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RNS Number : 9135I  Airtel Africa PLC  16 May 2025

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 16 May 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 was
announced on 14 May 2025.

Aggregate information:

 Date of purchase                                15 May 2025
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  200,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              174.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             176.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       175.25p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares
of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,669,936,977, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,662,447,933. 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.

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  175.20          104,449            174.20        176.00
 BATS Europe            175.51          15,655             175.10        176.00
 CHI-X Europe           175.25          67,648             174.40        176.00
 Aquis Exchange         175.35          7,877              175.10        175.80
 Turquoise              175.37          4,371              175.00        176.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 26,868,771
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 135.9539
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
 15/05/2025        08:06:21  2000    GBp       174.8000  XLON           592130112850436000
 15/05/2025        08:06:21  3365    GBp       174.8000  XLON           592130112850436000
 15/05/2025        08:15:29  1682    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112850651000
 15/05/2025        08:19:10  2384    GBp       175.0000  XLON           592130112850751000
 15/05/2025        08:19:10  1749    GBp       174.8000  XLON           592130112850751000
 15/05/2025        08:30:46  3935    GBp       175.5000  XLON           592130112851057000
 15/05/2025        08:44:04  3203    GBp       175.1000  XLON           606203861686841000
 15/05/2025        09:00:33  1689    GBp       174.5000  XLON           592130112851730000
 15/05/2025        09:00:33  989     GBp       174.4000  CHIX           592130112851730000
 15/05/2025        09:00:33  1604    GBp       174.4000  CHIX           592130112851730000
 15/05/2025        09:24:10  3069    GBp       174.4000  XLON           592130112852272000
 15/05/2025        09:32:01  2902    GBp       174.2000  XLON           592130112852439000
 15/05/2025        09:32:01  1493    GBp       174.2000  XLON           606203861687862000
 15/05/2025        09:51:49  1       GBp       174.5000  CHIX           592130112852861000
 15/05/2025        09:54:10  2624    GBp       174.5000  CHIX           592130112852911000
 15/05/2025        09:55:56  1601    GBp       174.4000  XLON           592130112852950000
 15/05/2025        10:24:50  2035    GBp       175.2000  XLON           592130112853556000
 15/05/2025        10:25:16  3426    GBp       175.1000  XLON           606203861688922000
 15/05/2025        10:36:36  2158    GBp       175.0000  CHIX           592130112853803000
 15/05/2025        10:46:31  1964    GBp       175.3000  CHIX           592130112854004000
 15/05/2025        10:46:31  2258    GBp       175.2000  XLON           606203861689336000
 15/05/2025        11:01:06  1696    GBp       175.3000  CHIX           606203861689630000
 15/05/2025        11:01:49  2425    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861689644000
 15/05/2025        11:30:35  1706    GBp       175.4000  XLON           592130112854878000
 15/05/2025        11:38:44  1905    GBp       175.6000  XLON           592130112855042000
 15/05/2025        11:44:21  1741    GBp       175.6000  XLON           606203861690451000
 15/05/2025        11:50:45  1652    GBp       175.8000  CHIX           606203861690569000
 15/05/2025        11:58:04  1076    GBp       175.8000  AQXE           592130112855444000
 15/05/2025        11:58:04  864     GBp       175.8000  AQXE           592130112855444000
 15/05/2025        12:05:17  1726    GBp       175.8000  BATE           592130112855606000
 15/05/2025        12:06:43  2914    GBp       175.6000  XLON           592130112855636000
 15/05/2025        12:06:43  1650    GBp       175.6000  CHIX           592130112855636000
 15/05/2025        12:06:43  71      GBp       175.6000  CHIX           606203861690881000
 15/05/2025        12:06:43  1399    GBp       175.6000  CHIX           606203861690881000
 15/05/2025        12:38:21  1499    GBp       175.8000  XLON           606203861691524000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  1457    GBp       175.7000  CHIX           592130112856473000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  828     GBp       175.9000  XLON           606203861691673000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  813     GBp       175.9000  XLON           606203861691673000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  1509    GBp       175.7000  BATE           606203861691673000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  3424    GBp       175.7000  XLON           592130112856473000
 15/05/2025        12:45:05  254     GBp       175.7000  XLON           592130112856473000
 15/05/2025        12:50:55  2401    GBp       175.6000  CHIX           592130112856596000
 15/05/2025        13:01:30  1457    GBp       175.3000  XLON           592130112856845000
 15/05/2025        13:01:30  1550    GBp       175.3000  CHIX           606203861692028000
 15/05/2025        13:22:59  1665    GBp       175.3000  XLON           606203861692506000
 15/05/2025        13:23:12  1731    GBp       175.2000  XLON           592130112857357000
 15/05/2025        13:29:13  1561    GBp       175.2000  CHIX           592130112857498000
 15/05/2025        13:29:13  2551    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861692649000
 15/05/2025        13:49:12  1472    GBp       175.3000  XLON           606203861693140000
 15/05/2025        13:49:12  1472    GBp       175.3000  CHIX           606203861693140000
 15/05/2025        13:50:31  161     GBp       175.2000  CHIX           592130112858056000
 15/05/2025        13:50:31  2419    GBp       175.2000  CHIX           592130112858056000
 15/05/2025        13:50:31  1457    GBp       175.2000  BATE           606203861693178000
