REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

13/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 4756W  Airtel Africa PLC  13 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 13 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                                12 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  80,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              335.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             347.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       344.80p

 

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 10,043,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,837,239. 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  344.76                         54,881             335.20                  347.80
 BATS Europe            345.45                         5,874              339.80                  347.60
 CHI-X Europe           344.37                         13,892             339.00                  347.40
 Aquis Exchange         345.58                         4,549              342.60                  347.80
 Turquoise              345.77                         804                345.60                  347.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,479,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 167.3629 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
 12/03/2026        08:00:25  1356    GBp       335.2000  XLON           606181227170710000
 12/03/2026        08:04:56  1151    GBp       338.4000  XLON           606181227170813000
 12/03/2026        08:09:34  1001    GBp       339.0000  CHIX           606181227170924000
 12/03/2026        08:20:14  856     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606181227171114000
 12/03/2026        08:20:54  1505    GBp       339.6000  CHIX           606181227171126000
 12/03/2026        08:29:24  1080    GBp       339.6000  XLON           606181227171278000
 12/03/2026        08:38:10  808     GBp       339.8000  BATE           592107474609408000
 12/03/2026        08:52:36  1181    GBp       339.4000  XLON           592107474609710000
 12/03/2026        09:07:16  955     GBp       339.4000  XLON           606181227171973000
 12/03/2026        09:09:10  847     GBp       339.2000  CHIX           606181227171996000
 12/03/2026        09:14:00  862     GBp       338.4000  XLON           606181227172075000
 12/03/2026        09:19:48  809     GBp       339.6000  XLON           606181227172162000
 12/03/2026        09:55:19  1852    GBp       343.6000  XLON           592107474610711000
 12/03/2026        10:03:41  1173    GBp       343.2000  AQXE           606181227172848000
 12/03/2026        10:21:08  757     GBp       342.6000  AQXE           592107474611166000
 12/03/2026        10:21:13  858     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606181227173155000
 12/03/2026        10:27:10  861     GBp       342.4000  XLON           592107474611266000
 12/03/2026        10:40:10  712     GBp       342.2000  XLON           592107474611505000
 12/03/2026        10:40:10  110     GBp       342.2000  XLON           592107474611505000
 12/03/2026        10:46:05  386     GBp       343.0000  XLON           592107474611597000
 12/03/2026        10:46:05  802     GBp       343.0000  XLON           592107474611597000
 12/03/2026        10:52:53  1096    GBp       345.0000  XLON           606181227173671000
 12/03/2026        11:00:25  1031    GBp       344.8000  XLON           592107474611831000
 12/03/2026        11:13:23  1066    GBp       345.4000  XLON           592107474612029000
 12/03/2026        11:35:43  1209    GBp       347.2000  XLON           606181227174312000
 12/03/2026        11:45:13  1003    GBp       347.2000  XLON           606181227174462000
 12/03/2026        11:50:10  896     GBp       347.2000  XLON           592107474612631000
 12/03/2026        11:57:44  1080    GBp       346.2000  XLON           592107474612784000
 12/03/2026        12:19:50  1131    GBp       345.6000  XLON           606181227175092000
 12/03/2026        12:20:15  1189    GBp       345.4000  CHIX           606181227175098000
 12/03/2026        12:20:48  743     GBp       345.2000  XLON           606181227175104000
 12/03/2026        12:52:10  809     GBp       345.4000  BATE           606181227175584000
 12/03/2026        12:52:10  844     GBp       345.2000  BATE           592107474613722000
 12/03/2026        13:13:40  1373    GBp       346.8000  XLON           606181227175935000
 12/03/2026        13:14:05  764     GBp       347.0000  XLON           606181227175943000
 12/03/2026        13:20:44  628     GBp       346.2000  XLON           606181227176084000
 12/03/2026        13:20:44  743     GBp       346.2000  XLON           606181227176084000
