REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

12/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 2972W  Airtel Africa PLC  12 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 12 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                                11 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  95,299
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              332.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             342.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       337.61p

 

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 9,963,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,917,239. 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  337.45                         68,388             332.00                  342.00
 BATS Europe            339.16                         4,212              337.80                  340.00
 CHI-X Europe           337.67                         16,049             332.80                  342.00
 Aquis Exchange         337.92                         5,722              334.80                  340.00
 Turquoise              339.75                         928                338.80                  340.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,399,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 167.0431 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
 11/03/2026        08:06:31  1101    GBp       342.0000  CHIX           592107092244818000
 11/03/2026        08:06:31  716     GBp       342.0000  XLON           592107092244818000
 11/03/2026        08:08:19  288     GBp       341.8000  XLON           606180873277150000
 11/03/2026        08:11:30  926     GBp       341.8000  CHIX           606180873277214000
 11/03/2026        08:11:30  733     GBp       341.8000  XLON           606180873277214000
 11/03/2026        08:16:36  1039    GBp       341.4000  XLON           606180873277304000
 11/03/2026        08:27:27  885     GBp       341.4000  CHIX           606180873277493000
 11/03/2026        08:35:13  1028    GBp       339.2000  CHIX           592107092245347000
 11/03/2026        08:47:52  823     GBp       338.2000  XLON           592107092245547000
 11/03/2026        08:47:52  193     GBp       338.2000  XLON           592107092245547000
 11/03/2026        08:51:32  995     GBp       336.4000  XLON           592107092245603000
 11/03/2026        09:00:30  979     GBp       335.8000  XLON           606180873278004000
 11/03/2026        09:14:40  897     GBp       334.2000  XLON           592107092245966000
 11/03/2026        09:14:40  716     GBp       334.2000  CHIX           606180873278220000
 11/03/2026        09:25:41  951     GBp       334.0000  XLON           606180873278383000
 11/03/2026        09:29:48  833     GBp       332.6000  XLON           606180873278446000
 11/03/2026        09:42:04  962     GBp       333.4000  CHIX           592107092246397000
 11/03/2026        09:48:08  898     GBp       332.6000  XLON           606180873278719000
 11/03/2026        09:56:57  750     GBp       332.0000  XLON           592107092246641000
 11/03/2026        10:12:05  716     GBp       333.4000  XLON           592107092246919000
 11/03/2026        10:12:05  825     GBp       333.4000  CHIX           606180873279118000
 11/03/2026        10:24:14  2217    GBp       332.8000  XLON           606180873279311000
 11/03/2026        10:24:14  716     GBp       332.8000  CHIX           592107092247123000
 11/03/2026        10:51:21  2513    GBp       336.2000  XLON           592107092247597000
 11/03/2026        10:51:21  716     GBp       336.2000  CHIX           606180873279758000
 11/03/2026        11:04:03  1075    GBp       335.4000  CHIX           606180873279961000
 11/03/2026        11:07:29  912     GBp       334.8000  XLON           592107092247864000
 11/03/2026        11:20:01  193     GBp       334.8000  CHIX           592107092248054000
 11/03/2026        11:20:01  705     GBp       334.8000  CHIX           592107092248054000
 11/03/2026        11:20:01  193     GBp       334.8000  CHIX           592107092248054000
 11/03/2026        11:43:18  744     GBp       333.4000  XLON           606180873280523000
 11/03/2026        11:43:18  961     GBp       333.2000  XLON           606180873280523000
 11/03/2026        11:50:04  994     GBp       332.6000  XLON           592107092248517000
 11/03/2026        12:08:38  1690    GBp       334.2000  XLON           592107092248854000
 11/03/2026        12:20:00  1195    GBp       332.8000  XLON           592107092249031000
 11/03/2026        12:50:25  1432    GBp       334.8000  AQXE           592107092249539000
 11/03/2026        12:50:25  1732    GBp       334.8000  XLON           606180873281588000
 11/03/2026        13:07:27  1792    GBp       336.0000  XLON           592107092249802000
 11/03/2026        13:29:12  2325    GBp       336.8000  XLON           606180873282146000
 11/03/2026        13:33:33  1163    GBp       337.4000  XLON           592107092250234000
 11/03/2026        13:33:39  843     GBp       337.2000  CHIX           606180873282249000
 11/03/2026        13:36:51  836     GBp       337.2000  XLON           592107092250311000
 11/03/2026        13:42:36  716     GBp       338.0000  XLON           592107092250448000
 11/03/2026        13:42:36  720     GBp       338.0000  CHIX           606180873282450000
 11/03/2026        13:43:57  950     GBp       337.6000  XLON           592107092250480000
 11/03/2026        13:48:37  829     GBp       337.2000  AQXE           592107092250584000
 11/03/2026        14:02:03  2346    GBp       339.4000  XLON           606180873282914000
 11/03/2026        14:06:53  1174    GBp       339.6000  XLON           606180873283037000
 11/03/2026        14:11:42  666     GBp       339.2000  XLON           592107092251175000
 11/03/2026        14:11:42  117     GBp       339.2000  XLON           592107092251175000
 11/03/2026        14:18:18  1410    GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092251321000
