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REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares and share buyback update

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RNS Number : 5885C  Airtel Africa PLC  28 March 2025

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares and share buyback update

 

London and Lagos, 28 March 2025: 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 23 December 2024.

Aggregate information:

 Date of purchase                                27 March 2025
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  350,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              164.10p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             166.10p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       165.09p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

 

Share buy-back update

 

The company announces that in future, all shares repurchased under this
tranche of the share buy-back programme will be held in treasury for use in
connection with an employee share incentive scheme.

 

Aggregate information on shares purchased according to trading venues:

 

 Venue                  Volume          Aggregated volume  Lowest price  Highest price

                        Weighted                           per share     per share

                        average price
 London Stock Exchange  165.18          169,291            164.10        166.10
 BATS Europe            164.89          44,800             164.10        165.40
 CHI-X Europe           165.13          89,923             164.20        166.00
 Aquis Exchange         164.97          23,270             164.60        165.70
 Turquoise              164.78          22,716             164.10        165.60

 

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 23
December 2024, the Company has purchased 18,786,828 ordinary shares in
aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 124.7876 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
 27/03/2025        08:05:00  2018    GBp       165.7000  XLON           606186535604684000
 27/03/2025        08:05:00  2254    GBp       165.7000  XLON           606186535604684000
 27/03/2025        08:05:00  2351    GBp       165.7000  XLON           606186535604684000
 27/03/2025        08:05:00  1544    GBp       165.7000  AQXE           620260284440189000
 27/03/2025        08:08:25  1544    GBp       166.0000  CHIX           620260284440301000
 27/03/2025        08:08:25  2814    GBp       165.9000  CHIX           606186535604794000
 27/03/2025        08:08:30  1544    GBp       165.8000  XLON           606186535604798000
 27/03/2025        08:13:12  3378    GBp       165.6000  CHIX           620260284440443000
 27/03/2025        08:27:41  5744    GBp       165.8000  XLON           620260284440776000
 27/03/2025        08:27:41  3218    GBp       165.8000  XLON           620260284440776000
 27/03/2025        08:34:50  1641    GBp       165.9000  XLON           606186535605453000
 27/03/2025        08:34:50  1641    GBp       165.9000  XLON           620260284440982000
 27/03/2025        08:34:50  402     GBp       165.9000  XLON           620260284440982000
 27/03/2025        08:34:50  1891    GBp       165.9000  XLON           620260284440982000
 27/03/2025        08:37:46  1417    GBp       165.5000  CHIX           620260284441060000
 27/03/2025        08:37:46  1938    GBp       165.5000  CHIX           620260284441060000
 27/03/2025        08:42:41  1916    GBp       165.4000  AQXE           620260284441181000
 27/03/2025        08:42:41  1544    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535605646000
 27/03/2025        08:52:51  1501    GBp       165.6000  CHIX           606186535605857000
 27/03/2025        08:52:51  203     GBp       165.6000  CHIX           606186535605857000
 27/03/2025        09:07:34  1859    GBp       166.1000  XLON           606186535606189000
 27/03/2025        09:10:57  1346    GBp       166.1000  XLON           620260284441822000
 27/03/2025        09:10:57  478     GBp       166.1000  XLON           620260284441822000
 27/03/2025        09:11:22  4602    GBp       166.0000  XLON           606186535606276000
 27/03/2025        09:11:22  1544    GBp       166.0000  CHIX           620260284441832000
 27/03/2025        09:11:22  846     GBp       166.0000  XLON           606186535606276000
 27/03/2025        09:11:22  5084    GBp       166.0000  XLON           606186535606276000
 27/03/2025        09:20:05  1544    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           606186535606471000
 27/03/2025        09:20:05  1838    GBp       165.4000  BATE           620260284442033000
 27/03/2025        09:29:48  1544    GBp       165.3000  CHIX           606186535606700000
 27/03/2025        09:29:48  1835    GBp       165.3000  BATE           620260284442269000
 27/03/2025        09:34:44  1629    GBp       165.3000  XLON           606186535606796000
 27/03/2025        09:34:44  1750    GBp       165.3000  CHIX           620260284442368000
 27/03/2025        09:49:56  579     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535607130000
 27/03/2025        09:49:56  965     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535607130000
 27/03/2025        09:49:56  1821    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284442715000
 27/03/2025        09:49:56  1695    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284442715000
 27/03/2025        10:10:02  1925    GBp       165.4000  XLON           620260284443221000
 27/03/2025        10:13:55  1176    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535607721000
 27/03/2025        10:13:55  2893    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535607721000
 27/03/2025        10:13:55  2852    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535607721000
 27/03/2025        10:13:55  297     GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535607721000
