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RNS Number : 7725R  Airtel Africa PLC  05 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 05 February 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                                04 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  125,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              318.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             329.60p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       325.59p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury by the Company.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares
of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,654,881,028, including 8,214,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,646,666,984. 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  325.39                         71,205             318.80                  329.20
 BATS Europe            325.80                         13,573             318.80                  329.60
 CHI-X Europe           326.01                         28,237             318.80                  328.80
 Aquis Exchange         326.01                         6,736              323.00                  329.20
 Turquoise              325.14                         5,249              320.80                  329.20

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 42,649,720 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 159.8687 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
 04/02/2026        08:03:01  1990    GBp       328.6000  XLON           592094705940358000
 04/02/2026        08:05:47  739     GBp       327.6000  XLON           592094705940449000
 04/02/2026        08:19:01  1047    GBp       329.2000  AQXE           592094705940823000
 04/02/2026        08:23:29  753     GBp       329.6000  BATE           606168486984216000
 04/02/2026        08:25:34  675     GBp       329.2000  BATE           592094705940971000
 04/02/2026        08:25:34  675     GBp       329.2000  TRQX           606168486984266000
 04/02/2026        08:25:34  1562    GBp       329.2000  XLON           606168486984266000
 04/02/2026        08:26:10  753     GBp       329.0000  BATE           592094705940987000
 04/02/2026        08:30:16  998     GBp       328.6000  CHIX           606168486984388000
 04/02/2026        08:30:20  675     GBp       328.6000  AQXE           592094705941099000
 04/02/2026        08:39:36  1479    GBp       329.0000  XLON           606168486984603000
 04/02/2026        08:49:59  730     GBp       329.0000  XLON           606168486984818000
 04/02/2026        08:52:32  731     GBp       328.8000  XLON           592094705941606000
 04/02/2026        08:54:38  1139    GBp       328.4000  XLON           606168486984915000
 04/02/2026        09:02:38  57      GBp       329.0000  XLON           592094705941870000
 04/02/2026        09:02:38  577     GBp       329.0000  XLON           592094705941870000
 04/02/2026        09:02:40  143     GBp       329.0000  XLON           592094705941871000
 04/02/2026        09:13:49  2       GBp       329.0000  XLON           606168486985408000
 04/02/2026        09:13:49  841     GBp       329.0000  XLON           606168486985408000
 04/02/2026        09:16:20  793     GBp       328.8000  CHIX           592094705942235000
 04/02/2026        09:16:20  1069    GBp       328.8000  XLON           592094705942235000
 04/02/2026        09:16:20  782     GBp       328.8000  XLON           592094705942235000
 04/02/2026        09:29:39  684     GBp       328.4000  XLON           592094705942557000
 04/02/2026        09:30:10  1162    GBp       328.2000  XLON           606168486985788000
 04/02/2026        09:32:28  949     GBp       328.0000  XLON           592094705942624000
 04/02/2026        09:49:48  1508    GBp       327.8000  XLON           606168486986223000
 04/02/2026        09:56:27  643     GBp       327.6000  XLON           606168486986357000
 04/02/2026        09:56:27  764     GBp       327.6000  CHIX           592094705943174000
 04/02/2026        09:56:27  752     GBp       327.6000  BATE           606168486986357000
 04/02/2026        09:56:27  109     GBp       327.6000  XLON           606168486986357000
 04/02/2026        10:04:14  1105    GBp       328.6000  XLON           606168486986523000
 04/02/2026        10:15:15  997     GBp       327.6000  CHIX           592094705943604000
 04/02/2026        10:18:08  1089    GBp       327.4000  XLON           606168486986819000
