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    02/03/2026 07:00
    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 purchase27 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:

 


    VenueVolume-weighted average priceAggregated volumeLowest price per shareHighest price per share
    London Stock Exchange351.8652,008347.80354.80
    BATS Europe352.162,529350.20353.60
    CHI-X Europe352.063,375350.60353.80
    Aquis Exchange351.522,088351.20351.80
    

 

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 DateTimeVolumeCurrencyPriceTrading VenueTransaction Reference
    27/02/202608:04:59702GBp350.2000XLON592102845509335000
    27/02/202608:04:59702GBp350.2000BATE606176626542066000
    27/02/202608:08:251036GBp350.8000XLON592102845509416000
    27/02/202608:14:351020GBp350.8000XLON606176626542263000
    27/02/202608:20:39833GBp352.8000XLON592102845509667000
    27/02/202608:26:58826GBp353.4000CHIX592102845509786000
    27/02/202608:37:111023GBp352.2000XLON592102845510001000
    27/02/202608:45:20941GBp350.6000XLON606176626542836000
    27/02/202608:52:34819GBp353.8000CHIX606176626542963000
    27/02/202608:56:271012GBp354.4000XLON592102845510366000
    27/02/202609:05:191162GBp353.0000XLON592102845510554000
    27/02/202609:13:32972GBp354.8000XLON592102845510714000
    27/02/202609:25:151179GBp353.8000XLON606176626543611000
    27/02/202609:40:20955GBp354.0000XLON592102845511276000
    27/02/202609:58:471303GBp352.8000XLON592102845511679000
    27/02/202610:12:421110GBp352.0000XLON606176626544580000
    27/02/202610:22:16840GBp352.6000XLON592102845512172000
    27/02/202610:46:08982GBp351.8000XLON606176626545185000
    27/02/202610:49:35822GBp351.6000XLON592102845512675000
    27/02/202611:13:11914GBp350.6000CHIX606176626545672000
    27/02/202611:18:351038GBp351.0000XLON592102845513224000
    27/02/202611:36:02987GBp351.2000AQXE592102845513601000
    27/02/202611:54:551028GBp352.2000XLON592102845513996000
    27/02/202612:06:241163GBp352.6000XLON592102845514247000
    27/02/202612:24:411125GBp353.6000BATE606176626547095000
    27/02/202612:47:061110GBp352.8000XLON606176626547510000
    27/02/202612:54:40778GBp352.4000XLON606176626547666000
    27/02/202613:13:301370GBp352.2000XLON606176626548036000
    27/02/202613:22:361101GBp351.8000AQXE592102845515819000
    27/02/202613:35:31848GBp350.8000XLON592102845516160000
    27/02/202613:44:27960GBp350.6000XLON592102845516368000
    27/02/202613:52:481042GBp348.4000XLON592102845516565000
    27/02/202614:03:48945GBp347.8000XLON606176626549187000
    27/02/202614:12:33736GBp348.2000XLON592102845517038000
    27/02/202614:12:33291GBp348.2000XLON592102845517038000
    27/02/202614:23:341174GBp348.4000XLON606176626549680000
    27/02/202614:28:00890GBp348.6000XLON606176626549827000
    27/02/202614:33:411532GBp349.0000XLON592102845517781000
    27/02/202614:39:181324GBp350.0000XLON592102845518056000
    27/02/202614:46:30816GBp350.6000CHIX592102845518378000
    27/02/202614:46:30702GBp350.6000XLON606176626550688000
    27/02/202614:51:191016GBp351.0000XLON592102845518586000
    27/02/202614:56:22914GBp350.6000XLON592102845518762000
    27/02/202615:01:471359GBp352.0000XLON592102845519054000
    27/02/202615:06:301147GBp352.6000XLON592102845519276000
    27/02/202615:14:331277GBp352.4000XLON606176626551876000
    27/02/202615:17:08792GBp351.4000XLON606176626551981000
    27/02/202615:24:05872GBp351.8000XLON592102845520007000
    27/02/202615:24:05702GBp351.8000BATE606176626552261000
    27/02/202615:29:53802GBp351.8000XLON606176626552473000
    27/02/202615:42:102688GBp352.8000XLON606176626552954000
    27/02/202615:48:24921GBp353.2000XLON606176626553168000
    27/02/202615:51:11957GBp353.0000XLON606176626553268000
    27/02/202615:59:521077GBp354.0000XLON606176626553588000
    27/02/202616:01:35726GBp354.2000XLON606176626553664000
    27/02/202616:01:35938GBp354.2000XLON606176626553664000
    27/02/202616:08:111220GBp353.8000XLON606176626553931000
    27/02/202616:13:11773GBp353.6000XLON606176626554147000
    27/02/202616:13:121091GBp353.4000XLON606176626554148000
    27/02/202616:17:47615GBp353.0000XLON606176626554381000
    

 

 

Enquiries

 


    Airtel Africa - Investor Relations
    Alastair Jones
    Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com    		+44 7464 830 011
    +44 207 493 9315
    

 


    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.

 

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