 27/03/2025        10:18:30  2313    GBp       165.3000  XLON           606186535607842000
 27/03/2025        10:18:30  1678    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284443451000
 27/03/2025        10:18:30  1544    GBp       165.3000  BATE           620260284443451000
 27/03/2025        10:31:50  1749    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535608136000
 27/03/2025        10:38:39  1677    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284443908000
 27/03/2025        10:46:39  1612    GBp       165.5000  XLON           606186535608468000
 27/03/2025        10:47:13  1628    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           606186535608481000
 27/03/2025        10:52:53  1850    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           606186535608619000
 27/03/2025        10:52:53  1640    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535608619000
 27/03/2025        11:00:35  1816    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284444472000
 27/03/2025        11:05:01  1597    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           606186535608954000
 27/03/2025        11:12:37  1618    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284444812000
 27/03/2025        11:18:49  1644    GBp       165.6000  TRQX           606186535609317000
 27/03/2025        11:19:29  1544    GBp       165.4000  BATE           606186535609335000
 27/03/2025        11:19:29  3420    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284444999000
 27/03/2025        11:19:29  1163    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284444999000
 27/03/2025        11:19:29  300     GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535609335000
 27/03/2025        11:19:30  771     GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535609335000
 27/03/2025        11:19:30  1195    GBp       165.4000  XLON           606186535609335000
 27/03/2025        11:33:40  400     GBp       165.3000  CHIX           606186535609678000
 27/03/2025        11:38:43  1826    GBp       165.4000  CHIX           620260284445470000
 27/03/2025        11:42:40  1427    GBp       165.3000  CHIX           606186535609875000
 27/03/2025        11:42:40  1759    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284445558000
 27/03/2025        11:42:40  1544    GBp       165.2000  CHIX           606186535609875000
 27/03/2025        11:42:40  1825    GBp       165.2000  CHIX           620260284445558000
 27/03/2025        11:45:34  1716    GBp       165.2000  CHIX           606186535609947000
 27/03/2025        11:45:34  1827    GBp       165.2000  AQXE           620260284445634000
 27/03/2025        12:01:39  1735    GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535610335000
 27/03/2025        12:08:08  1544    GBp       164.8000  AQXE           606186535610523000
 27/03/2025        12:08:08  1672    GBp       164.8000  BATE           606186535610523000
 27/03/2025        12:08:08  1672    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284446230000
 27/03/2025        12:08:08  1828    GBp       164.8000  XLON           620260284446230000
 27/03/2025        12:28:46  3384    GBp       164.9000  XLON           606186535611032000
 27/03/2025        12:28:46  1652    GBp       164.9000  XLON           606186535611032000
 27/03/2025        12:28:46  1653    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284446757000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  1629    GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535611401000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  1628    GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535611401000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  1444    GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284447140000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  184     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284447140000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  1653    GBp       164.8000  TRQX           620260284447140000
 27/03/2025        12:43:50  1731    GBp       164.8000  BATE           620260284447140000
 27/03/2025        12:51:20  1826    GBp       164.7000  TRQX           606186535611589000
 27/03/2025        12:51:20  1544    GBp       164.7000  BATE           620260284447335000
 27/03/2025        13:03:53  1544    GBp       164.6000  BATE           606186535611925000
 27/03/2025        13:03:53  1839    GBp       164.6000  TRQX           620260284447685000
 27/03/2025        13:03:53  1824    GBp       164.6000  CHIX           620260284447685000
 27/03/2025        13:13:26  1717    GBp       164.6000  XLON           606186535612174000
 27/03/2025        13:13:26  1544    GBp       164.5000  BATE           620260284447945000
 27/03/2025        13:13:26  1837    GBp       164.5000  TRQX           606186535612174000
 27/03/2025        13:29:57  537     GBp       164.2000  CHIX           606186535612634000
 27/03/2025        13:29:57  1658    GBp       164.2000  CHIX           620260284448422000
 27/03/2025        13:31:04  1703    GBp       164.2000  TRQX           606186535612695000
 27/03/2025        13:31:04  3386    GBp       164.2000  XLON           606186535612695000
 27/03/2025        13:31:04  1120    GBp       164.2000  CHIX           606186535612695000
 27/03/2025        13:31:04  1655    GBp       164.2000  BATE           606186535612695000
 27/03/2025        13:35:42  1078    GBp       164.2000  CHIX           606186535612886000
 27/03/2025        13:35:42  528     GBp       164.2000  CHIX           606186535612886000
 27/03/2025        13:41:50  1808    GBp       164.1000  XLON           606186535613118000
 27/03/2025        13:41:50  1798    GBp       164.1000  XLON           620260284448922000
 27/03/2025        13:41:50  1799    GBp       164.1000  TRQX           620260284448922000
 27/03/2025        13:41:50  1544    GBp       164.1000  BATE           620260284448922000