 11/03/2026        14:25:55  839     GBp       338.0000  XLON           606180873283447000
 11/03/2026        14:27:03  836     GBp       338.2000  XLON           606180873283475000
 11/03/2026        14:30:12  912     GBp       338.2000  XLON           592107092251605000
 11/03/2026        14:34:17  1016    GBp       337.8000  BATE           606180873283652000
 11/03/2026        14:39:36  1142    GBp       338.2000  CHIX           592107092251845000
 11/03/2026        14:39:36  745     GBp       338.2000  XLON           606180873283779000
 11/03/2026        14:47:09  724     GBp       339.2000  CHIX           592107092252027000
 11/03/2026        14:47:09  772     GBp       339.2000  XLON           606180873283954000
 11/03/2026        14:47:09  716     GBp       339.2000  XLON           606180873283954000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  655     GBp       340.0000  BATE           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  1114    GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  327     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  176     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  47      GBp       340.0000  TRQX           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  49      GBp       340.0000  BATE           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:19:38  124     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592107092253016000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  301     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592107092253051000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  501     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253051000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  144     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253051000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  791     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253051000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  172     GBp       340.0000  XLON           606180873284937000
 11/03/2026        15:21:00  562     GBp       340.0000  AQXE           592107092253051000
 11/03/2026        15:27:08  790     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253201000
 11/03/2026        15:27:08  1292    GBp       340.0000  XLON           606180873285080000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  743     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  1521    GBp       340.0000  XLON           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  685     GBp       340.0000  TRQX           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  28      GBp       340.0000  BATE           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  307     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  732     GBp       340.0000  BATE           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  750     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592107092253288000
 11/03/2026        15:30:27  1016    GBp       340.0000  BATE           606180873285162000
 11/03/2026        15:30:35  617     GBp       340.0000  AQXE           592107092253292000
 11/03/2026        15:35:28  868     GBp       339.8000  XLON           606180873285285000
 11/03/2026        15:35:31  671     GBp       339.8000  AQXE           592107092253417000
 11/03/2026        15:35:38  45      GBp       339.8000  AQXE           592107092253420000
 11/03/2026        15:41:50  829     GBp       339.2000  AQXE           592107092253590000
 11/03/2026        15:41:50  836     GBp       339.2000  XLON           606180873285451000
 11/03/2026        15:42:00  889     GBp       339.0000  XLON           592107092253595000
 11/03/2026        15:44:33  832     GBp       338.6000  XLON           606180873285526000
 11/03/2026        15:46:04  602     GBp       338.4000  XLON           606180873285580000
 11/03/2026        15:46:04  237     GBp       338.4000  XLON           606180873285580000
 11/03/2026        15:53:10  196     GBp       338.8000  TRQX           606180873285807000
 11/03/2026        15:53:10  528     GBp       338.8000  XLON           592107092253962000
 11/03/2026        15:54:26  1097    GBp       339.2000  CHIX           606180873285854000
 11/03/2026        15:56:58  716     GBp       339.6000  XLON           592107092254091000
 11/03/2026        15:59:26  780     GBp       339.6000  XLON           592107092254167000
 11/03/2026        15:59:47  1621    GBp       339.4000  XLON           592107092254178000
 11/03/2026        16:00:26  865     GBp       338.8000  XLON           606180873286042000
 11/03/2026        16:00:50  902     GBp       338.8000  XLON           606180873286058000
 11/03/2026        16:04:01  1093    GBp       338.6000  XLON           606180873286154000
 11/03/2026        16:06:35  828     GBp       338.4000  XLON           606180873286230000
 11/03/2026        16:10:26  810     GBp       338.2000  XLON           606180873286344000
 11/03/2026        16:10:41  1032    GBp       338.0000  XLON           592107092254530000
 11/03/2026        16:11:53  804     GBp       338.2000  XLON           592107092254575000
 11/03/2026        16:11:53  716     GBp       338.2000  BATE           606180873286396000
 11/03/2026        16:11:55  879     GBp       338.0000  XLON           592107092254576000
 11/03/2026        16:13:29  972     GBp       338.0000  XLON           592107092254625000
 11/03/2026        16:14:58  662     GBp       338.2000  AQXE           606180873286481000
 11/03/2026        16:14:58  75      GBp       338.2000  AQXE           592107092254664000
 11/03/2026        16:15:46  742     GBp       338.2000  XLON           592107092254692000
 11/03/2026        16:16:02  1109    GBp       338.0000  XLON           606180873286518000
 11/03/2026        16:16:29  788     GBp       338.0000  XLON           606180873286532000

 

 

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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