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RNS Number : 9608X  Airtel Africa PLC  25 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 25 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                                24 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  2,889
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              353.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             359.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       355.73p

 

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 10,536,678 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,644,344,350. 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  356.55                         1,917              354.40                  359.20
 CHI-X Europe           354.10                         972                353.20                  354.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 44,972,354 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 169.4361 GBp per ordinary share.

 

These purchases represent the last purchases under the second tranche of the
buyback programme initially announced on 14 May 2025 and subsequently revised
on 22 September 2025. This tranche has now been completed in accordance with
its terms.

 

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
 24/03/2026        08:07:36  705     GBp       354.4000  XLON           606185473905005000
 24/03/2026        08:27:25  548     GBp       354.8000  CHIX           606185473905338000
 24/03/2026        09:35:07  424     GBp       353.2000  CHIX           592111721338046000
 24/03/2026        10:14:21  452     GBp       357.6000  XLON           592111721338717000
 24/03/2026        10:28:24  482     GBp       357.2000  XLON           606185473907375000
 24/03/2026        10:47:54  278     GBp       359.2000  XLON           592111721339258000

 

 

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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