REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

08/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 0651O  Airtel Africa PLC  08 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 08 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                                07 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              366.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             374.60p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       372.58p

 

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 3,655,720,539, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,231,495. 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  372.16                         17,679             366.60                  374.60
 BATS Europe            371.93                         8,472              367.80                  373.60
 CHI-X Europe           373.46                         6,434              372.00                  374.20
 Aquis Exchange         373.45                         4,937              371.60                  374.40
 Turquoise              373.71                         2,478              373.60                  373.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,085,209
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 153.0781
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
 07/01/2026        08:05:00  1382    GBp       367.2000  XLON           606158577945331000
 07/01/2026        08:16:10  972     GBp       367.8000  BATE           606158577945567000
 07/01/2026        08:31:42  927     GBp       366.6000  XLON           592084825371251000
 07/01/2026        09:48:05  1177    GBp       370.4000  BATE           592084825372796000
 07/01/2026        09:55:27  913     GBp       372.0000  XLON           606158577947507000
 07/01/2026        10:20:54  1232    GBp       374.6000  XLON           606158577948067000
 07/01/2026        10:30:00  894     GBp       373.0000  XLON           606158577948266000
 07/01/2026        10:49:24  941     GBp       373.2000  XLON           592084825374141000
 07/01/2026        11:13:07  942     GBp       373.8000  XLON           606158577949088000
 07/01/2026        11:30:20  946     GBp       373.6000  BATE           592084825374920000
 07/01/2026        11:43:36  913     GBp       373.0000  BATE           592084825375149000
 07/01/2026        12:09:03  963     GBp       372.4000  BATE           592084825375582000
 07/01/2026        12:19:48  1063    GBp       372.4000  XLON           606158577950182000
 07/01/2026        12:40:04  900     GBp       371.6000  XLON           592084825376126000
 07/01/2026        13:18:49  77      GBp       373.2000  CHIX           606158577951177000
 07/01/2026        13:18:49  71      GBp       373.2000  CHIX           606158577951177000
 07/01/2026        13:18:49  605     GBp       373.2000  CHIX           606158577951177000
 07/01/2026        13:31:00  311     GBp       373.4000  CHIX           606158577951404000
 07/01/2026        13:31:01  889     GBp       373.4000  XLON           592084825377064000
 07/01/2026        13:31:01  650     GBp       373.4000  CHIX           606158577951405000
 07/01/2026        13:42:56  1052    GBp       371.6000  AQXE           592084825377319000
 07/01/2026        13:56:35  803     GBp       372.0000  CHIX           592084825377606000
 07/01/2026        14:01:34  1069    GBp       372.2000  XLON           592084825377730000
 07/01/2026        14:17:38  1218    GBp       372.0000  XLON           592084825378114000
 07/01/2026        14:32:34  1360    GBp       371.6000  XLON           592084825378526000
 07/01/2026        14:35:19  822     GBp       371.6000  BATE           606158577952884000
 07/01/2026        14:47:40  1571    GBp       373.0000  BATE           592084825379036000
 07/01/2026        14:52:57  1108    GBp       373.2000  BATE           592084825379216000
 07/01/2026        15:00:12  1080    GBp       372.8000  AQXE           606158577953685000
 07/01/2026        15:09:41  1107    GBp       373.2000  CHIX           592084825379785000
 07/01/2026        15:17:05  1078    GBp       373.2000  XLON           592084825380018000
 07/01/2026        15:22:11  1067    GBp       374.2000  CHIX           592084825380187000
 07/01/2026        15:30:35  1102    GBp       374.4000  AQXE           592084825380437000
 07/01/2026        15:36:35  775     GBp       374.0000  CHIX           592084825380607000
 07/01/2026        15:41:47  1115    GBp       373.6000  XLON           592084825380770000
 07/01/2026        15:54:33  1407    GBp       373.8000  TRQX           606158577955272000
 07/01/2026        15:59:11  1071    GBp       373.6000  TRQX           592084825381269000
 07/01/2026        16:03:40  938     GBp       374.0000  XLON           592084825381411000
 07/01/2026        16:03:40  818     GBp       374.0000  XLON           606158577955544000
 07/01/2026        16:12:32  841     GBp       374.4000  AQXE           606158577955809000
 07/01/2026        16:14:06  39      GBp       374.4000  AQXE           592084825381743000
 07/01/2026        16:14:06  823     GBp       374.4000  AQXE           592084825381743000
 07/01/2026        16:15:02  968     GBp       374.0000  CHIX           606158577955892000

 

 

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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