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RNS Number : 9937Q  Airtel Africa PLC  30 January 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 30 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                                29 January 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  40,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              340.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             349.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       344.73p

 

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 3,655,081,028, including 7,489,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,647,591,984. 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  344.28                         21,516             340.60                  347.00
 BATS Europe            346.09                         2,706              345.00                  348.20
 CHI-X Europe           345.06                         11,890             342.00                  349.20
 Aquis Exchange         345.30                         3,888              342.00                  347.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,724,720
ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 156.2352
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
 29/01/2026        08:10:27  1065    GBp       349.2000  CHIX           606166363620300000
 29/01/2026        08:12:46  954     GBp       346.2000  XLON           606166363620371000
 29/01/2026        08:23:50  841     GBp       347.6000  AQXE           606166363620662000
 29/01/2026        08:33:31  810     GBp       348.2000  BATE           592092582572406000
 29/01/2026        08:46:53  802     GBp       345.8000  XLON           592092582572734000
 29/01/2026        09:02:43  1023    GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592092582573088000
 29/01/2026        09:17:01  994     GBp       346.6000  AQXE           592092582573366000
 29/01/2026        09:42:09  938     GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592092582573931000
 29/01/2026        09:42:09  57      GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592092582573931000
 29/01/2026        09:53:22  910     GBp       345.4000  BATE           592092582574191000
 29/01/2026        10:14:56  988     GBp       345.2000  CHIX           592092582574672000
 29/01/2026        10:38:56  986     GBp       345.0000  BATE           592092582575154000
 29/01/2026        10:55:27  690     GBp       346.2000  XLON           606166363623862000
 29/01/2026        10:55:27  228     GBp       346.2000  XLON           606166363623862000
 29/01/2026        11:11:41  990     GBp       347.0000  XLON           592092582575832000
 29/01/2026        11:29:27  763     GBp       346.4000  CHIX           592092582576174000
 29/01/2026        11:53:00  751     GBp       344.8000  XLON           592092582576615000
 29/01/2026        12:16:00  882     GBp       344.6000  XLON           592092582577066000
 29/01/2026        12:27:11  238     GBp       345.6000  CHIX           606166363625558000
 29/01/2026        12:27:11  973     GBp       345.6000  CHIX           606166363625558000
 29/01/2026        12:41:14  938     GBp       345.0000  XLON           592092582577555000
 29/01/2026        13:03:45  884     GBp       345.6000  XLON           606166363626250000
 29/01/2026        13:31:29  968     GBp       344.6000  CHIX           592092582578623000
 29/01/2026        13:35:54  1081    GBp       344.4000  XLON           606166363626926000
 29/01/2026        14:01:56  1259    GBp       346.4000  XLON           606166363627529000
 29/01/2026        14:16:59  767     GBp       344.6000  XLON           592092582579793000
 29/01/2026        14:17:57  1091    GBp       344.6000  XLON           606166363627960000
 29/01/2026        14:31:03  1187    GBp       345.0000  AQXE           606166363628364000
 29/01/2026        14:36:30  1081    GBp       344.6000  CHIX           606166363628603000
 29/01/2026        14:43:02  794     GBp       345.0000  XLON           606166363628872000
 29/01/2026        14:53:08  763     GBp       344.0000  XLON           592092582581229000
 29/01/2026        14:53:08  962     GBp       344.0000  CHIX           606166363629317000
 29/01/2026        15:01:52  683     GBp       344.0000  CHIX           592092582581706000
 29/01/2026        15:01:52  758     GBp       344.0000  XLON           606166363629780000
 29/01/2026        15:11:58  228     GBp       344.4000  XLON           606166363630209000
 29/01/2026        15:11:58  999     GBp       344.4000  XLON           606166363630209000
 29/01/2026        15:17:21  791     GBp       344.0000  XLON           606166363630474000
 29/01/2026        15:29:10  796     GBp       343.0000  XLON           606166363630950000
 29/01/2026        15:33:11  814     GBp       342.6000  XLON           592092582583095000
 29/01/2026        15:35:10  866     GBp       342.0000  AQXE           606166363631194000
 29/01/2026        15:42:27  807     GBp       341.2000  XLON           606166363631483000
 29/01/2026        15:48:04  820     GBp       341.2000  XLON           592092582583708000
 29/01/2026        15:52:38  828     GBp       340.6000  XLON           606166363631881000
 29/01/2026        16:01:07  1278    GBp       342.0000  CHIX           606166363632228000
 29/01/2026        16:06:59  896     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606166363632465000
 29/01/2026        16:09:06  873     GBp       342.4000  CHIX           606166363632548000
 29/01/2026        16:13:30  905     GBp       342.6000  XLON           592092582584784000

 

 

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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