 04/02/2026        10:28:24  752     GBp       326.0000  CHIX           592094705943893000
 04/02/2026        10:28:24  1061    GBp       325.8000  XLON           606168486987035000
 04/02/2026        10:34:20  1012    GBp       324.2000  XLON           592094705944035000
 04/02/2026        10:48:41  675     GBp       324.2000  CHIX           592094705944340000
 04/02/2026        10:48:41  858     GBp       324.2000  XLON           606168486987454000
 04/02/2026        10:56:45  1026    GBp       324.4000  XLON           606168486987633000
 04/02/2026        11:02:09  895     GBp       324.8000  XLON           592094705944667000
 04/02/2026        11:10:48  777     GBp       324.8000  CHIX           592094705944968000
 04/02/2026        11:10:48  724     GBp       324.8000  XLON           592094705944968000
 04/02/2026        11:16:45  63      GBp       324.4000  CHIX           606168486988197000
 04/02/2026        11:16:45  906     GBp       324.4000  CHIX           606168486988197000
 04/02/2026        11:26:03  974     GBp       324.8000  XLON           592094705945324000
 04/02/2026        11:37:27  1922    GBp       325.0000  XLON           606168486988619000
 04/02/2026        11:43:28  1058    GBp       324.8000  CHIX           606168486988753000
 04/02/2026        12:16:31  1008    GBp       328.2000  CHIX           606168486989423000
 04/02/2026        12:19:25  1350    GBp       328.6000  CHIX           592094705946479000
 04/02/2026        12:19:25  675     GBp       328.6000  BATE           606168486989475000
 04/02/2026        12:19:25  1340    GBp       328.6000  XLON           592094705946479000
 04/02/2026        12:19:25  649     GBp       328.6000  XLON           592094705946479000
 04/02/2026        12:19:25  492     GBp       328.6000  CHIX           606168486989475000
 04/02/2026        12:27:16  853     GBp       328.2000  XLON           606168486989649000
 04/02/2026        12:39:26  1230    GBp       327.4000  BATE           606168486989901000
 04/02/2026        12:39:53  146     GBp       327.2000  XLON           592094705946943000
 04/02/2026        12:39:53  543     GBp       327.2000  XLON           592094705946943000
 04/02/2026        12:47:22  287     GBp       327.0000  XLON           592094705947111000
 04/02/2026        12:47:22  608     GBp       327.0000  XLON           592094705947111000
 04/02/2026        12:56:06  1043    GBp       326.8000  CHIX           606168486990237000
 04/02/2026        12:59:14  3       GBp       326.8000  CHIX           606168486990304000
 04/02/2026        12:59:14  707     GBp       326.8000  CHIX           606168486990304000
 04/02/2026        13:10:05  688     GBp       326.8000  XLON           592094705947611000
 04/02/2026        13:10:05  240     GBp       326.8000  AQXE           592094705947611000
 04/02/2026        13:10:05  750     GBp       326.8000  AQXE           592094705947611000
 04/02/2026        13:22:47  765     GBp       326.8000  AQXE           606168486990816000
 04/02/2026        13:22:47  968     GBp       326.8000  CHIX           606168486990816000
 04/02/2026        13:49:31  99      GBp       328.0000  CHIX           592094705948546000
 04/02/2026        13:49:32  841     GBp       328.2000  CHIX           592094705948546000
 04/02/2026        13:54:55  681     GBp       328.2000  CHIX           592094705948683000
 04/02/2026        13:54:55  412     GBp       328.2000  CHIX           606168486991551000
 04/02/2026        13:54:55  4273    GBp       328.2000  CHIX           606168486991551000
 04/02/2026        13:54:56  1208    GBp       328.4000  BATE           606168486991551000
 04/02/2026        14:00:35  1247    GBp       328.0000  XLON           606168486991696000
 04/02/2026        14:07:42  715     GBp       327.8000  XLON           606168486991885000
 04/02/2026        14:09:25  1170    GBp       327.6000  XLON           592094705949080000
 04/02/2026        14:17:17  675     GBp       327.8000  CHIX           592094705949278000
 04/02/2026        14:17:17  927     GBp       327.8000  XLON           606168486992118000
 04/02/2026        14:30:41  664     GBp       328.4000  BATE           592094705949681000
 04/02/2026        14:30:41  99      GBp       328.4000  BATE           592094705949681000
 04/02/2026        14:30:42  964     GBp       328.4000  XLON           606168486992502000
 04/02/2026        14:31:53  1647    GBp       328.2000  XLON           592094705949733000
 04/02/2026        14:31:53  724     GBp       328.2000  XLON           592094705949733000
 04/02/2026        14:31:53  1240    GBp       328.2000  CHIX           592094705949733000
