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RNS Number : 8509O  Airtel Africa PLC  30 June 2025

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 30 June 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                                27 June 2025
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  13,114
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              176.70p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             177.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       176.85p

 

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 3,663,758,552, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,656,269,508. 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  176.84          10,008             176.70        177.00
 BATS Europe            176.90          1,433              176.90        176.90
 CHI-X Europe           176.90          1,673              176.90        176.90

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 33,047,196
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 143.6288
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
 27/06/2025        08:06:59  2959    GBp       176.7000  XLON           606219079152992000
 27/06/2025        08:09:07  2342    GBp       176.8000  XLON           592145330317098000
 27/06/2025        08:29:56  1072    GBp       177.0000  XLON           592145330317513000
 27/06/2025        08:29:56  825     GBp       177.0000  XLON           592145330317513000
 27/06/2025        08:31:57  1673    GBp       176.9000  CHIX           592145330317561000
 27/06/2025        08:31:57  1433    GBp       176.9000  BATE           606219079153473000
 27/06/2025        08:31:57  2810    GBp       176.9000  XLON           592145330317561000

 

 

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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