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REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 5591X  Airtel Africa PLC  23 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 23 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                                20 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  125,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              348.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             364.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       355.15p

 

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 10,408,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,472,239. 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  354.80                         90,341             348.60                  364.00
 BATS Europe            359.93                         3,266              351.60                  364.00
 CHI-X Europe           356.31                         24,910             348.60                  364.40
 Aquis Exchange         351.92                         4,740              350.20                  355.80
 Turquoise              356.38                         1,743              351.80                  363.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,844,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 168.9113 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
 20/03/2026        08:04:58  1206    GBp       360.8000  XLON           592110277294100000
 20/03/2026        08:11:30  713     GBp       362.0000  XLON           592110277294229000
 20/03/2026        08:11:30  853     GBp       361.8000  XLON           606184058327653000
 20/03/2026        08:15:19  2       GBp       363.8000  XLON           606184058327730000
 20/03/2026        08:15:19  826     GBp       363.8000  XLON           606184058327730000
 20/03/2026        08:20:01  1043    GBp       362.4000  XLON           606184058327823000
 20/03/2026        08:29:00  788     GBp       360.0000  XLON           592110277294550000
 20/03/2026        08:33:13  931     GBp       359.8000  CHIX           606184058328032000
 20/03/2026        08:44:10  886     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058328187000
 20/03/2026        08:55:28  1038    GBp       361.0000  BATE           606184058328340000
 20/03/2026        09:04:33  1050    GBp       361.4000  XLON           606184058328458000
 20/03/2026        09:11:00  1064    GBp       361.4000  CHIX           592110277295168000
 20/03/2026        09:28:21  906     GBp       360.8000  XLON           606184058328798000
 20/03/2026        09:33:52  940     GBp       360.8000  XLON           606184058328880000
 20/03/2026        09:54:00  822     GBp       360.2000  CHIX           606184058329212000
 20/03/2026        10:00:44  882     GBp       362.0000  XLON           606184058329347000
 20/03/2026        10:06:28  851     GBp       360.6000  XLON           606184058329456000
 20/03/2026        10:18:29  177     GBp       359.2000  XLON           592110277296404000
 20/03/2026        10:18:29  881     GBp       359.2000  XLON           592110277296404000
 20/03/2026        10:32:23  375     GBp       359.2000  CHIX           606184058330003000
 20/03/2026        10:32:23  401     GBp       359.2000  CHIX           606184058330003000
 20/03/2026        10:40:34  13      GBp       361.0000  CHIX           592110277296886000
 20/03/2026        10:41:59  436     GBp       361.0000  CHIX           592110277296912000
 20/03/2026        10:41:59  1192    GBp       361.0000  CHIX           592110277296912000
 20/03/2026        10:49:31  892     GBp       360.6000  XLON           592110277297048000
 20/03/2026        10:52:30  182     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330438000
 20/03/2026        10:52:44  98      GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  30      GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  154     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  152     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  35      GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  27      GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:52:45  103     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606184058330444000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  92      GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  34      GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  156     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  46      GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  156     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  157     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  154     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  27      GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297194000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  187     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297195000
 20/03/2026        10:53:00  147     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297195000
 20/03/2026        10:53:15  4       GBp       359.8000  XLON           592110277297203000
 20/03/2026        10:56:59  844     GBp       360.0000  CHIX           592110277297330000
 20/03/2026        11:15:12  1479    GBp       363.0000  CHIX           592110277297698000
 20/03/2026        11:15:12  713     GBp       363.0000  TRQX           606184058330922000
 20/03/2026        11:23:44  1406    GBp       364.0000  BATE           592110277297830000
 20/03/2026        11:35:05  958     GBp       364.4000  CHIX           606184058331231000
