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RNS Number : 6552W  Airtel Africa PLC  16 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 16 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                                13 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  80,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              339.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             355.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       349.13p

 

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 10,123,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,757,239. 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  349.40                         48,898             340.40                  355.00
 BATS Europe            347.75                         7,968              344.80                  350.00
 CHI-X Europe           348.75                         16,470             339.00                  354.60
 Aquis Exchange         350.17                         4,624              349.20                  354.20
 Turquoise              348.66                         2,040              346.00                  351.20

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,559,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 167.6892 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
 13/03/2026        08:06:28  1207    GBp       344.8000  XLON           606181581065734000
 13/03/2026        08:10:00  859     GBp       344.4000  CHIX           592107800033769000
 13/03/2026        08:15:01  1035    GBp       342.8000  XLON           606181581065926000
 13/03/2026        08:20:00  679     GBp       341.4000  XLON           592107800033988000
 13/03/2026        08:20:00  308     GBp       341.4000  XLON           592107800033988000
 13/03/2026        08:27:01  902     GBp       339.0000  CHIX           592107800034123000
 13/03/2026        08:41:20  1105    GBp       340.8000  XLON           606181581066454000
 13/03/2026        08:55:31  1401    GBp       340.4000  XLON           592107800034692000
 13/03/2026        09:04:30  255     GBp       343.0000  CHIX           592107800034859000
 13/03/2026        09:04:30  669     GBp       343.0000  CHIX           592107800034859000
 13/03/2026        09:33:56  1406    GBp       343.4000  CHIX           606181581067418000
 13/03/2026        09:57:38  793     GBp       345.2000  BATE           606181581067808000
 13/03/2026        09:57:51  1197    GBp       344.8000  BATE           592107800035862000
 13/03/2026        09:57:51  873     GBp       344.8000  BATE           592107800035862000
 13/03/2026        10:24:49  750     GBp       346.8000  CHIX           606181581068249000
 13/03/2026        10:29:26  320     GBp       346.4000  XLON           592107800036404000
 13/03/2026        10:29:26  929     GBp       346.4000  XLON           592107800036404000
 13/03/2026        10:44:54  1014    GBp       346.0000  XLON           592107800036660000
 13/03/2026        10:52:43  715     GBp       346.0000  XLON           592107800036808000
 13/03/2026        10:52:43  892     GBp       346.0000  TRQX           606181581068698000
 13/03/2026        10:56:30  1019    GBp       346.6000  XLON           606181581068765000
 13/03/2026        11:35:26  785     GBp       349.0000  BATE           592107800037598000
 13/03/2026        11:35:26  617     GBp       349.0000  CHIX           606181581069437000
 13/03/2026        11:35:30  98      GBp       349.0000  CHIX           606181581069438000
 13/03/2026        11:42:29  715     GBp       349.0000  XLON           592107800037720000
 13/03/2026        11:42:29  1097    GBp       349.0000  CHIX           606181581069552000
 13/03/2026        11:48:12  1005    GBp       350.0000  XLON           592107800037821000
 13/03/2026        13:50:12  1432    GBp       354.2000  CHIX           592107800040256000
 13/03/2026        13:50:12  715     GBp       354.2000  AQXE           592107800040256000
 13/03/2026        14:00:46  1400    GBp       355.0000  XLON           592107800040486000
 13/03/2026        14:01:07  793     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           592107800040498000
 13/03/2026        14:05:33  1152    GBp       354.6000  XLON           592107800040608000
 13/03/2026        14:12:14  1168    GBp       353.0000  XLON           606181581072426000
 13/03/2026        14:20:55  1114    GBp       352.6000  CHIX           606181581072625000
 13/03/2026        14:20:55  213     GBp       352.6000  CHIX           606181581072625000
 13/03/2026        14:26:09  1251    GBp       352.2000  XLON           592107800041103000
 13/03/2026        14:35:09  1585    GBp       353.0000  XLON           592107800041356000
 13/03/2026        14:36:49  1149    GBp       353.2000  XLON           592107800041405000
