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RNS Number : 6726P  Airtel Africa PLC  21 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 21 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                                20 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              352.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             358.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       354.73p

 

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 3,655,361,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,871,984. 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  354.84                         25,369             352.60                  358.40
 BATS Europe            354.12                         5,005              352.80                  355.00
 CHI-X Europe           355.03                         6,385              353.00                  358.20
 Aquis Exchange         353.79                         2,404              353.20                  354.20
 Turquoise              355.20                         837                355.20                  355.20

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,444,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 154.8805
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
 20/01/2026        08:02:56  1095    GBp       357.0000  XLON           606163178555774000
 20/01/2026        08:14:26  942     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592089425999520000
 20/01/2026        08:29:41  860     GBp       358.2000  XLON           606163178556193000
 20/01/2026        08:46:25  972     GBp       358.2000  CHIX           606163178556532000
 20/01/2026        09:06:39  797     GBp       356.6000  XLON           592089426000497000
 20/01/2026        09:13:55  832     GBp       355.0000  XLON           606163178557010000
 20/01/2026        09:27:00  602     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426000869000
 20/01/2026        09:27:00  231     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426000869000
 20/01/2026        09:54:47  1123    GBp       355.0000  XLON           606163178557667000
 20/01/2026        10:22:15  1038    GBp       355.0000  CHIX           606163178558092000
 20/01/2026        10:38:53  701     GBp       355.0000  CHIX           606163178558371000
 20/01/2026        10:38:53  41      GBp       355.0000  CHIX           606163178558371000
 20/01/2026        10:59:06  602     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           606163178558647000
 20/01/2026        10:59:06  250     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           606163178558647000
 20/01/2026        11:05:02  239     GBp       354.2000  CHIX           606163178558724000
 20/01/2026        11:05:34  602     GBp       354.2000  CHIX           606163178558731000
 20/01/2026        11:11:58  50      GBp       354.2000  CHIX           606163178558803000
 20/01/2026        11:50:40  836     GBp       354.0000  XLON           606163178559326000
 20/01/2026        12:19:48  704     GBp       355.0000  BATE           592089426003545000
 20/01/2026        12:24:27  47      GBp       355.0000  BATE           592089426003612000
 20/01/2026        12:24:27  1       GBp       355.0000  XLON           606163178559791000
 20/01/2026        12:24:27  1037    GBp       355.0000  XLON           606163178559791000
 20/01/2026        12:27:08  954     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426003646000
 20/01/2026        12:55:21  986     GBp       355.4000  XLON           606163178560204000
 20/01/2026        13:33:40  172     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426004635000
 20/01/2026        13:33:40  567     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426004635000
 20/01/2026        13:33:40  405     GBp       354.8000  BATE           606163178560742000
 20/01/2026        13:33:41  266     GBp       354.8000  BATE           606163178560744000
 20/01/2026        13:33:55  95      GBp       354.8000  BATE           606163178560754000
 20/01/2026        13:34:03  1141    GBp       354.6000  XLON           606163178560761000
 20/01/2026        14:18:11  765     GBp       355.0000  XLON           592089426005468000
 20/01/2026        14:26:02  206     GBp       355.2000  TRQX           606163178561676000
 20/01/2026        14:26:02  631     GBp       355.2000  TRQX           592089426005633000
 20/01/2026        14:26:49  719     GBp       354.8000  XLON           592089426005652000
 20/01/2026        14:26:49  807     GBp       354.8000  XLON           606163178561694000
 20/01/2026        14:26:49  700     GBp       354.8000  BATE           606163178561694000
 20/01/2026        14:40:20  1122    GBp       354.8000  XLON           606163178562106000
 20/01/2026        14:40:59  1361    GBp       354.6000  XLON           606163178562125000
 20/01/2026        14:51:29  678     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           606163178562412000
 20/01/2026        14:51:29  512     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           606163178562412000
 20/01/2026        15:07:38  647     GBp       354.2000  BATE           592089426006911000
 20/01/2026        15:07:38  685     GBp       354.2000  BATE           592089426006911000
 20/01/2026        15:11:09  818     GBp       354.6000  XLON           592089426007022000
 20/01/2026        15:17:47  1238    GBp       353.2000  XLON           606163178563174000
 20/01/2026        15:28:11  1192    GBp       352.6000  XLON           606163178563434000
 20/01/2026        15:39:07  700     GBp       353.0000  CHIX           592089426007762000
 20/01/2026        15:39:07  736     GBp       353.0000  BATE           606163178563701000
 20/01/2026        15:45:00  819     GBp       353.2000  XLON           592089426007897000
 20/01/2026        15:52:10  772     GBp       353.4000  XLON           606163178563989000
 20/01/2026        15:56:03  845     GBp       353.2000  AQXE           592089426008163000
 20/01/2026        16:06:06  42      GBp       352.8000  BATE           592089426008416000
 20/01/2026        16:06:06  678     GBp       352.8000  BATE           592089426008416000
 20/01/2026        16:06:06  702     GBp       352.8000  XLON           592089426008416000
 20/01/2026        16:16:54  859     GBp       354.2000  AQXE           606163178564622000
 20/01/2026        16:18:21  699     GBp       354.0000  AQXE           606163178564662000
 20/01/2026        16:18:43  1       GBp       354.0000  AQXE           606163178564673000
 20/01/2026        16:22:32  726     GBp       354.4000  XLON           592089426008932000
 20/01/2026        16:24:31  839     GBp       354.6000  XLON           606163178564877000
 20/01/2026        16:24:32  1313    GBp       354.6000  XLON           606163178564877000

 

 

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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