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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

06/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 7163N  Airtel Africa PLC  06 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 06 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                                05 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              358.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             369.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       363.72p

 

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 3,655,800,539, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,311,495. 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  362.55                         18,673             358.00                  368.60
 BATS Europe            365.30                         4,498              359.80                  368.20
 CHI-X Europe           364.75                         12,227             358.20                  369.20
 Aquis Exchange         362.16                         1,973              361.20                  363.20
 Turquoise              365.72                         2,629              363.40                  367.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,005,209
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 152.6518
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
 05/01/2026        08:01:43  1160    GBp       364.0000  CHIX           606157870139415000
 05/01/2026        08:08:17  928     GBp       361.4000  XLON           606157870139535000
 05/01/2026        08:22:56  944     GBp       360.0000  XLON           606157870139723000
 05/01/2026        08:47:02  1329    GBp       359.2000  XLON           592084089107991000
 05/01/2026        08:55:15  836     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606157870140142000
 05/01/2026        09:16:09  1066    GBp       358.2000  CHIX           592084089108406000
 05/01/2026        09:41:57  566     GBp       358.0000  XLON           606157870140735000
 05/01/2026        09:41:57  566     GBp       358.0000  XLON           606157870140735000
 05/01/2026        10:05:17  1101    GBp       359.8000  BATE           592084089109085000
 05/01/2026        10:22:51  766     GBp       360.2000  XLON           606157870141326000
 05/01/2026        10:22:51  288     GBp       360.2000  XLON           606157870141326000
 05/01/2026        10:52:42  926     GBp       361.2000  AQXE           606157870141748000
 05/01/2026        11:31:14  1453    GBp       363.4000  XLON           606157870142321000
 05/01/2026        11:42:04  962     GBp       363.0000  AQXE           606157870142494000
 05/01/2026        12:03:09  945     GBp       363.8000  CHIX           606157870142798000
 05/01/2026        12:23:38  1041    GBp       363.4000  CHIX           592084089111150000
 05/01/2026        13:05:48  931     GBp       363.2000  CHIX           606157870143535000
 05/01/2026        13:12:23  703     GBp       362.6000  CHIX           592084089111785000
 05/01/2026        13:12:23  297     GBp       362.6000  CHIX           592084089111785000
 05/01/2026        13:27:38  822     GBp       361.4000  XLON           592084089111990000
 05/01/2026        13:38:59  960     GBp       361.8000  XLON           606157870143958000
 05/01/2026        13:59:29  1173    GBp       362.2000  XLON           592084089112432000
 05/01/2026        14:26:04  85      GBp       363.2000  AQXE           606157870144659000
 05/01/2026        14:29:20  889     GBp       363.4000  TRQX           592084089112948000
 05/01/2026        14:29:20  808     GBp       363.4000  CHIX           606157870144719000
 05/01/2026        14:29:20  700     GBp       363.4000  CHIX           606157870144719000
 05/01/2026        14:35:21  559     GBp       363.8000  XLON           606157870144874000
 05/01/2026        14:35:21  11      GBp       363.8000  XLON           606157870144874000
 05/01/2026        14:35:21  599     GBp       363.8000  XLON           606157870144874000
 05/01/2026        14:43:32  1182    GBp       362.8000  XLON           592084089113316000
 05/01/2026        14:57:51  722     GBp       363.0000  XLON           606157870145426000
 05/01/2026        14:57:51  541     GBp       363.0000  XLON           606157870145426000
 05/01/2026        15:07:37  1413    GBp       363.6000  XLON           606157870145662000
 05/01/2026        15:15:11  315     GBp       365.6000  BATE           592084089114111000
 05/01/2026        15:15:11  826     GBp       365.6000  BATE           592084089114111000
 05/01/2026        15:24:53  1212    GBp       367.2000  XLON           606157870146054000
 05/01/2026        15:40:36  476     GBp       368.2000  BATE           592084089114724000
 05/01/2026        15:40:36  173     GBp       368.2000  CHIX           606157870146417000
 05/01/2026        15:40:36  204     GBp       368.2000  CHIX           606157870146417000
 05/01/2026        15:40:36  51      GBp       368.2000  CHIX           592084089114724000
 05/01/2026        15:43:12  1005    GBp       368.0000  BATE           606157870146475000
 05/01/2026        15:48:10  1336    GBp       368.6000  XLON           606157870146584000
 05/01/2026        15:55:59  1562    GBp       369.2000  CHIX           606157870146761000
 05/01/2026        16:06:20  1761    GBp       368.0000  CHIX           592084089115368000
 05/01/2026        16:08:15  775     GBp       367.4000  BATE           606157870147079000
 05/01/2026        16:12:49  889     GBp       367.0000  TRQX           592084089115541000
 05/01/2026        16:19:53  825     GBp       366.8000  CHIX           592084089115734000
 05/01/2026        16:21:21  851     GBp       366.8000  TRQX           606157870147429000
 05/01/2026        16:21:21  467     GBp       366.6000  XLON           592084089115782000

 

 

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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