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RNS Number : 7661X  Airtel Africa PLC  24 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 24 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                                23 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  125,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              340.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             361.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       353.39p

 

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 10,533,789 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,347,239. 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  354.70                         78,676             340.80                  361.00
 BATS Europe            352.29                         9,674              341.60                  360.20
 CHI-X Europe           350.14                         30,920             340.00                  360.00
 Aquis Exchange         355.74                         2,559              354.80                  356.80
 Turquoise              354.05                         3,171              342.00                  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
 44,969,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 169.4241 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
 23/03/2026        08:18:44  1886    GBp       341.4000  CHIX           606185120011053000
 23/03/2026        08:18:44  707     GBp       341.4000  CHIX           606185120011053000
 23/03/2026        08:21:08  1308    GBp       342.0000  BATE           592111338985806000
 23/03/2026        08:23:56  1141    GBp       341.4000  CHIX           592111338985888000
 23/03/2026        08:28:10  1347    GBp       341.2000  CHIX           606185120011265000
 23/03/2026        08:34:05  1290    GBp       343.0000  CHIX           606185120011407000
 23/03/2026        08:39:03  1067    GBp       341.8000  XLON           592111338986233000
 23/03/2026        08:39:03  264     GBp       341.8000  XLON           592111338986233000
 23/03/2026        08:49:48  1329    GBp       343.8000  XLON           592111338986505000
 23/03/2026        08:50:00  715     GBp       343.6000  BATE           592111338986508000
 23/03/2026        08:50:00  707     GBp       343.6000  CHIX           606185120011775000
 23/03/2026        08:55:05  1259    GBp       343.8000  XLON           592111338986586000
 23/03/2026        09:02:04  904     GBp       342.0000  XLON           592111338986747000
 23/03/2026        09:02:04  707     GBp       342.0000  BATE           606185120012000000
 23/03/2026        09:10:47  709     GBp       342.2000  CHIX           592111338986938000
 23/03/2026        09:12:35  715     GBp       341.6000  CHIX           592111338986975000
 23/03/2026        09:12:35  707     GBp       341.6000  BATE           606185120012218000
 23/03/2026        09:19:20  707     GBp       341.8000  CHIX           592111338987115000
 23/03/2026        09:19:20  778     GBp       341.8000  XLON           606185120012354000
 23/03/2026        09:32:45  509     GBp       342.0000  XLON           592111338987407000
 23/03/2026        09:32:45  14      GBp       342.0000  BATE           592111338987407000
 23/03/2026        09:32:45  8       GBp       342.0000  TRQX           606185120012633000
 23/03/2026        09:32:45  33      GBp       342.0000  CHIX           606185120012633000
 23/03/2026        09:32:45  143     GBp       342.0000  XLON           592111338987407000
 23/03/2026        09:33:44  707     GBp       341.4000  XLON           592111338987431000
 23/03/2026        09:33:44  935     GBp       341.4000  CHIX           606185120012657000
 23/03/2026        09:42:48  754     GBp       342.0000  CHIX           592111338987627000
 23/03/2026        09:42:48  707     GBp       342.0000  XLON           606185120012845000
 23/03/2026        09:50:30  1286    GBp       342.2000  XLON           592111338987782000
 23/03/2026        10:07:31  830     GBp       342.8000  XLON           592111338988192000
 23/03/2026        10:07:31  767     GBp       342.8000  XLON           606185120013381000
 23/03/2026        10:07:31  707     GBp       342.8000  CHIX           606185120013381000
 23/03/2026        10:07:37  707     GBp       342.8000  TRQX           592111338988195000
 23/03/2026        10:20:13  1455    GBp       343.4000  XLON           592111338988502000
 23/03/2026        10:20:13  707     GBp       343.4000  CHIX           606185120013673000
 23/03/2026        10:27:38  1395    GBp       342.2000  XLON           592111338988659000
 23/03/2026        10:38:25  1255    GBp       341.4000  CHIX           592111338988881000
 23/03/2026        10:49:09  1359    GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606185120014223000
 23/03/2026        10:55:13  1257    GBp       340.8000  XLON           592111338989228000