 27/03/2025        13:50:02  146     GBp       164.7000  CHIX           606186535613466000
 27/03/2025        13:50:02  1778    GBp       164.7000  XLON           620260284449281000
 27/03/2025        13:50:02  2942    GBp       164.7000  CHIX           606186535613466000
 27/03/2025        13:50:02  1960    GBp       164.7000  XLON           606186535613466000
 27/03/2025        13:54:31  1820    GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535613688000
 27/03/2025        13:54:31  1544    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284449510000
 27/03/2025        14:01:59  1544    GBp       164.7000  BATE           606186535613961000
 27/03/2025        14:01:59  1824    GBp       164.7000  TRQX           620260284449793000
 27/03/2025        14:27:41  1544    GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535614789000
 27/03/2025        14:27:41  2682    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284450642000
 27/03/2025        14:27:41  2400    GBp       164.9000  XLON           606186535614789000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  1750    GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535615017000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  1751    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           606186535615017000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  1748    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           606186535615017000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  4176    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284450875000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  1752    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284450875000
 27/03/2025        14:33:56  498     GBp       164.9000  XLON           606186535615017000
 27/03/2025        14:38:56  1298    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284451072000
 27/03/2025        14:39:43  304     GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284451103000
 27/03/2025        14:46:45  1669    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           606186535615492000
 27/03/2025        14:46:45  1668    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284451361000
 27/03/2025        14:50:46  166     GBp       165.1000  BATE           606186535615636000
 27/03/2025        14:50:46  173     GBp       165.1000  BATE           606186535615636000
 27/03/2025        14:50:46  1287    GBp       165.1000  BATE           606186535615636000
 27/03/2025        14:58:32  1785    GBp       165.2000  XLON           606186535615950000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  1544    GBp       165.2000  BATE           606186535616124000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  1544    GBp       165.2000  TRQX           606186535616124000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  1724    GBp       165.2000  CHIX           620260284452005000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  2582    GBp       165.2000  CHIX           620260284452005000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  4266    GBp       165.2000  XLON           620260284452005000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  1893    GBp       165.2000  XLON           620260284452005000
 27/03/2025        15:01:05  858     GBp       165.2000  XLON           620260284452005000
 27/03/2025        15:10:06  1644    GBp       165.2000  XLON           606186535616525000
 27/03/2025        15:15:45  2623    GBp       165.3000  CHIX           620260284452662000
 27/03/2025        15:15:45  540     GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452662000
 27/03/2025        15:15:45  5292    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452662000
 27/03/2025        15:19:00  1794    GBp       165.3000  CHIX           606186535616906000
 27/03/2025        15:19:00  3808    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452796000
 27/03/2025        15:19:00  1242    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452796000
 27/03/2025        15:19:00  549     GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452796000
 27/03/2025        15:19:00  1177    GBp       165.3000  XLON           620260284452796000
 27/03/2025        15:24:38  1544    GBp       165.1000  TRQX           606186535617139000
 27/03/2025        15:24:38  1773    GBp       165.1000  XLON           606186535617139000
 27/03/2025        15:24:38  1835    GBp       165.1000  XLON           620260284453034000
 27/03/2025        15:24:38  1773    GBp       165.1000  XLON           606186535617139000
 27/03/2025        15:30:43  1721    GBp       165.0000  XLON           606186535617383000
 27/03/2025        15:30:43  1544    GBp       165.0000  CHIX           606186535617383000
 27/03/2025        15:30:43  1822    GBp       165.0000  BATE           620260284453281000
 27/03/2025        15:38:09  1544    GBp       165.0000  CHIX           620260284453613000
 27/03/2025        15:38:09  841     GBp       165.0000  CHIX           620260284453613000
 27/03/2025        15:38:09  1822    GBp       165.0000  BATE           606186535617710000
 27/03/2025        15:38:09  979     GBp       165.0000  CHIX           620260284453613000
 27/03/2025        15:38:09  1817    GBp       165.0000  TRQX           620260284453613000
 27/03/2025        15:40:03  1830    GBp       165.0000  CHIX           606186535617788000
 27/03/2025        15:40:03  1544    GBp       165.0000  XLON           620260284453692000
 27/03/2025        15:48:33  678     GBp       164.8000  AQXE           620260284454052000
 27/03/2025        15:48:33  1081    GBp       164.8000  AQXE           620260284454052000
 27/03/2025        15:51:57  1805    GBp       164.9000  TRQX           620260284454198000
 27/03/2025        15:52:57  1881    GBp       164.9000  TRQX           606186535618325000
