REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

07/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 8922N  Airtel Africa PLC  07 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 07 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                                06 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              368.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             373.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       370.59p

 

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 3,655,760,539, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,271,495. 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  370.50                         23,894             368.20                  373.80
 BATS Europe            369.93                         3,292              369.40                  370.40
 CHI-X Europe           370.75                         8,044              368.60                  372.40
 Aquis Exchange         372.40                         1,054              372.40                  372.40
 Turquoise              370.95                         3,716              369.80                  372.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,045,209
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 152.8642
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
 06/01/2026        08:13:14  761     GBp       369.0000  XLON           606158220482650000
 06/01/2026        08:14:45  1225    GBp       368.2000  XLON           592084443001410000
 06/01/2026        08:20:12  688     GBp       370.0000  XLON           606158220482779000
 06/01/2026        08:20:12  293     GBp       370.0000  XLON           606158220482779000
 06/01/2026        08:36:24  910     GBp       369.4000  BATE           592084443001779000
 06/01/2026        08:53:08  239     GBp       368.6000  CHIX           592084443002015000
 06/01/2026        08:53:08  818     GBp       368.6000  CHIX           592084443002015000
 06/01/2026        09:20:33  1080    GBp       370.2000  CHIX           606158220483644000
 06/01/2026        09:32:32  1153    GBp       369.2000  XLON           592084443002569000
 06/01/2026        09:58:33  521     GBp       368.8000  XLON           606158220484115000
 06/01/2026        09:58:33  385     GBp       368.8000  XLON           606158220484115000
 06/01/2026        10:28:28  1605    GBp       370.4000  BATE           606158220484499000
 06/01/2026        10:37:57  811     GBp       371.2000  CHIX           606158220484614000
 06/01/2026        10:52:46  825     GBp       371.0000  XLON           592084443003629000
 06/01/2026        11:31:25  889     GBp       372.4000  CHIX           606158220485292000
 06/01/2026        11:31:42  1054    GBp       372.4000  AQXE           592084443004160000
 06/01/2026        11:44:40  1018    GBp       371.4000  XLON           592084443004318000
 06/01/2026        12:24:34  459     GBp       373.8000  XLON           606158220485913000
 06/01/2026        12:24:34  302     GBp       373.8000  XLON           592084443004812000
 06/01/2026        12:28:15  1069    GBp       373.4000  XLON           592084443004855000
 06/01/2026        12:38:50  908     GBp       372.2000  CHIX           606158220486086000
 06/01/2026        12:51:14  863     GBp       372.4000  TRQX           592084443005185000
 06/01/2026        13:15:26  808     GBp       372.2000  CHIX           592084443005571000
 06/01/2026        13:28:30  777     GBp       371.6000  CHIX           592084443005775000
 06/01/2026        13:39:12  793     GBp       370.4000  XLON           606158220486989000
 06/01/2026        13:54:03  864     GBp       370.8000  XLON           592084443006187000
 06/01/2026        14:13:58  1107    GBp       371.8000  XLON           592084443006558000
 06/01/2026        14:23:57  1004    GBp       371.4000  TRQX           606158220487756000
 06/01/2026        14:34:04  878     GBp       371.4000  XLON           592084443007032000
 06/01/2026        14:34:20  896     GBp       371.2000  XLON           592084443007041000
 06/01/2026        14:39:32  874     GBp       370.4000  XLON           606158220488194000
 06/01/2026        14:49:00  808     GBp       369.4000  CHIX           592084443007484000
 06/01/2026        15:03:50  1548    GBp       370.0000  XLON           592084443007891000
 06/01/2026        15:04:30  835     GBp       369.8000  TRQX           606158220488870000
 06/01/2026        15:11:49  860     GBp       370.0000  XLON           606158220489057000
 06/01/2026        15:19:55  772     GBp       369.8000  XLON           592084443008324000
 06/01/2026        15:24:16  1012    GBp       369.8000  XLON           606158220489373000
 06/01/2026        15:34:20  891     GBp       369.6000  XLON           606158220489626000
 06/01/2026        15:45:50  1014    GBp       370.2000  TRQX           592084443008982000
 06/01/2026        15:49:16  1221    GBp       371.0000  XLON           606158220489982000
 06/01/2026        15:53:53  884     GBp       371.0000  XLON           606158220490091000
 06/01/2026        15:59:33  832     GBp       370.8000  XLON           606158220490229000
 06/01/2026        16:01:26  908     GBp       370.4000  XLON           592084443009387000
 06/01/2026        16:08:34  792     GBp       370.0000  XLON           606158220490479000
 06/01/2026        16:13:00  906     GBp       369.6000  CHIX           606158220490606000
 06/01/2026        16:14:17  777     GBp       369.6000  BATE           606158220490641000
 06/01/2026        16:19:27  63      GBp       369.6000  XLON           592084443009908000

 

 

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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