 23/03/2026        11:16:07  1357    GBp       357.4000  XLON           592111338989974000
 23/03/2026        11:23:25  1067    GBp       353.2000  XLON           592111338990241000
 23/03/2026        11:34:12  1414    GBp       356.2000  CHIX           606185120015634000
 23/03/2026        11:41:18  1079    GBp       354.0000  XLON           606185120015822000
 23/03/2026        11:51:23  1361    GBp       352.8000  XLON           592111338991030000
 23/03/2026        11:59:35  1075    GBp       353.8000  XLON           592111338991233000
 23/03/2026        12:05:43  1241    GBp       354.8000  XLON           606185120016445000
 23/03/2026        12:13:50  1079    GBp       354.0000  XLON           592111338991682000
 23/03/2026        12:30:40  735     GBp       356.0000  CHIX           592111338992195000
 23/03/2026        12:30:40  1562    GBp       356.0000  XLON           592111338992195000
 23/03/2026        12:41:54  1643    GBp       356.8000  XLON           592111338992644000
 23/03/2026        12:53:19  984     GBp       359.6000  XLON           606185120018102000
 23/03/2026        13:01:31  1194    GBp       359.0000  XLON           592111338993384000
 23/03/2026        13:05:51  163     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592111338993524000
 23/03/2026        13:05:51  808     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592111338993524000
 23/03/2026        13:14:30  1046    GBp       358.6000  XLON           606185120018758000
 23/03/2026        13:19:35  1017    GBp       358.0000  XLON           606185120018896000
 23/03/2026        13:30:00  798     GBp       357.4000  XLON           592111338994217000
 23/03/2026        13:31:48  773     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           606185120019257000
 23/03/2026        13:31:48  235     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           606185120019257000
 23/03/2026        13:31:48  80      GBp       357.2000  XLON           606185120019257000
 23/03/2026        13:31:48  678     GBp       357.2000  XLON           606185120019257000
 23/03/2026        13:35:29  762     GBp       356.8000  AQXE           592111338994421000
 23/03/2026        13:37:52  936     GBp       357.6000  TRQX           592111338994502000
 23/03/2026        13:37:52  784     GBp       357.6000  XLON           592111338994502000
 23/03/2026        13:43:06  1408    GBp       359.2000  XLON           606185120019666000
 23/03/2026        13:46:53  888     GBp       358.4000  XLON           606185120019777000
 23/03/2026        13:50:58  915     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606185120019889000
 23/03/2026        14:04:15  741     GBp       359.6000  CHIX           592111338995339000
 23/03/2026        14:04:15  1414    GBp       359.6000  BATE           606185120020271000
 23/03/2026        14:09:37  1279    GBp       359.0000  XLON           606185120020423000
 23/03/2026        14:25:45  65      GBp       359.6000  TRQX           592111338995929000
 23/03/2026        14:25:45  710     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           592111338995929000
 23/03/2026        14:25:45  1262    GBp       359.4000  XLON           606185120020837000
 23/03/2026        14:28:26  1214    GBp       359.0000  XLON           592111338996008000
 23/03/2026        14:33:19  766     GBp       359.0000  XLON           592111338996137000
 23/03/2026        14:34:21  865     GBp       358.6000  XLON           592111338996167000
 23/03/2026        14:36:20  810     GBp       358.2000  XLON           606185120021114000
 23/03/2026        14:39:15  955     GBp       357.8000  XLON           592111338996315000
 23/03/2026        14:54:13  3471    GBp       360.0000  CHIX           592111338996765000
 23/03/2026        14:54:13  711     GBp       360.0000  CHIX           606185120021642000
 23/03/2026        14:54:13  302     GBp       360.0000  CHIX           606185120021642000
 23/03/2026        14:56:24  38      GBp       359.6000  XLON           592111338996841000
 23/03/2026        14:56:24  882     GBp       359.6000  XLON           592111338996841000
 23/03/2026        14:58:19  904     GBp       359.4000  XLON           606185120021777000
 23/03/2026        15:12:10  1329    GBp       361.0000  XLON           592111338997389000
 23/03/2026        15:14:20  939     GBp       360.8000  XLON           592111338997468000
 23/03/2026        15:16:06  950     GBp       360.8000  XLON           606185120022387000
 23/03/2026        15:18:47  953     GBp       360.2000  XLON           606185120022492000
 23/03/2026        15:21:01  971     GBp       360.2000  BATE           592111338997727000
 23/03/2026        15:26:28  1024    GBp       360.4000  XLON           606185120022745000
 23/03/2026        15:26:41  857     GBp       360.4000  XLON           606185120022752000
 23/03/2026        15:28:08  960     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592111338997964000