 27/03/2025        15:53:49  1544    GBp       164.8000  AQXE           606186535618358000
 27/03/2025        15:53:49  3497    GBp       164.8000  XLON           620260284454273000
 27/03/2025        15:53:49  4643    GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535618358000
 27/03/2025        15:53:49  975     GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535618358000
 27/03/2025        15:56:03  3398    GBp       164.5000  CHIX           606186535618454000
 27/03/2025        15:59:47  1732    GBp       164.5000  CHIX           606186535618605000
 27/03/2025        16:01:16  4489    GBp       164.6000  XLON           606186535618685000
 27/03/2025        16:01:16  1544    GBp       164.6000  AQXE           620260284454606000
 27/03/2025        16:01:16  783     GBp       164.6000  XLON           620260284454606000
 27/03/2025        16:07:30  1855    GBp       164.7000  CHIX           620260284454888000
 27/03/2025        16:10:16  1311    GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535619075000
 27/03/2025        16:10:16  529     GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535619075000
 27/03/2025        16:10:46  2954    GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535619102000
 27/03/2025        16:10:46  1544    GBp       164.8000  AQXE           606186535619102000
 27/03/2025        16:10:46  1544    GBp       164.8000  BATE           620260284455031000
 27/03/2025        16:10:46  5060    GBp       164.8000  XLON           620260284455031000
 27/03/2025        16:10:46  465     GBp       164.8000  XLON           620260284455031000
 27/03/2025        16:18:44  361     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619514000
 27/03/2025        16:18:44  759     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619514000
 27/03/2025        16:18:44  1       GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619514000
 27/03/2025        16:18:44  680     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284455453000
 27/03/2025        16:19:25  612     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284455489000
 27/03/2025        16:19:25  203     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619548000
 27/03/2025        16:19:25  981     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619548000
 27/03/2025        16:20:20  992     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284455546000
 27/03/2025        16:20:20  730     GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619605000
 27/03/2025        16:21:08  173     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284455594000
 27/03/2025        16:21:08  162     GBp       164.9000  BATE           620260284455594000
 27/03/2025        16:21:08  1419    GBp       164.9000  BATE           606186535619652000
 27/03/2025        16:21:56  7       GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455638000
 27/03/2025        16:21:56  583     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455638000
 27/03/2025        16:21:56  1034    GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455638000
 27/03/2025        16:22:48  658     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619740000
 27/03/2025        16:22:48  593     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619740000
 27/03/2025        16:22:48  200     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619740000
 27/03/2025        16:22:48  142     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619740000
 27/03/2025        16:22:48  84      GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619740000
 27/03/2025        16:23:36  2461    GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535619781000
 27/03/2025        16:23:36  1544    GBp       164.8000  BATE           620260284455725000
 27/03/2025        16:23:38  102     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619783000
 27/03/2025        16:23:38  423     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619783000
 27/03/2025        16:23:38  640     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619783000
 27/03/2025        16:23:38  473     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           606186535619783000
 27/03/2025        16:24:51  80      GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535619854000
 27/03/2025        16:25:10  127     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455829000
 27/03/2025        16:25:10  176     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455829000
 27/03/2025        16:25:10  151     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455829000
 27/03/2025        16:25:10  673     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455829000
 27/03/2025        16:25:10  618     GBp       164.9000  AQXE           620260284455829000
 27/03/2025        16:28:25  3436    GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284455996000
 27/03/2025        16:28:25  140     GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284455996000
 27/03/2025        16:28:25  680     GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284455996000
 27/03/2025        16:28:25  568     GBp       164.9000  CHIX           620260284455996000
 27/03/2025        16:29:00  519     GBp       164.8000  XLON           606186535620079000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  701     GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  1006    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  335     GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  3994    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  1144    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  33      GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000
 27/03/2025        16:29:53  1226    GBp       164.9000  XLON           620260284456090000

 

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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.

 

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