REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

18/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 0328X  Airtel Africa PLC  18 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 18 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                                17 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  30,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              362.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             374.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       368.73p

 

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 10,223,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,657,239. 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  366.81                         13,184             362.60                  373.80
 BATS Europe            370.64                         3,051              365.80                  372.80
 CHI-X Europe           370.96                         9,135              363.20                  374.80
 Aquis Exchange         369.21                         3,719              367.20                  373.00
 Turquoise              366.00                         911                366.00                  366.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,659,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 168.1201 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
 17/03/2026        08:50:42  1162    GBp       362.6000  XLON           592109215611576000
 17/03/2026        09:05:30  614     GBp       362.8000  XLON           592109215611812000
 17/03/2026        09:05:30  405     GBp       362.8000  XLON           592109215611812000
 17/03/2026        09:25:00  425     GBp       363.2000  CHIX           606182996645840000
 17/03/2026        09:39:14  1059    GBp       367.8000  XLON           592109215612329000
 17/03/2026        09:53:07  884     GBp       368.2000  XLON           592109215612561000
 17/03/2026        10:14:04  896     GBp       367.2000  AQXE           592109215612910000
 17/03/2026        10:39:18  1019    GBp       367.0000  XLON           606182996646988000
 17/03/2026        10:50:02  857     GBp       366.8000  XLON           606182996647150000
 17/03/2026        11:12:17  883     GBp       366.0000  XLON           606182996647487000
 17/03/2026        11:38:40  937     GBp       366.8000  CHIX           592109215614231000
 17/03/2026        11:59:37  911     GBp       366.0000  TRQX           606182996648168000
 17/03/2026        12:24:24  894     GBp       367.0000  CHIX           592109215615139000
 17/03/2026        12:33:46  942     GBp       366.4000  XLON           606182996648881000
 17/03/2026        12:59:53  646     GBp       368.4000  AQXE           592109215615791000
 17/03/2026        13:02:18  464     GBp       368.4000  AQXE           592109215615844000
 17/03/2026        13:20:13  948     GBp       369.0000  AQXE           592109215616206000
 17/03/2026        13:33:17  945     GBp       365.2000  XLON           606182996650043000
 17/03/2026        13:45:00  849     GBp       364.6000  XLON           606182996650353000
 17/03/2026        14:01:03  813     GBp       365.8000  BATE           592109215617297000
 17/03/2026        14:20:04  951     GBp       366.2000  XLON           592109215617760000
 17/03/2026        14:30:27  712     GBp       368.2000  XLON           606182996651435000
 17/03/2026        14:30:27  321     GBp       368.2000  XLON           606182996651435000
 17/03/2026        14:45:04  1076    GBp       369.8000  CHIX           606182996651845000
 17/03/2026        15:45:00  718     GBp       371.6000  CHIX           606182996653528000
 17/03/2026        15:49:05  642     GBp       372.0000  BATE           592109215620293000
 17/03/2026        15:49:56  130     GBp       372.0000  BATE           592109215620316000
 17/03/2026        15:50:05  732     GBp       372.0000  CHIX           592109215620321000
 17/03/2026        15:55:06  733     GBp       372.4000  BATE           592109215620480000
 17/03/2026        16:00:30  1296    GBp       372.6000  CHIX           592109215620655000
 17/03/2026        16:00:32  794     GBp       372.6000  XLON           592109215620656000
 17/03/2026        16:03:37  832     GBp       372.4000  CHIX           606182996654100000
 17/03/2026        16:07:06  733     GBp       372.8000  BATE           592109215620892000
 17/03/2026        16:08:46  681     GBp       373.0000  AQXE           592109215620964000
 17/03/2026        16:09:13  84      GBp       373.0000  AQXE           592109215620980000
 17/03/2026        16:12:22  750     GBp       374.0000  CHIX           606182996654404000
 17/03/2026        16:14:35  787     GBp       373.8000  XLON           606182996654474000
 17/03/2026        16:19:03  695     GBp       374.4000  CHIX           592109215621332000
 17/03/2026        16:19:08  675     GBp       374.4000  CHIX           592109215621335000
 17/03/2026        16:19:48  20      GBp       374.8000  CHIX           606182996654660000
 17/03/2026        16:19:51  85      GBp       374.8000  CHIX           592109215621360000

 

 

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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