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RNS Number : 2123X  Airtel Africa PLC  19 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 19 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                                18 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  30,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              370.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             383.60p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       377.02p

 

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 10,253,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,627,239. 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  376.62                         21,716             370.20                  383.60
 BATS Europe            382.80                         720                382.80                  382.80
 CHI-X Europe           378.40                         6,608              373.60                  383.40
 Aquis Exchange         372.00                         956                372.00                  372.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,689,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 168.2603 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
 18/03/2026        08:16:03  1764    GBp       382.2000  XLON           606183350537356000
 18/03/2026        08:20:06  339     GBp       381.4000  XLON           592109569504265000
 18/03/2026        08:20:06  414     GBp       381.4000  XLON           592109569504265000
 18/03/2026        08:49:02  749     GBp       382.2000  CHIX           592109569504799000
 18/03/2026        09:09:15  824     GBp       381.6000  CHIX           592109569505113000
 18/03/2026        09:39:26  112     GBp       381.0000  XLON           606183350538729000
 18/03/2026        09:56:05  720     GBp       382.8000  BATE           606183350538989000
 18/03/2026        09:56:05  807     GBp       382.8000  XLON           592109569505886000
 18/03/2026        10:22:39  114     GBp       383.4000  CHIX           592109569506303000
 18/03/2026        10:22:48  816     GBp       383.4000  CHIX           592109569506306000
 18/03/2026        10:39:43  979     GBp       383.6000  XLON           606183350539669000
 18/03/2026        10:54:58  799     GBp       381.2000  XLON           606183350539959000
 18/03/2026        11:25:06  977     GBp       379.6000  XLON           592109569507501000
 18/03/2026        11:57:41  1058    GBp       380.0000  CHIX           606183350541266000
 18/03/2026        12:32:17  878     GBp       377.8000  XLON           606183350542087000
 18/03/2026        12:48:37  863     GBp       378.4000  XLON           606183350542482000
 18/03/2026        13:01:53  795     GBp       378.0000  XLON           606183350542821000
 18/03/2026        13:30:30  1310    GBp       377.2000  XLON           606183350543528000
 18/03/2026        13:47:38  1030    GBp       376.0000  XLON           592109569511149000
 18/03/2026        14:11:00  936     GBp       377.2000  XLON           606183350544666000
 18/03/2026        14:26:15  1157    GBp       376.6000  XLON           606183350545000000
 18/03/2026        14:43:52  714     GBp       375.2000  CHIX           592109569512627000
 18/03/2026        14:48:16  157     GBp       375.2000  CHIX           592109569512765000
 18/03/2026        14:52:10  493     GBp       375.0000  CHIX           592109569512895000
 18/03/2026        14:52:10  515     GBp       375.0000  CHIX           592109569512895000
 18/03/2026        15:02:28  899     GBp       375.8000  XLON           606183350546120000
 18/03/2026        15:15:58  1125    GBp       373.8000  XLON           606183350546577000
 18/03/2026        15:27:47  760     GBp       374.0000  XLON           592109569514149000
 18/03/2026        15:31:45  258     GBp       374.0000  XLON           592109569514327000
 18/03/2026        15:39:15  1168    GBp       373.6000  CHIX           592109569514637000
 18/03/2026        15:46:50  830     GBp       372.8000  XLON           592109569514908000
 18/03/2026        15:58:04  956     GBp       372.0000  AQXE           606183350548066000
 18/03/2026        16:00:33  486     GBp       371.4000  XLON           606183350548165000
 18/03/2026        16:01:02  733     GBp       371.4000  XLON           606183350548184000
 18/03/2026        16:08:10  1168    GBp       370.2000  XLON           606183350548442000
 18/03/2026        16:14:28  1032    GBp       370.2000  XLON           592109569515913000
 18/03/2026        16:21:21  1265    GBp       371.6000  XLON           606183350548998000

 

 

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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