Holding(s) in Company
(A) TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
1. Issuer Details
ISIN
GB00BKDRYJ47
Issuer Name
AIRTEL AFRICA PLC
UK or Non-UK Issuer
UK
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name
Bharti Airtel Limited
City of registered office (if applicable)
Gurugram
Country of registered office (if applicable)
India
4. Details of the shareholder
Name
City of registered office
Country of registered office
Bharti Airtel Limited
New Delhi
India
Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited
Mauritius
Mauritius
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
22-Jun-2026
6. Date on which Issuer notified
24-Jun-2026
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)
Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
79.220000
0.000000
79.220000
2883895636
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
62.316583
0.000000
62.316583
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
8A. Voting rights attached to shares
Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)
Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)
Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)
% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares GB00BKDRYJ47
595204251
2288691385
16.350000
62.870000
Sub Total 8.A
2883895636
79.220000%
8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))
Type of financial instrument
Expiration date
Exercise/conversion period
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted
% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1
8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))
Type of financial instrument
Expiration date
Exercise/conversion period
Physical or cash settlement
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)
Ultimate controlling person
Name of controlled undertaking
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited
16.350000
0.000000
16.350000%
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited
Network i2i Limited
0.000000
0.000000
0.000000%
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited
Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited
62.870000
0.000000
62.870000%
10. In case of proxy voting
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
If date does not apply, explain below
11. Additional Information
(a) Bharti Airtel Limited holds 100% voting rights in Network i2i Limited, which in turn holds 100% voting rights in Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited ('AAML'), a major shareholder holding 62.86% stake of Airtel Africa plc (the 'Issuer').
(b) This TR-1 disclosure pertains to acquisition of c.16.3% direct shareholding i.e. 595,204,251 shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer by Bharti Airtel Limited ('Bharti Airtel') from Indian Continent Investment Limited ('ICIL') on June 22, 2026, in consideration of allotment of 146,761,335 fully paid-up equity shares of Bharti Airtel to ICIL. Consequent to the above acquisition, the effective shareholding of Bharti Airtel in the Issuer has increased to 79.22%.
(c) The shareholding percentages in this TR-1 disclosure are calculated on the basis of 3,640,521,609 ordi-nary shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer as determined after adjusting the shares bought back by the Issuer up to June 23, 2026. In this notification, figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. Any discrepancies in aggregated figures are due to rounding-off.12. Date of Completion
24-Jun-2026
13. Place Of Completion
New Delhi, India
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