 23/03/2026        15:33:11  954     GBp       360.0000  XLON           592111338998119000
 23/03/2026        15:34:27  1128    GBp       359.8000  XLON           592111338998156000
 23/03/2026        15:37:48  947     GBp       359.0000  BATE           606185120023089000
 23/03/2026        15:40:00  977     GBp       359.4000  XLON           592111338998336000
 23/03/2026        15:42:52  806     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592111338998427000
 23/03/2026        15:50:26  707     GBp       359.8000  XLON           606185120023472000
 23/03/2026        15:50:26  1130    GBp       359.8000  CHIX           592111338998659000
 23/03/2026        15:51:18  851     GBp       359.8000  CHIX           592111338998684000
 23/03/2026        15:52:18  986     GBp       359.6000  CHIX           592111338998724000
 23/03/2026        15:54:03  243     GBp       359.2000  XLON           606185120023606000
 23/03/2026        15:54:03  86      GBp       359.2000  XLON           606185120023606000
 23/03/2026        15:54:03  826     GBp       359.2000  XLON           606185120023606000
 23/03/2026        15:56:20  974     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606185120023696000
 23/03/2026        15:58:32  974     GBp       357.2000  XLON           606185120023776000
 23/03/2026        15:59:40  955     GBp       356.6000  XLON           606185120023825000
 23/03/2026        16:03:45  1461    GBp       356.6000  XLON           606185120023976000
 23/03/2026        16:05:03  923     GBp       356.4000  XLON           592111338999219000
 23/03/2026        16:06:07  964     GBp       356.4000  BATE           606185120024054000
 23/03/2026        16:07:21  1272    GBp       356.6000  XLON           606185120024100000
 23/03/2026        16:10:42  1195    GBp       356.6000  XLON           592111338999416000
 23/03/2026        16:12:44  1267    GBp       357.2000  XLON           606185120024282000
 23/03/2026        16:12:44  707     GBp       357.2000  XLON           592111338999492000
 23/03/2026        16:12:44  814     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           606185120024282000
 23/03/2026        16:13:22  949     GBp       357.0000  XLON           606185120024303000
 23/03/2026        16:15:54  1186    GBp       356.6000  CHIX           592111338999613000
 23/03/2026        16:15:54  1099    GBp       356.6000  XLON           606185120024400000
 23/03/2026        16:17:45  921     GBp       356.4000  BATE           592111338999694000
 23/03/2026        16:19:03  997     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592111338999752000
 23/03/2026        16:19:16  221     GBp       355.8000  XLON           606185120024546000
 23/03/2026        16:19:16  480     GBp       355.8000  XLON           606185120024546000
 23/03/2026        16:19:16  239     GBp       355.8000  XLON           606185120024546000
 23/03/2026        16:20:49  945     GBp       355.4000  XLON           592111338999843000
 23/03/2026        16:20:57  1047    GBp       355.4000  XLON           606185120024631000
 23/03/2026        16:21:55  953     GBp       355.0000  XLON           592111338999892000
 23/03/2026        16:23:28  11      GBp       354.8000  BATE           592111338999968000
 23/03/2026        16:23:28  995     GBp       354.8000  BATE           592111338999968000
 23/03/2026        16:23:28  707     GBp       354.8000  AQXE           606185120024746000
 23/03/2026        16:25:20  35      GBp       354.6000  TRQX           606185120024838000
 23/03/2026        16:25:33  953     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           592111339000071000
 23/03/2026        16:25:33  700     GBp       354.6000  TRQX           606185120024847000
 23/03/2026        16:25:33  735     GBp       354.6000  XLON           606185120024847000
 23/03/2026        16:26:56  846     GBp       355.0000  CHIX           606185120024904000
 23/03/2026        16:26:56  1133    GBp       355.0000  XLON           606185120024904000
 23/03/2026        16:28:38  10      GBp       355.4000  TRQX           592111339000196000
 23/03/2026        16:28:39  805     GBp       355.4000  XLON           606185120024968000
 23/03/2026        16:29:09  399     GBp       355.6000  AQXE           592111339000217000
 23/03/2026        16:29:09  34      GBp       355.6000  AQXE           592111339000217000
 23/03/2026        16:29:09  503     GBp       355.6000  AQXE           592111339000217000
 23/03/2026        16:29:09  56      GBp       355.6000  AQXE           592111339000217000
 23/03/2026        16:29:11  98      GBp       355.6000  AQXE           606185120024990000
 23/03/2026        16:29:34  813     GBp       355.2000  CHIX           592111339000236000
 23/03/2026        16:29:44  747     GBp       355.2000  XLON           606185120025016000

 

 

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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