 20/03/2026        11:57:23  1770    GBp       364.0000  XLON           592110277298438000
 20/03/2026        11:57:23  30      GBp       364.0000  XLON           592110277298438000
 20/03/2026        12:13:04  1267    GBp       364.4000  CHIX           592110277298722000
 20/03/2026        12:16:42  769     GBp       363.8000  CHIX           592110277298789000
 20/03/2026        12:25:02  845     GBp       363.8000  XLON           606184058332066000
 20/03/2026        12:47:50  1183    GBp       364.0000  XLON           606184058332460000
 20/03/2026        12:48:21  763     GBp       363.6000  CHIX           592110277299375000
 20/03/2026        13:03:23  934     GBp       363.4000  XLON           606184058332680000
 20/03/2026        13:05:41  996     GBp       363.2000  XLON           606184058332710000
 20/03/2026        13:21:23  1054    GBp       362.4000  XLON           592110277299880000
 20/03/2026        13:26:44  838     GBp       361.8000  XLON           606184058333009000
 20/03/2026        13:30:40  1063    GBp       361.6000  XLON           606184058333093000
 20/03/2026        13:45:59  912     GBp       361.8000  XLON           592110277300494000
 20/03/2026        13:50:20  1242    GBp       361.6000  XLON           606184058333621000
 20/03/2026        13:50:20  781     GBp       361.6000  XLON           606184058333621000
 20/03/2026        13:50:22  1180    GBp       361.4000  XLON           606184058333622000
 20/03/2026        14:00:05  1081    GBp       360.6000  XLON           606184058333879000
 20/03/2026        14:06:27  842     GBp       359.4000  XLON           606184058334039000
 20/03/2026        14:11:36  1008    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606184058334161000
 20/03/2026        14:20:14  990     GBp       356.6000  CHIX           592110277301417000
 20/03/2026        14:30:30  792     GBp       356.0000  CHIX           592110277301719000
 20/03/2026        14:30:30  713     GBp       356.0000  XLON           606184058334666000
 20/03/2026        14:36:43  743     GBp       355.8000  XLON           592110277301906000
 20/03/2026        14:36:43  713     GBp       355.8000  AQXE           606184058334842000
 20/03/2026        14:38:07  1464    GBp       354.2000  XLON           592110277301966000
 20/03/2026        14:46:48  815     GBp       352.4000  CHIX           606184058335147000
 20/03/2026        14:47:29  765     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           606184058335176000
 20/03/2026        14:51:12  826     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592110277302432000
 20/03/2026        14:54:25  1088    GBp       350.0000  XLON           592110277302577000
 20/03/2026        14:58:50  5       GBp       348.6000  CHIX           606184058335682000
 20/03/2026        15:03:47  767     GBp       349.4000  XLON           592110277302991000
 20/03/2026        15:03:47  32      GBp       349.4000  XLON           592110277302991000
 20/03/2026        15:03:47  1144    GBp       349.4000  CHIX           606184058335876000
 20/03/2026        15:07:15  819     GBp       348.6000  XLON           606184058335994000
 20/03/2026        15:07:15  188     GBp       348.6000  XLON           606184058335994000
 20/03/2026        15:07:47  887     GBp       349.0000  CHIX           606184058336009000
 20/03/2026        15:07:48  243     GBp       349.0000  CHIX           606184058336010000
 20/03/2026        15:16:11  784     GBp       350.0000  XLON           606184058336277000
 20/03/2026        15:16:48  1146    GBp       349.8000  XLON           592110277303440000
 20/03/2026        15:19:03  1048    GBp       348.8000  XLON           606184058336381000
 20/03/2026        15:24:05  1578    GBp       350.4000  XLON           606184058336585000
 20/03/2026        15:35:13  713     GBp       350.0000  XLON           592110277304099000
 20/03/2026        15:35:43  584     GBp       350.2000  AQXE           606184058336951000
 20/03/2026        15:35:43  271     GBp       350.2000  XLON           592110277304117000
 20/03/2026        15:35:46  2070    GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058336953000
 20/03/2026        15:38:55  124     GBp       349.8000  CHIX           606184058337037000
 20/03/2026        15:40:03  713     GBp       349.8000  XLON           592110277304240000
 20/03/2026        15:40:03  1217    GBp       349.8000  CHIX           606184058337066000
 20/03/2026        15:40:40  29      GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606184058337082000
 20/03/2026        15:40:43  38      GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606184058337083000
 20/03/2026        15:40:43  725     GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606184058337083000
 20/03/2026        15:40:44  297     GBp       349.6000  XLON           606184058337085000
 20/03/2026        15:40:44  540     GBp       349.6000  XLON           606184058337085000
 20/03/2026        15:42:54  21      GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058337144000
 20/03/2026        15:43:01  79      GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058337147000
 20/03/2026        15:43:21  30      GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058337158000
 20/03/2026        15:43:27  85      GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058337161000
 20/03/2026        15:43:27  621     GBp       349.8000  XLON           606184058337161000
 20/03/2026        15:45:48  2090    GBp       351.4000  XLON           606184058337222000
