REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

02/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 7987U  Airtel Africa PLC  02 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 02 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                                27 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  60,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              347.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             354.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       351.87p

 

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 9,378,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,502,538. 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  351.86                         52,008             347.80                  354.80
 BATS Europe            352.16                         2,529              350.20                  353.60
 CHI-X Europe           352.06                         3,375              350.60                  353.80
 Aquis Exchange         351.52                         2,088              351.20                  351.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,814,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 164.6620 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
 27/02/2026        08:04:59  702     GBp       350.2000  XLON           592102845509335000
 27/02/2026        08:04:59  702     GBp       350.2000  BATE           606176626542066000
 27/02/2026        08:08:25  1036    GBp       350.8000  XLON           592102845509416000
 27/02/2026        08:14:35  1020    GBp       350.8000  XLON           606176626542263000
 27/02/2026        08:20:39  833     GBp       352.8000  XLON           592102845509667000
 27/02/2026        08:26:58  826     GBp       353.4000  CHIX           592102845509786000
 27/02/2026        08:37:11  1023    GBp       352.2000  XLON           592102845510001000
 27/02/2026        08:45:20  941     GBp       350.6000  XLON           606176626542836000
 27/02/2026        08:52:34  819     GBp       353.8000  CHIX           606176626542963000
 27/02/2026        08:56:27  1012    GBp       354.4000  XLON           592102845510366000
 27/02/2026        09:05:19  1162    GBp       353.0000  XLON           592102845510554000
 27/02/2026        09:13:32  972     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592102845510714000
 27/02/2026        09:25:15  1179    GBp       353.8000  XLON           606176626543611000
 27/02/2026        09:40:20  955     GBp       354.0000  XLON           592102845511276000
 27/02/2026        09:58:47  1303    GBp       352.8000  XLON           592102845511679000
 27/02/2026        10:12:42  1110    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606176626544580000
 27/02/2026        10:22:16  840     GBp       352.6000  XLON           592102845512172000
 27/02/2026        10:46:08  982     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606176626545185000
 27/02/2026        10:49:35  822     GBp       351.6000  XLON           592102845512675000
 27/02/2026        11:13:11  914     GBp       350.6000  CHIX           606176626545672000
 27/02/2026        11:18:35  1038    GBp       351.0000  XLON           592102845513224000
 27/02/2026        11:36:02  987     GBp       351.2000  AQXE           592102845513601000
 27/02/2026        11:54:55  1028    GBp       352.2000  XLON           592102845513996000
 27/02/2026        12:06:24  1163    GBp       352.6000  XLON           592102845514247000
 27/02/2026        12:24:41  1125    GBp       353.6000  BATE           606176626547095000
 27/02/2026        12:47:06  1110    GBp       352.8000  XLON           606176626547510000
 27/02/2026        12:54:40  778     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606176626547666000
 27/02/2026        13:13:30  1370    GBp       352.2000  XLON           606176626548036000
 27/02/2026        13:22:36  1101    GBp       351.8000  AQXE           592102845515819000
 27/02/2026        13:35:31  848     GBp       350.8000  XLON           592102845516160000
 27/02/2026        13:44:27  960     GBp       350.6000  XLON           592102845516368000
 27/02/2026        13:52:48  1042    GBp       348.4000  XLON           592102845516565000
 27/02/2026        14:03:48  945     GBp       347.8000  XLON           606176626549187000
 27/02/2026        14:12:33  736     GBp       348.2000  XLON           592102845517038000
 27/02/2026        14:12:33  291     GBp       348.2000  XLON           592102845517038000
 27/02/2026        14:23:34  1174    GBp       348.4000  XLON           606176626549680000
 27/02/2026        14:28:00  890     GBp       348.6000  XLON           606176626549827000
 27/02/2026        14:33:41  1532    GBp       349.0000  XLON           592102845517781000
 27/02/2026        14:39:18  1324    GBp       350.0000  XLON           592102845518056000
 27/02/2026        14:46:30  816     GBp       350.6000  CHIX           592102845518378000
 27/02/2026        14:46:30  702     GBp       350.6000  XLON           606176626550688000
 27/02/2026        14:51:19  1016    GBp       351.0000  XLON           592102845518586000
 27/02/2026        14:56:22  914     GBp       350.6000  XLON           592102845518762000
 27/02/2026        15:01:47  1359    GBp       352.0000  XLON           592102845519054000
 27/02/2026        15:06:30  1147    GBp       352.6000  XLON           592102845519276000
 27/02/2026        15:14:33  1277    GBp       352.4000  XLON           606176626551876000
 27/02/2026        15:17:08  792     GBp       351.4000  XLON           606176626551981000
 27/02/2026        15:24:05  872     GBp       351.8000  XLON           592102845520007000
 27/02/2026        15:24:05  702     GBp       351.8000  BATE           606176626552261000
 27/02/2026        15:29:53  802     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606176626552473000
 27/02/2026        15:42:10  2688    GBp       352.8000  XLON           606176626552954000
 27/02/2026        15:48:24  921     GBp       353.2000  XLON           606176626553168000
 27/02/2026        15:51:11  957     GBp       353.0000  XLON           606176626553268000
 27/02/2026        15:59:52  1077    GBp       354.0000  XLON           606176626553588000
 27/02/2026        16:01:35  726     GBp       354.2000  XLON           606176626553664000
 27/02/2026        16:01:35  938     GBp       354.2000  XLON           606176626553664000
 27/02/2026        16:08:11  1220    GBp       353.8000  XLON           606176626553931000
 27/02/2026        16:13:11  773     GBp       353.6000  XLON           606176626554147000
 27/02/2026        16:13:12  1091    GBp       353.4000  XLON           606176626554148000
 27/02/2026        16:17:47  615     GBp       353.0000  XLON           606176626554381000

 

 

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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