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RNS Number : 3138P  Airtel Africa PLC  19 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 19 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                                16 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              357.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             362.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       359.13p

 

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 3,655,441,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,951,984. 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  358.89                         20,668             357.00                  362.00
 BATS Europe            359.08                         3,906              358.20                  359.80
 CHI-X Europe           359.40                         8,872              357.80                  361.40
 Aquis Exchange         358.40                         795                358.40                  358.40
 Turquoise              359.69                         5,759              358.20                  362.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,364,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 154.4898
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:

 

 16/01/2026  08:08:27  710   GBp  359.6000  XLON  592087981944748000
 16/01/2026  08:08:27  845   GBp  359.6000  CHIX  606161762982327000
 16/01/2026  08:33:00  1289  GBp  361.2000  CHIX  592087981945116000
 16/01/2026  09:04:09  1128  GBp  361.4000  CHIX  592087981945671000
 16/01/2026  09:04:09  710   GBp  361.4000  TRQX  606161762983199000
 16/01/2026  09:14:00  964   GBp  362.0000  XLON  606161762983336000
 16/01/2026  09:34:21  920   GBp  362.0000  TRQX  592087981946120000
 16/01/2026  09:51:09  863   GBp  358.8000  XLON  592087981946382000
 16/01/2026  10:20:23  755   GBp  360.8000  CHIX  606161762984325000
 16/01/2026  10:26:28  1850  GBp  361.0000  XLON  592087981946954000
 16/01/2026  10:41:46  499   GBp  359.2000  XLON  606161762984637000
 16/01/2026  10:41:46  488   GBp  359.2000  XLON  606161762984637000
 16/01/2026  11:16:09  751   GBp  359.8000  TRQX  592087981947751000
 16/01/2026  11:16:09  710   GBp  359.8000  BATE  606161762985158000
 16/01/2026  11:38:13  785   GBp  360.0000  XLON  606161762985482000
 16/01/2026  11:48:14  820   GBp  360.0000  TRQX  592087981948256000
 16/01/2026  12:27:30  1174  GBp  359.8000  XLON  606161762986227000
 16/01/2026  12:31:06  891   GBp  359.6000  XLON  606161762986279000
 16/01/2026  13:12:51  782   GBp  359.4000  CHIX  606161762986857000
 16/01/2026  13:12:51  874   GBp  359.2000  BATE  606161762986857000
 16/01/2026  13:13:21  1085  GBp  357.8000  CHIX  592087981949578000
 16/01/2026  13:46:14  1021  GBp  358.2000  TRQX  592087981950130000
 16/01/2026  13:56:27  1013  GBp  358.2000  XLON  606161762987545000
 16/01/2026  14:08:56  1070  GBp  358.0000  XLON  592087981950545000
 16/01/2026  14:26:20  1024  GBp  358.2000  XLON  606161762988073000
 16/01/2026  14:31:20  959   GBp  358.0000  CHIX  606161762988220000
 16/01/2026  14:37:12  998   GBp  358.2000  XLON  606161762988382000
 16/01/2026  14:56:01  942   GBp  359.2000  XLON  606161762988902000
 16/01/2026  14:56:19  710   GBp  359.2000  BATE  592087981951755000
 16/01/2026  14:58:34  890   GBp  359.0000  BATE  606161762988974000
 16/01/2026  15:16:14  782   GBp  357.4000  XLON  592087981952335000
 16/01/2026  15:19:47  1186  GBp  357.2000  XLON  592087981952440000
 16/01/2026  15:23:07  1163  GBp  357.0000  XLON  592087981952528000
 16/01/2026  15:45:23  722   GBp  358.2000  BATE  606161762990185000
 16/01/2026  15:51:37  923   GBp  358.8000  XLON  606161762990343000
 16/01/2026  15:51:37  1713  GBp  358.6000  XLON  606161762990343000
 16/01/2026  16:02:16  799   GBp  358.4000  CHIX  606161762990609000
 16/01/2026  16:02:16  710   GBp  358.4000  TRQX  592087981953545000
 16/01/2026  16:09:56  795   GBp  358.4000  AQXE  606161762990848000
 16/01/2026  16:11:01  827   GBp  358.2000  TRQX  606161762990879000
 16/01/2026  16:15:11  1230  GBp  357.8000  CHIX  592087981953947000
 16/01/2026  16:23:49  1435  GBp  358.0000  XLON  606161762991253000
 16/01/2026  16:23:49  195   GBp  358.0000  XLON  606161762991253000

 

 

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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