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RNS Number : 3813X  Airtel Africa PLC  20 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 20 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                                19 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  30,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              357.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             369.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       362.64p

 

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 10,283,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,597,239. 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  362.74                         19,484             357.80                  369.00
 BATS Europe            362.06                         3,724              359.00                  365.40
 CHI-X Europe           363.31                         3,360              358.40                  369.20
 Aquis Exchange         362.05                         3,432              359.80                  364.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,719,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 168.3907 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
 19/03/2026        08:00:15  967     GBp       368.2000  XLON           592109951868657000
 19/03/2026        08:15:20  851     GBp       369.2000  CHIX           592109951869164000
 19/03/2026        08:19:38  873     GBp       369.0000  XLON           592109951869267000
 19/03/2026        08:39:04  728     GBp       365.4000  BATE           606183704432782000
 19/03/2026        08:57:26  946     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592109951870386000
 19/03/2026        09:12:15  729     GBp       364.0000  XLON           606183704433601000
 19/03/2026        09:31:42  910     GBp       364.8000  XLON           592109951871320000
 19/03/2026        09:59:50  979     GBp       365.8000  XLON           606183704434691000
 19/03/2026        10:20:36  878     GBp       364.2000  XLON           606183704435173000
 19/03/2026        11:05:42  1094    GBp       364.8000  XLON           592109951873289000
 19/03/2026        11:22:51  825     GBp       365.2000  XLON           606183704436292000
 19/03/2026        11:44:54  777     GBp       364.2000  CHIX           606183704436714000
 19/03/2026        12:08:06  849     GBp       364.6000  AQXE           592109951874554000
 19/03/2026        12:34:30  330     GBp       362.4000  XLON           606183704437680000
 19/03/2026        12:34:30  251     GBp       362.4000  XLON           606183704437680000
 19/03/2026        12:34:30  288     GBp       362.4000  XLON           606183704437680000
 19/03/2026        13:01:43  103     GBp       361.6000  CHIX           592109951875629000
 19/03/2026        13:01:43  774     GBp       361.6000  CHIX           592109951875629000
 19/03/2026        13:23:15  1009    GBp       361.6000  BATE           592109951876156000
 19/03/2026        13:36:12  255     GBp       359.8000  XLON           606183704439153000
 19/03/2026        13:36:12  555     GBp       359.8000  XLON           606183704439153000
 19/03/2026        13:55:55  853     GBp       363.8000  BATE           606183704439773000
 19/03/2026        14:06:32  656     GBp       364.2000  XLON           592109951877679000
 19/03/2026        14:06:32  132     GBp       364.2000  XLON           592109951877679000
 19/03/2026        14:37:50  1178    GBp       364.6000  XLON           592109951878755000
 19/03/2026        14:47:26  915     GBp       363.8000  AQXE           606183704441524000
 19/03/2026        14:52:55  688     GBp       363.4000  XLON           606183704441691000
 19/03/2026        14:52:55  213     GBp       363.4000  XLON           606183704441691000
 19/03/2026        15:04:06  286     GBp       362.0000  XLON           606183704442102000
 19/03/2026        15:04:06  460     GBp       362.0000  XLON           606183704442102000
 19/03/2026        15:04:06  299     GBp       362.0000  XLON           606183704442102000
 19/03/2026        15:14:16  975     GBp       360.4000  XLON           606183704442461000
 19/03/2026        15:31:01  855     GBp       358.4000  CHIX           592109951880573000
 19/03/2026        15:33:44  905     GBp       358.0000  XLON           606183704443077000
 19/03/2026        15:39:26  814     GBp       357.8000  XLON           592109951880892000
 19/03/2026        15:49:54  820     GBp       357.8000  XLON           592109951881345000
 19/03/2026        15:57:02  1221    GBp       358.2000  XLON           592109951881641000
 19/03/2026        16:09:46  1134    GBp       359.0000  BATE           606183704444535000
 19/03/2026        16:14:20  957     GBp       358.6000  XLON           592109951882348000
 19/03/2026        16:22:41  465     GBp       359.8000  AQXE           592109951882707000
 19/03/2026        16:22:41  449     GBp       359.8000  AQXE           592109951882707000
 19/03/2026        16:22:41  183     GBp       359.8000  AQXE           592109951882707000
 19/03/2026        16:22:41  571     GBp       359.8000  AQXE           592109951882707000

 

 

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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