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RNS Number : 8023Q  Airtel Africa PLC  29 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 29 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                                28 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              350.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             358.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       352.79p

 

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 3,655,121,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,631,984. 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  352.45                         22,487             350.60                  358.80
 BATS Europe            353.48                         5,146              351.60                  357.20
 CHI-X Europe           353.15                         11,557             352.20                  354.60
 Aquis Exchange         352.80                         810                352.80                  352.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,684,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 156.0544
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
 28/01/2026        08:02:18  1066    GBp       358.8000  XLON           592092257150178000
 28/01/2026        08:08:12  812     GBp       357.2000  BATE           592092257150348000
 28/01/2026        08:17:41  626     GBp       355.6000  XLON           606166006789120000
 28/01/2026        08:17:41  263     GBp       355.6000  XLON           606166006789120000
 28/01/2026        08:35:45  791     GBp       354.6000  CHIX           592092257151028000
 28/01/2026        08:54:28  935     GBp       353.8000  CHIX           592092257151456000
 28/01/2026        09:08:42  852     GBp       353.6000  XLON           592092257151743000
 28/01/2026        09:37:22  975     GBp       353.2000  BATE           592092257152375000
 28/01/2026        10:13:20  1803    GBp       353.6000  CHIX           606166006791486000
 28/01/2026        10:40:37  1295    GBp       354.0000  CHIX           592092257153589000
 28/01/2026        10:45:33  976     GBp       353.6000  BATE           592092257153668000
 28/01/2026        11:09:46  874     GBp       352.4000  XLON           606166006792404000
 28/01/2026        11:57:57  124     GBp       352.8000  XLON           592092257154847000
 28/01/2026        11:57:57  722     GBp       352.8000  XLON           606166006793131000
 28/01/2026        11:57:57  575     GBp       352.8000  XLON           592092257154847000
 28/01/2026        12:11:26  996     GBp       352.2000  CHIX           606166006793344000
 28/01/2026        12:28:37  992     GBp       351.0000  XLON           592092257155382000
 28/01/2026        12:56:58  1003    GBp       350.6000  XLON           606166006794079000
 28/01/2026        13:37:15  1979    GBp       351.2000  XLON           606166006794760000
 28/01/2026        13:45:11  863     GBp       351.4000  XLON           592092257156722000
 28/01/2026        14:21:39  325     GBp       352.4000  CHIX           592092257157528000
 28/01/2026        14:21:39  87      GBp       352.4000  XLON           606166006795659000
 28/01/2026        14:21:40  387     GBp       352.6000  CHIX           592092257157529000
 28/01/2026        14:21:43  1022    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606166006795660000
 28/01/2026        14:24:17  1047    GBp       351.6000  XLON           592092257157592000
 28/01/2026        14:30:02  791     GBp       352.2000  XLON           606166006795854000
 28/01/2026        14:43:17  1830    GBp       353.0000  XLON           592092257158229000
 28/01/2026        14:49:50  1275    GBp       350.6000  XLON           606166006796527000
 28/01/2026        15:05:10  1282    GBp       352.4000  CHIX           592092257158955000
 28/01/2026        15:07:59  812     GBp       352.2000  BATE           592092257159044000
 28/01/2026        15:13:28  812     GBp       351.6000  XLON           606166006797267000
 28/01/2026        15:25:37  841     GBp       352.8000  XLON           606166006797597000
 28/01/2026        15:25:59  679     GBp       352.8000  CHIX           592092257159582000
 28/01/2026        15:26:06  4       GBp       352.8000  CHIX           592092257159585000
 28/01/2026        15:30:52  793     GBp       352.2000  XLON           592092257159718000
 28/01/2026        15:38:25  1140    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606166006797939000
 28/01/2026        15:56:35  885     GBp       352.8000  BATE           592092257160469000
 28/01/2026        15:57:55  1138    GBp       352.6000  XLON           606166006798473000
 28/01/2026        15:57:55  503     GBp       352.6000  XLON           606166006798473000
 28/01/2026        16:06:53  1412    GBp       352.6000  CHIX           606166006798738000
 28/01/2026        16:07:10  802     GBp       352.4000  XLON           592092257160795000
 28/01/2026        16:18:13  1648    GBp       353.0000  CHIX           606166006799093000
 28/01/2026        16:19:21  810     GBp       352.8000  AQXE           592092257161200000
 28/01/2026        16:24:30  288     GBp       351.8000  BATE           606166006799329000
 28/01/2026        16:25:15  398     GBp       351.6000  BATE           606166006799366000
 28/01/2026        16:25:23  417     GBp       351.4000  XLON           592092257161456000
 28/01/2026        16:25:50  50      GBp       351.6000  XLON           606166006799391000

 

 

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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