 12/03/2026        13:31:00  95      GBp       345.6000  BATE           592107474614479000
 12/03/2026        13:31:00  286     GBp       345.6000  TRQX           606181227176304000
 12/03/2026        13:31:00  441     GBp       345.6000  TRQX           606181227176304000
 12/03/2026        13:31:00  622     GBp       345.6000  BATE           592107474614479000
 12/03/2026        13:37:52  856     GBp       345.6000  XLON           606181227176467000
 12/03/2026        13:41:58  1317    GBp       345.2000  XLON           592107474614760000
 12/03/2026        13:50:57  1194    GBp       346.8000  BATE           592107474615001000
 12/03/2026        14:00:44  1197    GBp       347.6000  XLON           606181227177078000
 12/03/2026        14:06:56  764     GBp       347.8000  XLON           606181227177241000
 12/03/2026        14:15:38  837     GBp       347.4000  CHIX           606181227177466000
 12/03/2026        14:21:07  100     GBp       347.0000  AQXE           606181227177616000
 12/03/2026        14:21:12  432     GBp       347.0000  AQXE           606181227177619000
 12/03/2026        14:21:12  441     GBp       347.0000  AQXE           606181227177619000
 12/03/2026        14:31:32  1371    GBp       347.6000  XLON           592107474616149000
 12/03/2026        14:36:31  1252    GBp       346.6000  CHIX           592107474616311000
 12/03/2026        14:42:27  992     GBp       346.6000  XLON           606181227178241000
 12/03/2026        14:47:22  1461    GBp       347.6000  XLON           606181227178427000
 12/03/2026        14:52:56  778     GBp       346.2000  XLON           592107474616849000
 12/03/2026        14:59:11  756     GBp       344.8000  XLON           592107474617045000
 12/03/2026        15:01:40  1006    GBp       344.6000  XLON           592107474617140000
 12/03/2026        15:06:40  848     GBp       344.8000  XLON           592107474617305000
 12/03/2026        15:06:46  858     GBp       344.4000  XLON           592107474617309000
 12/03/2026        15:11:29  331     GBp       343.6000  XLON           606181227179187000
 12/03/2026        15:11:29  605     GBp       343.6000  XLON           606181227179187000
 12/03/2026        15:12:56  851     GBp       343.2000  XLON           606181227179232000
 12/03/2026        15:23:56  2852    GBp       343.6000  XLON           592107474617886000
 12/03/2026        15:35:25  1325    GBp       345.8000  XLON           592107474618273000
 12/03/2026        15:35:25  723     GBp       345.8000  XLON           606181227179959000
 12/03/2026        15:35:58  834     GBp       345.6000  CHIX           606181227179978000
 12/03/2026        15:40:34  1054    GBp       346.0000  CHIX           606181227180190000
 12/03/2026        15:43:20  862     GBp       346.0000  CHIX           592107474618634000
 12/03/2026        15:49:43  811     GBp       346.6000  XLON           606181227180522000
 12/03/2026        15:49:55  1074    GBp       346.4000  XLON           592107474618865000
 12/03/2026        15:55:16  1223    GBp       346.8000  CHIX           606181227180724000
 12/03/2026        16:04:07  100     GBp       347.4000  CHIX           592107474619500000
 12/03/2026        16:04:54  623     GBp       347.8000  AQXE           606181227181182000
 12/03/2026        16:04:54  400     GBp       347.8000  AQXE           592107474619538000
 12/03/2026        16:04:56  623     GBp       347.8000  AQXE           592107474619540000
 12/03/2026        16:04:56  392     GBp       347.8000  XLON           606181227181184000
 12/03/2026        16:04:56  8       GBp       347.8000  XLON           606181227181184000
 12/03/2026        16:05:06  2616    GBp       347.4000  XLON           606181227181191000
 12/03/2026        16:05:06  717     GBp       347.4000  CHIX           592107474619547000
 12/03/2026        16:05:06  77      GBp       347.4000  TRQX           606181227181191000
 12/03/2026        16:13:27  1527    GBp       346.8000  XLON           592107474619958000
 12/03/2026        16:13:27  717     GBp       346.8000  CHIX           606181227181590000
 12/03/2026        16:17:36  898     GBp       347.4000  CHIX           592107474620171000
 12/03/2026        16:17:36  717     GBp       347.4000  BATE           606181227181799000
 12/03/2026        16:21:35  1771    GBp       347.8000  XLON           592107474620393000
 12/03/2026        16:23:46  785     GBp       347.6000  BATE           592107474620516000
 12/03/2026        16:24:35  1050    GBp       347.6000  XLON           592107474620560000
 12/03/2026        16:27:55  1003    GBp       347.0000  XLON           606181227182340000

 

 

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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