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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

23/01/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 0454Q  Airtel Africa PLC  23 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 23 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                                22 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              360.00p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             368.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       363.78p

 

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 3,655,281,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,791,984. 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  363.85                         22,897             361.00                  368.20
 BATS Europe            363.83                         4,543              360.00                  366.40
 CHI-X Europe           363.96                         8,221              361.20                  368.40
 Aquis Exchange         362.40                         959                361.80                  362.60
 Turquoise              363.17                         3,380              361.60                  364.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,524,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 155.2742
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
 22/01/2026        08:02:01  81      GBp       360.0000  BATE           592090105311639000
 22/01/2026        08:02:01  1042    GBp       360.0000  BATE           592090105311639000
 22/01/2026        08:24:03  1167    GBp       361.2000  CHIX           606163885034235000
 22/01/2026        08:26:02  834     GBp       361.0000  XLON           606163885034273000
 22/01/2026        08:36:50  861     GBp       361.6000  TRQX           606163885034491000
 22/01/2026        09:03:13  1033    GBp       364.0000  CHIX           606163885034981000
 22/01/2026        09:26:49  1181    GBp       365.0000  CHIX           592090105313365000
 22/01/2026        09:41:41  980     GBp       366.4000  BATE           592090105313597000
 22/01/2026        10:15:11  1777    GBp       368.2000  XLON           606163885036222000
 22/01/2026        10:39:50  854     GBp       367.8000  XLON           592090105314675000
 22/01/2026        10:45:20  938     GBp       368.4000  CHIX           592090105314752000
 22/01/2026        11:01:30  890     GBp       367.6000  XLON           606163885036928000
 22/01/2026        11:19:17  73      GBp       364.2000  XLON           606163885037204000
 22/01/2026        11:19:17  633     GBp       364.2000  XLON           606163885037204000
 22/01/2026        11:24:27  1065    GBp       363.8000  XLON           592090105315397000
 22/01/2026        12:14:42  1420    GBp       362.8000  XLON           592090105316273000
 22/01/2026        12:28:18  284     GBp       363.4000  TRQX           592090105316490000
 22/01/2026        12:28:18  544     GBp       363.4000  TRQX           592090105316490000
 22/01/2026        12:57:05  903     GBp       363.8000  BATE           592090105316956000
 22/01/2026        12:59:22  749     GBp       363.4000  XLON           592090105316991000
 22/01/2026        13:18:10  1086    GBp       362.4000  XLON           592090105317288000
 22/01/2026        13:51:30  825     GBp       365.0000  BATE           592090105317907000
 22/01/2026        13:51:30  712     GBp       365.0000  BATE           592090105317907000
 22/01/2026        13:59:19  999     GBp       364.6000  TRQX           606163885039780000
 22/01/2026        14:13:40  484     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592090105318336000
 22/01/2026        14:21:55  950     GBp       364.8000  XLON           592090105318509000
 22/01/2026        14:22:40  21      GBp       364.4000  XLON           592090105318525000
 22/01/2026        14:22:40  101     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592090105318525000
 22/01/2026        14:24:27  26      GBp       364.4000  XLON           592090105318566000
 22/01/2026        14:24:27  125     GBp       364.4000  XLON           592090105318566000
 22/01/2026        14:32:31  826     GBp       366.8000  CHIX           592090105318849000
 22/01/2026        14:35:36  1027    GBp       365.8000  XLON           606163885040699000
 22/01/2026        14:35:36  157     GBp       365.8000  XLON           606163885040699000
 22/01/2026        14:45:16  1028    GBp       363.8000  XLON           592090105319474000
 22/01/2026        14:55:23  1260    GBp       363.6000  XLON           592090105319910000
 22/01/2026        15:05:25  453     GBp       362.8000  XLON           606163885041905000
 22/01/2026        15:05:25  576     GBp       362.8000  XLON           606163885041905000
 22/01/2026        15:09:17  1295    GBp       362.2000  XLON           592090105320399000
 22/01/2026        15:26:10  1434    GBp       362.8000  XLON           592090105320932000
 22/01/2026        15:26:10  692     GBp       362.8000  TRQX           606163885042532000
 22/01/2026        15:30:41  1073    GBp       362.0000  XLON           592090105321059000
 22/01/2026        15:41:05  1059    GBp       362.6000  XLON           592090105321370000
 22/01/2026        15:54:36  53      GBp       362.6000  AQXE           606163885043309000
 22/01/2026        15:54:36  75      GBp       362.6000  AQXE           606163885043309000
 22/01/2026        15:54:36  216     GBp       362.6000  AQXE           606163885043309000
 22/01/2026        15:54:36  380     GBp       362.6000  AQXE           606163885043309000
 22/01/2026        15:58:05  36      GBp       362.4000  XLON           592090105321850000
 22/01/2026        15:58:05  787     GBp       362.4000  XLON           592090105321850000
 22/01/2026        16:02:43  828     GBp       363.0000  CHIX           606163885043542000
 22/01/2026        16:04:09  697     GBp       362.8000  XLON           592090105322035000
 22/01/2026        16:04:11  1537    GBp       362.6000  CHIX           606163885043585000
 22/01/2026        16:10:00  711     GBp       361.6000  CHIX           606163885043767000
 22/01/2026        16:12:13  927     GBp       361.4000  XLON           592090105322299000
 22/01/2026        16:19:51  235     GBp       361.8000  AQXE           592090105322570000

 

 

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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