 15/05/2025        13:57:06  1999    GBp       175.3000  CHIX           592130112858235000
 15/05/2025        14:21:53  2       GBp       175.5000  BATE           592130112858938000
 15/05/2025        14:21:53  284     GBp       175.5000  BATE           592130112858938000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  1297    GBp       175.5000  XLON           592130112858971000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  703     GBp       175.5000  XLON           606203861694042000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  3868    GBp       175.5000  XLON           606203861694042000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  825     GBp       175.5000  XLON           606203861694042000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  810     GBp       175.5000  XLON           606203861694042000
 15/05/2025        14:23:01  1971    GBp       175.5000  XLON           606203861694042000
 15/05/2025        14:30:01  1554    GBp       175.6000  XLON           592130112859194000
 15/05/2025        14:41:14  1457    GBp       176.0000  BATE           592130112859647000
 15/05/2025        14:41:14  1457    GBp       176.0000  TRQX           592130112859647000
 15/05/2025        14:41:14  5100    GBp       176.0000  CHIX           606203861694687000
 15/05/2025        14:41:14  322     GBp       176.0000  XLON           592130112859647000
 15/05/2025        14:51:20  2064    GBp       176.0000  XLON           592130112860114000
 15/05/2025        14:51:20  1457    GBp       176.0000  CHIX           592130112860114000
 15/05/2025        14:51:20  1457    GBp       176.0000  BATE           606203861695134000
 15/05/2025        14:54:10  2001    GBp       175.7000  BATE           606203861695282000
 15/05/2025        14:59:53  2651    GBp       175.3000  XLON           606203861695605000
 15/05/2025        15:00:27  1598    GBp       175.2000  XLON           592130112860636000
 15/05/2025        15:18:32  1841    GBp       175.5000  XLON           592130112861336000
 15/05/2025        15:19:09  3317    GBp       175.4000  XLON           592130112861361000
 15/05/2025        15:19:09  1457    GBp       175.4000  CHIX           606203861696330000
 15/05/2025        15:19:09  1457    GBp       175.4000  AQXE           592130112861361000
 15/05/2025        15:19:09  2406    GBp       175.4000  CHIX           606203861696330000
 15/05/2025        15:27:16  1702    GBp       175.4000  CHIX           606203861696628000
 15/05/2025        15:32:13  1558    GBp       175.2000  BATE           592130112861861000
 15/05/2025        15:32:13  9       GBp       175.2000  CHIX           606203861696808000
 15/05/2025        15:32:13  1448    GBp       175.2000  CHIX           606203861696808000
 15/05/2025        15:32:13  1691    GBp       175.2000  XLON           592130112861861000
 15/05/2025        15:32:13  1690    GBp       175.2000  XLON           592130112861861000
 15/05/2025        15:46:04  508     GBp       175.2000  AQXE           592130112862405000
 15/05/2025        15:46:04  1473    GBp       175.2000  AQXE           592130112862405000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  2487    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112862452000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  1457    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861697373000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  2495    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861697373000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  1205    GBp       175.1000  AQXE           606203861697373000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  516     GBp       175.1000  AQXE           606203861697373000
 15/05/2025        15:47:10  778     GBp       175.1000  AQXE           606203861697373000
 15/05/2025        16:00:48  1259    GBp       175.1000  BATE           592130112863020000
 15/05/2025        16:01:22  6582    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112863045000
 15/05/2025        16:01:22  3910    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861697936000
 15/05/2025        16:01:22  568     GBp       175.1000  XLON           606203861697936000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  1532    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112863454000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  2185    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112863454000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  1457    GBp       175.1000  BATE           592130112863454000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  1490    GBp       175.1000  XLON           606203861698328000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  1457    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861698328000
 15/05/2025        16:11:16  1534    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861698328000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  2544    GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112863937000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  947     GBp       175.1000  XLON           592130112863937000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  1488    GBp       175.1000  BATE           592130112863937000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  1722    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           592130112863937000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  1457    GBp       175.1000  TRQX           606203861698789000
 15/05/2025        16:20:13  1457    GBp       175.1000  CHIX           606203861698789000
 15/05/2025        16:25:20  112     GBp       175.0000  TRQX           592130112864258000
 15/05/2025        16:25:20  645     GBp       175.0000  TRQX           592130112864258000
 15/05/2025        16:25:20  3071    GBp       175.0000  CHIX           606203861699095000
 15/05/2025        16:25:20  2877    GBp       175.0000  CHIX           606203861699095000
 15/05/2025        16:27:16  700     GBp       175.0000  TRQX           592130112864353000
 15/05/2025        16:27:16  285     GBp       175.0000  CHIX           606203861699185000
 15/05/2025        16:28:01  1712    GBp       175.0000  XLON           606203861699215000

 

 

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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