REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

02/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 3632N  Airtel Africa PLC  02 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 2 January 2026: 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                                31 December 2025
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              354.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             357.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       355.95p

 

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 3,655,880,539, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,391,495. 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  355.79                         26,245             354.00                  356.80
 BATS Europe            356.40                         4,136              355.80                  357.00
 CHI-X Europe           356.14                         7,722              355.60                  357.00
 Aquis Exchange         356.02                         1,215              355.80                  356.80
 Turquoise              357.00                         682                357.00                  357.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 40,925,209
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 152.2418
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:

 

 31/12/2025  08:00:45  1371  GBp  356.2000  CHIX  592211491093138000
 31/12/2025  08:08:12  1090  GBp  355.6000  XLON  606285275754939000
 31/12/2025  08:14:30  1219  GBp  355.4000  XLON  592211491093187000
 31/12/2025  08:21:25  1158  GBp  354.8000  XLON  606285275754984000
 31/12/2025  08:29:55  22    GBp  354.0000  XLON  592211491093240000
 31/12/2025  08:31:32  1092  GBp  354.0000  XLON  592211491093247000
 31/12/2025  08:58:48  889   GBp  356.0000  XLON  592211491093358000
 31/12/2025  08:58:48  1240  GBp  356.0000  CHIX  606285275755123000
 31/12/2025  09:05:14  1219  GBp  355.6000  XLON  592211491093388000
 31/12/2025  09:31:18  675   GBp  356.0000  XLON  592211491093502000
 31/12/2025  09:31:18  478   GBp  356.0000  XLON  592211491093502000
 31/12/2025  09:35:18  955   GBp  356.0000  CHIX  606285275755274000
 31/12/2025  09:55:04  1082  GBp  356.0000  XLON  606285275755359000
 31/12/2025  10:13:32  795   GBp  356.4000  XLON  606285275755441000
 31/12/2025  10:17:17  529   GBp  356.8000  XLON  592211491093716000
 31/12/2025  10:17:17  1115  GBp  357.0000  BATE  606285275755458000
 31/12/2025  10:18:30  820   GBp  357.0000  CHIX  592211491093721000
 31/12/2025  10:47:11  270   GBp  356.8000  AQXE  592211491093845000
 31/12/2025  10:47:11  682   GBp  357.0000  TRQX  606285275755578000
 31/12/2025  10:48:56  952   GBp  356.4000  XLON  606285275755586000
 31/12/2025  10:56:36  812   GBp  356.2000  XLON  592211491093889000
 31/12/2025  11:04:05  358   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491093926000
 31/12/2025  11:04:05  581   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491093926000
 31/12/2025  11:15:25  248   GBp  355.6000  CHIX  606285275755703000
 31/12/2025  11:17:21  990   GBp  356.4000  XLON  606285275755712000
 31/12/2025  11:39:07  919   GBp  356.2000  CHIX  592211491094099000
 31/12/2025  11:39:07  1228  GBp  356.2000  CHIX  606285275755816000
 31/12/2025  11:39:07  1157  GBp  356.2000  BATE  606285275755816000
 31/12/2025  11:40:31  895   GBp  356.0000  XLON  592211491094107000
 31/12/2025  11:47:18  856   GBp  356.2000  BATE  606285275755866000
 31/12/2025  11:51:13  224   GBp  356.2000  BATE  592211491094176000
 31/12/2025  11:51:13  585   GBp  356.2000  BATE  606285275755889000
 31/12/2025  11:54:41  245   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094197000
 31/12/2025  11:54:41  889   GBp  355.8000  AQXE  606285275755910000
 31/12/2025  11:54:43  1131  GBp  355.4000  XLON  606285275755910000
 31/12/2025  11:56:48  930   GBp  355.6000  XLON  606285275755921000
 31/12/2025  12:04:33  56    GBp  355.8000  AQXE  606285275755965000
 31/12/2025  12:04:35  819   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094256000
 31/12/2025  12:06:01  860   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094265000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  410   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094280000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  61    GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094280000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  150   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094280000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  927   GBp  355.8000  XLON  592211491094280000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  187   GBp  355.8000  BATE  606285275755988000
 31/12/2025  12:08:10  12    GBp  355.8000  BATE  606285275755988000
 31/12/2025  12:08:11  941   GBp  355.6000  CHIX  606285275755988000
 31/12/2025  12:17:46  914   GBp  356.0000  XLON  606285275756042000
 31/12/2025  12:17:51  1674  GBp  356.0000  XLON  606285275756043000
 31/12/2025  12:17:53  1242  GBp  356.0000  XLON  592211491094339000
 31/12/2025  12:18:38  896   GBp  356.0000  XLON  606285275756048000
 31/12/2025  12:19:46  1150  GBp  356.0000  XLON  606285275756055000

 

 

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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