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RNS Number : 5012P  Airtel Africa PLC  20 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 20 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                                19 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              356.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             362.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       359.12p

 

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 3,655,401,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,911,984. 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  359.03                         14,446             356.00                  362.20
 BATS Europe            359.34                         1,744              359.20                  361.40
 CHI-X Europe           358.91                         15,354             356.40                  362.00
 Aquis Exchange         360.43                         3,079              359.40                  361.80
 Turquoise              359.14                         5,377              356.80                  360.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,404,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 154.6875
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
 19/01/2026        08:05:02  1316    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606162824662439000
 19/01/2026        08:11:24  879     GBp       357.8000  XLON           606162824662555000
 19/01/2026        08:28:57  715     GBp       357.4000  CHIX           606162824662819000
 19/01/2026        08:30:00  233     GBp       357.4000  CHIX           606162824662835000
 19/01/2026        08:35:01  952     GBp       356.8000  CHIX           592089043627910000
 19/01/2026        08:52:23  857     GBp       356.4000  CHIX           592089043628187000
 19/01/2026        09:27:53  13      GBp       356.6000  XLON           592089043628775000
 19/01/2026        09:27:53  1859    GBp       356.6000  XLON           592089043628775000
 19/01/2026        09:37:41  827     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592089043628915000
 19/01/2026        10:18:53  810     GBp       357.4000  XLON           606162824664414000
 19/01/2026        10:20:29  497     GBp       356.8000  TRQX           592089043629506000
 19/01/2026        10:20:29  381     GBp       356.8000  TRQX           592089043629506000
 19/01/2026        10:44:50  74      GBp       356.4000  CHIX           606162824664735000
 19/01/2026        11:05:51  216     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606162824664987000
 19/01/2026        11:05:51  518     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606162824664987000
 19/01/2026        11:10:53  604     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           592089043630149000
 19/01/2026        11:10:53  630     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           592089043630149000
 19/01/2026        11:49:36  5       GBp       359.0000  CHIX           606162824665462000
 19/01/2026        11:49:36  791     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           606162824665462000
 19/01/2026        12:01:56  703     GBp       358.8000  XLON           592089043630762000
 19/01/2026        12:01:56  716     GBp       358.8000  CHIX           606162824665618000
 19/01/2026        12:07:17  882     GBp       358.4000  CHIX           592089043630847000
 19/01/2026        12:21:19  816     GBp       357.8000  CHIX           606162824665939000
 19/01/2026        14:06:40  24      GBp       361.2000  BATE           592089043632739000
 19/01/2026        14:07:44  91      GBp       361.4000  BATE           606162824667499000
 19/01/2026        14:07:44  588     GBp       361.4000  CHIX           592089043632755000
 19/01/2026        14:08:40  1163    GBp       361.2000  XLON           606162824667512000
 19/01/2026        14:23:43  762     GBp       361.8000  AQXE           592089043633018000
 19/01/2026        14:23:43  703     GBp       361.8000  CHIX           606162824667748000
 19/01/2026        14:27:00  557     GBp       361.6000  AQXE           592089043633072000
 19/01/2026        14:39:17  1082    GBp       362.2000  XLON           606162824668058000
 19/01/2026        14:39:18  861     GBp       362.2000  XLON           606162824668058000
 19/01/2026        14:43:16  800     GBp       362.0000  CHIX           592089043633424000
 19/01/2026        14:55:04  771     GBp       361.0000  XLON           606162824668360000
 19/01/2026        14:55:07  1078    GBp       360.4000  CHIX           606162824668361000
 19/01/2026        14:59:37  440     GBp       360.2000  CHIX           606162824668444000
 19/01/2026        14:59:37  281     GBp       360.2000  CHIX           606162824668444000
 19/01/2026        15:12:41  786     GBp       360.0000  TRQX           592089043634020000
 19/01/2026        15:13:05  847     GBp       359.8000  XLON           606162824668707000
 19/01/2026        15:15:05  823     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606162824668746000
 19/01/2026        15:17:50  887     GBp       359.2000  BATE           592089043634126000
 19/01/2026        15:22:54  843     GBp       359.4000  XLON           606162824668890000
 19/01/2026        15:29:14  758     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           606162824669017000
 19/01/2026        15:42:17  791     GBp       359.2000  CHIX           606162824669269000
 19/01/2026        15:47:32  557     GBp       359.4000  AQXE           606162824669370000
 19/01/2026        15:47:32  583     GBp       359.4000  AQXE           606162824669370000
 19/01/2026        15:52:35  207     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           592089043634839000
 19/01/2026        15:52:35  1046    GBp       359.6000  TRQX           592089043634839000
 19/01/2026        15:55:02  873     GBp       359.4000  TRQX           606162824669527000
 19/01/2026        16:01:51  16      GBp       359.6000  XLON           592089043635074000
 19/01/2026        16:01:51  8       GBp       359.6000  CHIX           592089043635074000
 19/01/2026        16:01:51  620     GBp       359.6000  AQXE           606162824669699000
 19/01/2026        16:02:05  187     GBp       359.6000  XLON           606162824669706000
 19/01/2026        16:02:09  829     GBp       359.4000  TRQX           592089043635082000
 19/01/2026        16:02:09  842     GBp       359.4000  CHIX           592089043635082000
 19/01/2026        16:10:47  712     GBp       359.4000  XLON           606162824669917000
 19/01/2026        16:11:03  742     GBp       359.2000  BATE           606162824669923000
 19/01/2026        16:13:53  795     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           606162824669996000
 19/01/2026        16:14:25  836     GBp       358.8000  CHIX           606162824670009000
 19/01/2026        16:17:56  281     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           592089043635505000
 19/01/2026        16:17:56  268     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           592089043635505000
 19/01/2026        16:17:56  368     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           606162824670107000

 

 

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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