 13/03/2026        14:45:58  1120    GBp       352.4000  XLON           606181581073262000
 13/03/2026        14:48:45  939     GBp       352.8000  CHIX           592107800041734000
 13/03/2026        14:48:45  744     GBp       352.8000  XLON           606181581073343000
 13/03/2026        14:54:51  1152    GBp       352.6000  XLON           592107800041883000
 13/03/2026        14:55:21  1129    GBp       352.4000  XLON           592107800041899000
 13/03/2026        14:59:56  1223    GBp       351.0000  XLON           592107800042046000
 13/03/2026        15:06:49  2112    GBp       351.2000  XLON           606181581073835000
 13/03/2026        15:18:41  1206    GBp       351.6000  XLON           606181581074115000
 13/03/2026        15:19:49  842     GBp       351.2000  CHIX           592107800042569000
 13/03/2026        15:19:49  1130    GBp       351.2000  XLON           592107800042569000
 13/03/2026        15:19:49  843     GBp       351.2000  TRQX           606181581074142000
 13/03/2026        15:23:02  1129    GBp       350.0000  CHIX           606181581074219000
 13/03/2026        15:24:57  1145    GBp       349.2000  XLON           592107800042704000
 13/03/2026        15:33:01  1158    GBp       348.8000  XLON           592107800042908000
 13/03/2026        15:33:01  858     GBp       348.8000  BATE           592107800042908000
 13/03/2026        15:36:40  715     GBp       348.8000  BATE           606181581074566000
 13/03/2026        15:39:27  146     GBp       349.6000  AQXE           592107800043082000
 13/03/2026        15:39:27  612     GBp       349.6000  AQXE           592107800043082000
 13/03/2026        15:40:46  800     GBp       349.2000  AQXE           592107800043117000
 13/03/2026        15:40:46  1430    GBp       349.2000  XLON           606181581074671000
 13/03/2026        15:40:47  926     GBp       349.2000  XLON           592107800043117000
 13/03/2026        15:40:47  289     GBp       349.2000  XLON           592107800043117000
 13/03/2026        15:44:20  1189    GBp       348.8000  XLON           606181581074776000
 13/03/2026        15:46:36  1131    GBp       348.6000  XLON           592107800043287000
 13/03/2026        15:48:59  1247    GBp       349.0000  CHIX           592107800043380000
 13/03/2026        15:50:31  1111    GBp       348.8000  XLON           592107800043420000
 13/03/2026        15:57:08  766     GBp       349.6000  AQXE           592107800043615000
 13/03/2026        15:58:02  2015    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592107800043645000
 13/03/2026        15:58:02  715     GBp       349.4000  CHIX           606181581075182000
 13/03/2026        15:58:52  1161    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592107800043670000
 13/03/2026        16:04:11  1324    GBp       350.0000  XLON           606181581075361000
 13/03/2026        16:04:38  848     GBp       350.0000  XLON           606181581075371000
 13/03/2026        16:05:00  824     GBp       349.8000  BATE           592107800043852000
 13/03/2026        16:05:30  1293    GBp       349.8000  XLON           606181581075397000
 13/03/2026        16:08:26  1181    GBp       349.6000  XLON           592107800043961000
 13/03/2026        16:11:03  846     GBp       349.6000  XLON           592107800044041000
 13/03/2026        16:11:03  1208    GBp       349.6000  BATE           606181581075565000
 13/03/2026        16:13:32  1132    GBp       350.0000  XLON           592107800044129000
 13/03/2026        16:13:32  715     GBp       350.0000  BATE           606181581075650000
 13/03/2026        16:13:32  72      GBp       349.6000  TRQX           592107800044129000
 13/03/2026        16:13:32  231     GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606181581075650000
 13/03/2026        16:13:44  1002    GBp       349.6000  XLON           606181581075658000
 13/03/2026        16:16:25  1162    GBp       349.2000  CHIX           606181581075749000
 13/03/2026        16:18:34  870     GBp       349.4000  AQXE           592107800044310000
 13/03/2026        16:18:34  233     GBp       349.4000  TRQX           606181581075825000
 13/03/2026        16:19:57  715     GBp       349.4000  AQXE           592107800044362000
 13/03/2026        16:25:26  261     GBp       349.6000  XLON           606181581076110000
 13/03/2026        16:25:26  29      GBp       349.6000  XLON           606181581076110000
 13/03/2026        16:26:17  237     GBp       349.4000  XLON           592107800044638000
 13/03/2026        16:29:51  135     GBp       349.8000  XLON           592107800044794000
 13/03/2026        16:29:51  82      GBp       349.8000  XLON           592107800044794000

 

 

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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