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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

17/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 8474W  Airtel Africa PLC  17 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 17 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                                16 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  70,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              349.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             360.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       356.45p

 

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 10,193,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,687,239. 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  356.63                         36,576             349.60                  359.60
 BATS Europe            357.23                         4,123              350.60                  360.00
 CHI-X Europe           355.74                         25,744             349.60                  359.20
 Aquis Exchange         358.90                         1,097              358.00                  359.20
 Turquoise              358.65                         2,460              356.60                  359.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,629,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 167.9852 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
 16/03/2026        08:00:12  1140    GBp       352.0000  XLON           592108890182434000
 16/03/2026        08:10:11  1303    GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606182642747918000
 16/03/2026        08:20:42  1114    GBp       350.2000  CHIX           592108890182845000
 16/03/2026        08:25:42  1013    GBp       349.8000  XLON           592108890182935000
 16/03/2026        08:31:10  889     GBp       349.6000  XLON           592108890183040000
 16/03/2026        08:59:00  1451    GBp       350.0000  CHIX           606182642748777000
 16/03/2026        09:05:49  798     GBp       349.8000  XLON           606182642748893000
 16/03/2026        09:16:00  992     GBp       350.6000  BATE           606182642749077000
 16/03/2026        09:33:50  1027    GBp       350.8000  XLON           592108890184163000
 16/03/2026        09:40:37  987     GBp       351.0000  CHIX           592108890184271000
 16/03/2026        09:52:25  923     GBp       351.0000  CHIX           606182642749677000
 16/03/2026        10:04:30  854     GBp       351.2000  XLON           606182642749892000
 16/03/2026        10:20:12  897     GBp       352.6000  CHIX           592108890185002000
 16/03/2026        10:52:43  837     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592108890185587000
 16/03/2026        11:02:24  2843    GBp       356.0000  CHIX           592108890185758000
 16/03/2026        11:20:32  960     GBp       356.6000  XLON           606182642751181000
 16/03/2026        11:48:54  889     GBp       357.2000  XLON           592108890186562000
 16/03/2026        11:48:54  718     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           592108890186562000
 16/03/2026        11:49:59  287     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592108890186584000
 16/03/2026        11:50:24  337     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592108890186594000
 16/03/2026        11:50:24  94      GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592108890186594000
 16/03/2026        11:54:50  777     GBp       357.0000  XLON           606182642751751000
 16/03/2026        12:08:16  982     GBp       355.6000  XLON           606182642751992000
 16/03/2026        12:39:35  2478    GBp       357.8000  XLON           592108890187446000
 16/03/2026        12:48:57  855     GBp       357.6000  XLON           592108890187608000
 16/03/2026        12:58:28  1114    GBp       356.6000  XLON           592108890187765000
 16/03/2026        13:13:00  502     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592108890188021000
 16/03/2026        13:14:02  440     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592108890188036000
 16/03/2026        13:31:03  1225    GBp       356.6000  CHIX           606182642753348000
 16/03/2026        13:31:03  726     GBp       356.4000  XLON           592108890188369000
 16/03/2026        13:35:01  669     GBp       356.6000  TRQX           592108890188479000
 16/03/2026        13:42:36  1311    GBp       357.4000  CHIX           606182642753673000
 16/03/2026        13:55:57  1154    GBp       357.2000  CHIX           592108890189060000
 16/03/2026        14:05:03  1230    GBp       357.8000  CHIX           592108890189279000
 16/03/2026        14:08:29  139     GBp       358.0000  XLON           592108890189357000
 16/03/2026        14:09:25  744     GBp       358.0000  XLON           592108890189379000
 16/03/2026        14:12:35  1177    GBp       357.8000  XLON           606182642754384000
 16/03/2026        14:30:41  739     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592108890189904000
 16/03/2026        14:30:41  731     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592108890189904000
 16/03/2026        14:32:31  1154    GBp       356.4000  XLON           592108890189964000
 16/03/2026        14:54:33  53      GBp       358.4000  XLON           592108890190625000
 16/03/2026        14:54:33  1647    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606182642755503000
 16/03/2026        14:54:56  2276    GBp       358.0000  CHIX           592108890190634000
 16/03/2026        14:54:56  717     GBp       358.0000  BATE           606182642755513000
 16/03/2026        14:54:56  273     GBp       358.0000  AQXE           592108890190634000
 16/03/2026        15:05:03  1422    GBp       357.8000  XLON           606182642755814000
 16/03/2026        15:10:05  1195    GBp       358.0000  XLON           592108890191097000
 16/03/2026        15:27:04  349     GBp       358.6000  CHIX           592108890191567000
 16/03/2026        15:27:04  910     GBp       358.6000  CHIX           592108890191567000
 16/03/2026        15:27:04  717     GBp       358.6000  XLON           606182642756405000
 16/03/2026        15:34:08  250     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           606182642756585000
 16/03/2026        15:34:09  22      GBp       360.0000  BATE           592108890191756000
 16/03/2026        15:34:09  1414    GBp       360.0000  BATE           606182642756586000
 16/03/2026        15:40:20  717     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           592108890191925000
 16/03/2026        15:40:20  1642    GBp       359.6000  XLON           592108890191925000
 16/03/2026        15:40:20  717     GBp       359.6000  BATE           606182642756748000
 16/03/2026        15:50:15  824     GBp       359.2000  XLON           592108890192209000
 16/03/2026        15:50:15  824     GBp       359.2000  AQXE           606182642757021000
 16/03/2026        15:50:15  824     GBp       359.2000  TRQX           606182642757021000
 16/03/2026        15:50:15  866     GBp       359.2000  CHIX           606182642757021000
 16/03/2026        15:53:23  1058    GBp       358.4000  CHIX           592108890192304000
 16/03/2026        16:02:01  756     GBp       358.8000  CHIX           592108890192596000
 16/03/2026        16:02:01  755     GBp       358.8000  XLON           592108890192596000
 16/03/2026        16:02:01  1070    GBp       358.8000  XLON           592108890192596000
 16/03/2026        16:04:46  1235    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606182642757523000
 16/03/2026        16:12:02  2463    GBp       358.0000  XLON           606182642757766000
 16/03/2026        16:14:42  1370    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606182642757848000
 16/03/2026        16:18:06  1390    GBp       358.0000  XLON           592108890193202000
 16/03/2026        16:21:52  1529    GBp       358.2000  CHIX           606182642758127000
 16/03/2026        16:26:36  757     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592108890193560000
 16/03/2026        16:29:03  48      GBp       358.4000  BATE           606182642758417000
 16/03/2026        16:29:53  196     GBp       358.6000  CHIX           592108890193711000
 16/03/2026        16:29:53  460     GBp       358.6000  CHIX           592108890193711000
 16/03/2026        16:29:53  213     GBp       358.6000  BATE           606182642758475000
 16/03/2026        16:29:56  336     GBp       358.8000  XLON           592108890193717000
 16/03/2026        16:29:56  205     GBp       358.8000  XLON           592108890193717000

 

 

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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