REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

23/10/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 4598E  Airtel Africa PLC  23 October 2025

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 23 October 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 22 September 2025.

Aggregate information:

 Date of purchase                                22 October 2025
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  25,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              224.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             229.60p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       226.25p

 

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 3,656,047,633, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,558,589. 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:

 

 Venue                  Volume-weighted average price  Aggregated volume  Lowest price per share  Highest price per share
 London Stock Exchange  226.33                         8,882              224.80                  228.20
 BATS Europe            225.27                         3,731              225.00                  225.60
 CHI-X Europe           226.48                         12,387             224.80                  229.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 40,758,115
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 151.5719
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
 22/10/2025        08:10:35  1128    GBp       229.6000  CHIX           592186735941847000
 22/10/2025        08:10:35  245     GBp       229.6000  CHIX           592186735941847000
 22/10/2025        08:20:21  1226    GBp       228.2000  XLON           606260484777695000
 22/10/2025        09:00:00  1229    GBp       227.8000  CHIX           606260484778327000
 22/10/2025        09:15:03  159     GBp       226.4000  XLON           592186735942978000
 22/10/2025        09:15:03  1075    GBp       226.4000  XLON           592186735942978000
 22/10/2025        10:10:09  1233    GBp       225.2000  BATE           606260484779475000
 22/10/2025        10:54:10  1239    GBp       225.0000  BATE           606260484780159000
 22/10/2025        11:33:26  582     GBp       225.4000  CHIX           606260484780790000
 22/10/2025        11:33:29  550     GBp       225.4000  CHIX           606260484780792000
 22/10/2025        12:25:10  783     GBp       225.4000  XLON           606260484781584000
 22/10/2025        12:25:10  426     GBp       225.4000  XLON           606260484781584000
 22/10/2025        12:47:21  1256    GBp       224.8000  CHIX           606260484781939000
 22/10/2025        13:32:09  1259    GBp       225.6000  BATE           606260484782766000
 22/10/2025        13:59:40  336     GBp       224.8000  XLON           606260484783308000
 22/10/2025        13:59:40  116     GBp       224.8000  XLON           606260484783308000
 22/10/2025        13:59:48  105     GBp       224.8000  XLON           606260484783310000
 22/10/2025        13:59:48  35      GBp       224.8000  XLON           606260484783310000
 22/10/2025        14:26:02  1104    GBp       225.8000  XLON           606260484783879000
 22/10/2025        14:32:19  1147    GBp       225.6000  XLON           592186735948817000
 22/10/2025        14:44:11  1249    GBp       226.6000  XLON           592186735949210000
 22/10/2025        14:55:18  1235    GBp       226.8000  CHIX           592186735949564000
 22/10/2025        15:08:21  1121    GBp       227.0000  XLON           606260484785182000
 22/10/2025        15:30:03  1291    GBp       226.8000  CHIX           592186735950666000
 22/10/2025        15:43:09  1167    GBp       226.0000  CHIX           592186735951061000
 22/10/2025        15:59:51  1218    GBp       225.4000  CHIX           592186735951559000
 22/10/2025        16:11:00  1206    GBp       226.0000  CHIX           606260484787044000
 22/10/2025        16:19:00  1280    GBp       225.8000  CHIX           606260484787323000

 

 

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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