03/2026        16:29:25  381     GBp       348.2000  CHIX           592106738359500000
 10/03/2026        16:29:25  409     GBp       348.2000  CHIX           606180519393074000
 10/03/2026        16:29:25  246     GBp       348.2000  CHIX           606180519393074000
 10/03/2026        16:29:25  51      GBp       348.2000  CHIX           606180519393074000

 

 

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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