 20/03/2026        15:49:12  1372    GBp       351.4000  AQXE           606184058337315000
 20/03/2026        15:49:27  586     GBp       351.4000  AQXE           606184058337322000
 20/03/2026        15:50:18  111     GBp       351.0000  XLON           592110277304532000
 20/03/2026        15:50:49  121     GBp       351.0000  XLON           592110277304547000
 20/03/2026        15:51:02  1847    GBp       351.0000  XLON           592110277304553000
 20/03/2026        15:54:35  75      GBp       350.8000  XLON           606184058337460000
 20/03/2026        15:56:03  95      GBp       350.8000  XLON           606184058337500000
 20/03/2026        15:56:03  644     GBp       350.8000  XLON           606184058337500000
 20/03/2026        15:56:03  1373    GBp       350.8000  XLON           606184058337500000
 20/03/2026        15:59:52  1984    GBp       350.8000  XLON           592110277304810000
 20/03/2026        16:05:07  2587    GBp       351.4000  XLON           606184058337759000
 20/03/2026        16:06:45  1999    GBp       351.2000  XLON           606184058337807000
 20/03/2026        16:09:24  661     GBp       351.2000  AQXE           592110277305103000
 20/03/2026        16:09:24  1015    GBp       351.2000  XLON           592110277305103000
 20/03/2026        16:10:01  1990    GBp       351.0000  XLON           606184058337907000
 20/03/2026        16:13:03  783     GBp       351.8000  XLON           592110277305217000
 20/03/2026        16:13:17  544     GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338005000
 20/03/2026        16:13:17  1271    GBp       352.0000  XLON           592110277305223000
 20/03/2026        16:14:45  1835    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338048000
 20/03/2026        16:14:55  1657    GBp       351.8000  XLON           592110277305274000
 20/03/2026        16:14:55  713     GBp       351.8000  CHIX           606184058338055000
 20/03/2026        16:16:17  1101    GBp       351.6000  XLON           592110277305325000
 20/03/2026        16:16:17  53      GBp       351.6000  XLON           592110277305325000
 20/03/2026        16:17:38  358     GBp       352.4000  XLON           592110277305369000
 20/03/2026        16:17:38  183     GBp       352.4000  XLON           592110277305369000
 20/03/2026        16:17:38  228     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606184058338146000
 20/03/2026        16:18:06  841     GBp       352.4000  XLON           592110277305385000
 20/03/2026        16:18:48  126     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606184058338185000
 20/03/2026        16:18:48  119     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606184058338185000
 20/03/2026        16:18:48  122     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606184058338185000
 20/03/2026        16:18:48  455     GBp       352.2000  XLON           592110277305410000
 20/03/2026        16:19:31  1834    GBp       352.2000  XLON           606184058338207000
 20/03/2026        16:19:35  857     GBp       352.0000  CHIX           592110277305435000
 20/03/2026        16:19:35  1426    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338210000
 20/03/2026        16:21:19  764     GBp       351.8000  CHIX           592110277305519000
 20/03/2026        16:21:19  1155    GBp       351.8000  XLON           592110277305519000
 20/03/2026        16:21:19  765     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606184058338291000
 20/03/2026        16:22:11  713     GBp       351.6000  XLON           606184058338324000
 20/03/2026        16:22:11  1669    GBp       351.6000  XLON           606184058338324000
 20/03/2026        16:22:13  411     GBp       351.6000  AQXE           592110277305553000
 20/03/2026        16:22:26  413     GBp       351.6000  AQXE           592110277305561000
 20/03/2026        16:23:09  2024    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338360000
 20/03/2026        16:24:13  167     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606184058338396000
 20/03/2026        16:24:13  1606    GBp       351.8000  XLON           606184058338396000
 20/03/2026        16:25:03  1992    GBp       351.8000  XLON           606184058338434000
 20/03/2026        16:26:57  165     GBp       351.8000  TRQX           606184058338493000
 20/03/2026        16:26:57  865     GBp       351.8000  TRQX           606184058338493000
 20/03/2026        16:27:03  53      GBp       351.8000  XLON           592110277305729000
 20/03/2026        16:27:24  380     GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338505000
 20/03/2026        16:27:24  400     GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338505000
 20/03/2026        16:27:24  547     GBp       352.0000  XLON           606184058338505000
 20/03/2026        16:27:58  1014    GBp       351.8000  XLON           592110277305757000
 20/03/2026        16:28:08  713     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592110277305763000
 20/03/2026        16:28:08  1345    GBp       351.6000  XLON           606184058338528000
 20/03/2026        16:28:40  713     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592110277305778000
 20/03/2026        16:28:40  822     GBp       351.6000  BATE           606184058338543000
 20/03/2026        16:28:40  1238    GBp       351.6000  XLON           606184058338543000
 20/03/2026        16:29:20  1236    GBp       351.4000  CHIX           606184058338563000

 

 

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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