 04/02/2026        14:31:53  675     GBp       328.2000  TRQX           606168486992552000
 04/02/2026        14:31:53  675     GBp       328.2000  BATE           606168486992552000
 04/02/2026        14:35:29  15      GBp       326.8000  XLON           592094705949897000
 04/02/2026        14:35:29  1335    GBp       326.8000  XLON           592094705949897000
 04/02/2026        14:36:31  675     GBp       326.8000  AQXE           606168486992755000
 04/02/2026        14:46:57  999     GBp       327.4000  TRQX           592094705950332000
 04/02/2026        14:46:57  1479    GBp       327.4000  BATE           592094705950332000
 04/02/2026        14:46:57  2025    GBp       327.4000  XLON           606168486993129000
 04/02/2026        14:46:57  1446    GBp       327.4000  XLON           592094705950332000
 04/02/2026        14:53:53  994     GBp       326.8000  XLON           592094705950600000
 04/02/2026        14:53:53  675     GBp       326.8000  CHIX           592094705950600000
 04/02/2026        14:53:53  675     GBp       326.8000  BATE           606168486993386000
 04/02/2026        14:56:58  1251    GBp       323.8000  XLON           606168486993504000
 04/02/2026        15:00:00  1254    GBp       323.6000  AQXE           606168486993627000
 04/02/2026        15:03:59  675     GBp       325.2000  TRQX           592094705951023000
 04/02/2026        15:03:59  1194    GBp       325.2000  XLON           592094705951023000
 04/02/2026        15:03:59  803     GBp       325.2000  XLON           606168486993793000
 04/02/2026        15:08:10  1240    GBp       324.4000  XLON           606168486993967000
 04/02/2026        15:15:52  1253    GBp       323.0000  XLON           606168486994305000
 04/02/2026        15:15:52  1330    GBp       323.0000  AQXE           592094705951558000
 04/02/2026        15:15:52  824     GBp       323.0000  TRQX           606168486994305000
 04/02/2026        15:22:20  2899    GBp       323.0000  XLON           592094705951862000
 04/02/2026        15:25:25  1254    GBp       321.4000  XLON           606168486994733000
 04/02/2026        15:30:02  675     GBp       320.8000  BATE           592094705952228000
 04/02/2026        15:30:02  675     GBp       320.8000  TRQX           592094705952228000
 04/02/2026        15:30:02  781     GBp       320.8000  CHIX           606168486994942000
 04/02/2026        15:35:03  1342    GBp       320.8000  CHIX           606168486995148000
 04/02/2026        15:40:40  675     GBp       322.2000  CHIX           592094705952698000
 04/02/2026        15:40:40  2071    GBp       322.2000  XLON           606168486995391000
 04/02/2026        15:40:40  542     GBp       322.2000  BATE           606168486995391000
 04/02/2026        15:46:14  726     GBp       321.8000  TRQX           606168486995599000
 04/02/2026        15:46:14  1259    GBp       321.8000  CHIX           606168486995599000
 04/02/2026        15:51:22  801     GBp       321.6000  XLON           606168486995796000
 04/02/2026        15:51:22  573     GBp       321.4000  XLON           606168486995796000
 04/02/2026        15:51:22  672     GBp       321.4000  XLON           606168486995796000
 04/02/2026        15:51:22  801     GBp       321.4000  XLON           606168486995796000
 04/02/2026        15:53:20  1255    GBp       321.0000  CHIX           592094705953204000
 04/02/2026        15:56:33  1259    GBp       319.2000  XLON           592094705953336000
 04/02/2026        15:58:19  1238    GBp       319.0000  XLON           606168486996064000
 04/02/2026        16:02:07  675     GBp       318.8000  CHIX           592094705953564000
 04/02/2026        16:02:07  1941    GBp       318.8000  XLON           606168486996219000
 04/02/2026        16:05:36  1261    GBp       318.8000  BATE           592094705953701000
 04/02/2026        16:11:19  782     GBp       320.2000  BATE           592094705953928000
 04/02/2026        16:13:47  3217    GBp       320.4000  XLON           606168486996676000
 04/02/2026        16:16:22  952     GBp       320.2000  XLON           592094705954151000
 04/02/2026        16:16:22  741     GBp       320.2000  XLON           606168486996784000
 04/02/2026        16:17:21  85      GBp       319.8000  XLON           592094705954196000
 04/02/2026        16:17:21  1075    GBp       319.8000  XLON           592094705954196000
 04/02/2026        16:17:21  675     GBp       319.8000  BATE           606168486996826000

 

 

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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