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RNS Number : 8602P  Airtel Africa PLC  22 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 22 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                                21 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              350.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             358.00p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       354.66p

 

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 3,655,321,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,831,984. 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  354.93                         19,927             350.80                  357.60
 BATS Europe            355.30                         9,118              352.20                  358.00
 CHI-X Europe           353.63                         4,557              351.60                  357.20
 Aquis Exchange         351.80                         757                351.80                  351.80
 Turquoise              353.86                         5,641              351.60                  355.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,484,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 155.0732
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
 21/01/2026        08:03:02  1228    GBp       355.4000  XLON           592089751423004000
 21/01/2026        08:13:48  993     GBp       357.2000  CHIX           592089751423241000
 21/01/2026        08:20:54  828     GBp       358.0000  BATE           592089751423422000
 21/01/2026        08:39:01  794     GBp       355.8000  CHIX           592089751423798000
 21/01/2026        08:47:28  962     GBp       354.2000  TRQX           606163532461139000
 21/01/2026        09:07:42  912     GBp       354.4000  BATE           592089751424341000
 21/01/2026        09:21:57  949     GBp       354.8000  TRQX           606163532461754000
 21/01/2026        09:54:46  815     GBp       354.4000  BATE           592089751425279000
 21/01/2026        09:55:12  845     GBp       354.0000  BATE           606163532462391000
 21/01/2026        10:38:07  787     GBp       354.2000  XLON           606163532463136000
 21/01/2026        10:48:41  1216    GBp       354.0000  TRQX           592089751426278000
 21/01/2026        10:48:41  691     GBp       354.0000  BATE           606163532463329000
 21/01/2026        11:00:20  840     GBp       353.4000  TRQX           592089751426481000
 21/01/2026        11:15:18  770     GBp       353.8000  BATE           592089751426738000
 21/01/2026        11:32:05  813     GBp       353.2000  XLON           592089751427017000
 21/01/2026        11:54:57  890     GBp       352.2000  XLON           592089751427407000
 21/01/2026        12:35:11  239     GBp       351.8000  AQXE           606163532465003000
 21/01/2026        12:35:11  518     GBp       351.8000  AQXE           606163532465003000
 21/01/2026        12:35:11  979     GBp       351.8000  CHIX           606163532465003000
 21/01/2026        12:39:06  787     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592089751428114000
 21/01/2026        12:39:06  140     GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592089751428114000
 21/01/2026        13:20:32  864     GBp       351.8000  CHIX           592089751428778000
 21/01/2026        13:40:48  285     GBp       352.2000  BATE           606163532466021000
 21/01/2026        13:40:48  70      GBp       352.2000  BATE           606163532466021000
 21/01/2026        13:40:48  528     GBp       352.2000  BATE           606163532466021000
 21/01/2026        13:40:48  80      GBp       352.2000  BATE           606163532466021000
 21/01/2026        13:44:48  1119    GBp       351.8000  XLON           592089751429199000
 21/01/2026        13:46:20  595     GBp       350.8000  XLON           592089751429227000
 21/01/2026        14:12:11  983     GBp       351.6000  TRQX           606163532466692000
 21/01/2026        14:19:27  1115    GBp       352.0000  XLON           592089751430008000
 21/01/2026        14:25:54  884     GBp       351.4000  XLON           592089751430151000
 21/01/2026        14:29:49  1467    GBp       352.8000  XLON           592089751430252000
 21/01/2026        14:46:15  933     GBp       355.6000  XLON           592089751430793000
 21/01/2026        14:46:15  691     GBp       355.6000  TRQX           606163532467621000
 21/01/2026        14:51:33  1373    GBp       355.6000  XLON           606163532467777000
 21/01/2026        15:09:51  827     GBp       356.8000  BATE           592089751431507000
 21/01/2026        15:09:51  258     GBp       356.8000  BATE           592089751431507000
 21/01/2026        15:09:51  768     GBp       356.8000  XLON           606163532468307000
 21/01/2026        15:20:21  1107    GBp       356.2000  XLON           606163532468612000
 21/01/2026        15:24:08  785     GBp       356.0000  XLON           606163532468718000
 21/01/2026        15:42:15  910     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606163532469240000
 21/01/2026        15:46:52  2229    GBp       357.4000  XLON           606163532469368000
 21/01/2026        15:52:46  910     GBp       357.4000  XLON           592089751432777000
 21/01/2026        15:52:46  691     GBp       357.4000  BATE           606163532469529000
 21/01/2026        16:01:47  827     GBp       356.8000  BATE           592089751433074000
 21/01/2026        16:03:08  817     GBp       356.8000  XLON           606163532469860000
 21/01/2026        16:10:53  232     GBp       357.0000  BATE           606163532470104000
 21/01/2026        16:10:53  459     GBp       357.0000  BATE           606163532470104000
 21/01/2026        16:10:53  778     GBp       357.0000  XLON           592089751433376000
 21/01/2026        16:17:02  419     GBp       356.6000  XLON           592089751433581000

 

 

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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