REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

09/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 2425O  Airtel Africa PLC  09 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 09 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                                08 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              365.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             374.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       370.37p

 

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 3,655,680,539, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,648,191,495. 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  370.37                         24,164             365.80                  374.40
 BATS Europe            371.42                         9,393              367.40                  374.00
 CHI-X Europe           371.07                         2,877              368.40                  372.80
 Aquis Exchange         366.89                         2,597              366.60                  367.60
 Turquoise              367.60                         969                367.60                  367.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,125,209
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 153.2894
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        08:01:32  1075    GBp       372.4000  XLON           606158931825240000
 07/01/2026        08:13:24  987     GBp       373.2000  XLON           606158931825460000
 07/01/2026        08:20:07  775     GBp       371.2000  BATE           606158931825576000
 07/01/2026        08:32:13  1045    GBp       371.8000  XLON           592085150793430000
 07/01/2026        08:52:10  1049    GBp       372.2000  XLON           592085150793785000
 07/01/2026        09:11:50  899     GBp       371.8000  BATE           606158931826513000
 07/01/2026        09:30:13  1181    GBp       372.8000  CHIX           592085150794527000
 07/01/2026        09:54:31  937     GBp       374.0000  XLON           592085150794990000
 07/01/2026        10:34:18  445     GBp       374.4000  XLON           592085150795703000
 07/01/2026        10:34:18  20      GBp       374.4000  XLON           592085150795703000
 07/01/2026        10:34:18  28      GBp       374.4000  XLON           592085150795703000
 07/01/2026        10:34:18  570     GBp       374.4000  XLON           592085150795703000
 07/01/2026        10:39:40  1170    GBp       374.0000  BATE           606158931828038000
 07/01/2026        10:39:45  949     GBp       373.6000  BATE           606158931828039000
 07/01/2026        11:41:51  1101    GBp       372.4000  BATE           592085150796841000
 07/01/2026        11:41:51  883     GBp       372.4000  XLON           606158931829025000
 07/01/2026        12:00:56  984     GBp       372.2000  XLON           592085150797174000
 07/01/2026        12:18:32  883     GBp       371.4000  XLON           592085150797534000
 07/01/2026        12:18:32  93      GBp       371.4000  XLON           592085150797534000
 07/01/2026        12:41:16  581     GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931830026000
 07/01/2026        12:41:16  571     GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931830026000
 07/01/2026        12:53:17  889     GBp       371.2000  CHIX           592085150798125000
 07/01/2026        13:22:11  939     GBp       371.8000  BATE           592085150798709000
 07/01/2026        13:33:47  1040    GBp       371.4000  BATE           592085150798926000
 07/01/2026        13:54:52  1121    GBp       371.2000  XLON           592085150799363000
 07/01/2026        14:02:30  1044    GBp       371.0000  XLON           592085150799532000
 07/01/2026        14:21:43  860     GBp       371.2000  BATE           592085150799986000
 07/01/2026        14:31:23  3       GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931832253000
 07/01/2026        14:31:23  850     GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931832253000
 07/01/2026        14:31:23  1160    GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931832253000
 07/01/2026        14:31:27  278     GBp       371.2000  XLON           606158931832254000
 07/01/2026        14:43:30  1283    GBp       368.6000  XLON           606158931832663000
 07/01/2026        14:50:20  1193    GBp       368.6000  XLON           592085150800946000
 07/01/2026        15:00:05  1181    GBp       368.2000  XLON           592085150801296000
 07/01/2026        15:18:26  807     GBp       368.4000  CHIX           592085150801879000
 07/01/2026        15:18:37  49      GBp       368.6000  XLON           592085150801886000
 07/01/2026        15:19:30  1432    GBp       368.2000  XLON           606158931833816000
 07/01/2026        15:35:01  906     GBp       367.6000  XLON           606158931834234000
 07/01/2026        15:39:54  1112    GBp       367.4000  XLON           592085150802492000
 07/01/2026        15:39:54  856     GBp       367.4000  BATE           592085150802492000
 07/01/2026        15:44:31  804     GBp       367.6000  BATE           592085150802610000
 07/01/2026        15:44:31  748     GBp       367.6000  AQXE           606158931834476000
 07/01/2026        15:57:02  936     GBp       367.8000  XLON           606158931834825000
 07/01/2026        15:57:54  969     GBp       367.6000  TRQX           606158931834854000
 07/01/2026        16:05:24  1849    GBp       366.6000  AQXE           592085150803251000
 07/01/2026        16:15:16  1465    GBp       365.8000  XLON           592085150803591000

 

 

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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