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RNS Number : 4899S  Airtel Africa PLC  11 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 11 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                                10 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  75,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              330.60p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             340.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       336.01p

 

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 8,589,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,646,291,984. 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  335.80                         51,832             330.60                  340.20
 BATS Europe            336.97                         7,041              334.40                  340.00
 CHI-X Europe           336.59                         9,634              333.00                  340.80
 Aquis Exchange         336.65                         2,852              334.00                  338.80
 Turquoise              335.11                         3,641              331.60                  337.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,024,720 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 161.3411 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
 10/02/2026        08:00:29  886     GBp       335.4000  XLON           606170610345685000
 10/02/2026        08:00:29  428     GBp       335.4000  XLON           606170610345685000
 10/02/2026        08:08:09  912     GBp       333.8000  XLON           592096829306927000
 10/02/2026        08:08:09  78      GBp       333.8000  XLON           592096829306927000
 10/02/2026        08:13:55  1006    GBp       333.2000  XLON           606170610346017000
 10/02/2026        08:23:54  1093    GBp       330.6000  XLON           606170610346219000
 10/02/2026        08:31:32  891     GBp       331.6000  TRQX           592096829307412000
 10/02/2026        08:52:08  2180    GBp       334.2000  XLON           592096829307822000
 10/02/2026        08:59:35  835     GBp       334.0000  XLON           592096829307947000
 10/02/2026        09:21:17  1582    GBp       334.0000  XLON           606170610347230000
 10/02/2026        09:21:17  740     GBp       334.0000  AQXE           606170610347230000
 10/02/2026        09:34:26  1219    GBp       333.6000  XLON           606170610347465000
 10/02/2026        09:38:22  794     GBp       335.4000  XLON           606170610347535000
 10/02/2026        09:38:59  235     GBp       335.4000  XLON           606170610347548000
 10/02/2026        09:47:04  934     GBp       334.4000  XLON           592096829308828000
 10/02/2026        09:56:21  1011    GBp       334.8000  XLON           592096829308977000
 10/02/2026        10:12:50  1049    GBp       334.2000  TRQX           606170610348111000
 10/02/2026        10:17:58  1063    GBp       333.8000  XLON           606170610348202000
 10/02/2026        10:44:44  748     GBp       333.0000  CHIX           592096829309856000
 10/02/2026        11:09:42  2314    GBp       333.4000  XLON           592096829310299000
 10/02/2026        11:09:42  734     GBp       333.4000  XLON           592096829310299000
 10/02/2026        11:15:36  1000    GBp       334.0000  XLON           606170610349145000
 10/02/2026        11:15:50  143     GBp       334.0000  XLON           606170610349149000
 10/02/2026        11:28:12  1094    GBp       334.4000  BATE           606170610349339000
 10/02/2026        11:43:06  1168    GBp       334.6000  XLON           592096829310835000
 10/02/2026        11:57:01  1042    GBp       336.4000  XLON           592096829311061000
 10/02/2026        12:04:24  987     GBp       337.0000  XLON           606170610349887000
 10/02/2026        12:33:53  2079    GBp       339.0000  XLON           592096829311690000
 10/02/2026        12:40:14  1269    GBp       339.0000  XLON           592096829311797000
 10/02/2026        13:07:32  1370    GBp       338.8000  AQXE           606170610350892000
 10/02/2026        13:17:32  1219    GBp       339.2000  XLON           606170610351060000
 10/02/2026        13:37:55  803     GBp       340.0000  BATE           592096829312840000
 10/02/2026        13:38:07  1188    GBp       339.4000  XLON           606170610351442000
 10/02/2026        13:48:58  1234    GBp       338.8000  XLON           606170610351627000
 10/02/2026        13:58:26  751     GBp       338.6000  BATE           606170610351802000
 10/02/2026        14:26:17  648     GBp       340.6000  CHIX           606170610352413000
 10/02/2026        14:26:17  42      GBp       340.6000  CHIX           606170610352413000
 10/02/2026        14:30:23  74      GBp       340.8000  CHIX           592096829314011000
 10/02/2026        14:30:24  624     GBp       340.8000  CHIX           592096829314011000
 10/02/2026        14:36:16  827     GBp       340.2000  XLON           606170610352772000
 10/02/2026        14:42:13  799     GBp       338.6000  XLON           592096829314469000
 10/02/2026        14:48:55  811     GBp       338.8000  XLON           606170610353176000
 10/02/2026        14:56:06  788     GBp       336.8000  BATE           606170610353392000
 10/02/2026        15:03:23  27      GBp       336.8000  XLON           606170610353637000
 10/02/2026        15:03:23  716     GBp       336.8000  XLON           606170610353637000
 10/02/2026        15:10:23  747     GBp       336.8000  BATE           606170610353860000
 10/02/2026        15:21:57  889     GBp       337.6000  TRQX           606170610354220000
 10/02/2026        15:25:05  814     GBp       337.4000  XLON           606170610354342000
 10/02/2026        15:29:20  490     GBp       337.8000  CHIX           606170610354491000
 10/02/2026        15:29:20  200     GBp       337.8000  CHIX           606170610354491000
 10/02/2026        15:30:17  336     GBp       337.8000  CHIX           592096829316100000
 10/02/2026        15:30:42  1502    GBp       337.8000  CHIX           606170610354540000
 10/02/2026        15:30:42  446     GBp       337.8000  BATE           606170610354540000
 10/02/2026        15:33:42  955     GBp       336.2000  XLON           606170610354643000
 10/02/2026        15:34:45  297     GBp       336.0000  XLON           592096829316259000
 10/02/2026        15:37:15  792     GBp       337.2000  XLON           592096829316350000
 10/02/2026        15:37:21  1008    GBp       337.0000  XLON           606170610354767000
 10/02/2026        15:37:24  731     GBp       336.6000  XLON           606170610354769000
 10/02/2026        15:42:16  1039    GBp       337.4000  XLON           606170610354932000
 10/02/2026        15:42:16  812     GBp       337.4000  TRQX           592096829316527000
 10/02/2026        15:43:29  953     GBp       337.2000  XLON           592096829316563000
 10/02/2026        15:47:17  731     GBp       337.4000  BATE           592096829316685000
 10/02/2026        15:47:17  1186    GBp       337.4000  XLON           592096829316685000
 10/02/2026        15:48:39  1004    GBp       337.0000  XLON           606170610355126000
 10/02/2026        15:50:55  991     GBp       336.8000  BATE           606170610355213000
 10/02/2026        15:52:40  1015    GBp       335.0000  CHIX           606170610355271000
 10/02/2026        15:53:44  1020    GBp       334.8000  XLON           606170610355302000
 10/02/2026        15:56:22  1021    GBp       335.0000  XLON           592096829317000000
 10/02/2026        15:59:51  733     GBp       335.2000  CHIX           606170610355490000
 10/02/2026        16:01:24  645     GBp       335.4000  AQXE           592096829317179000
 10/02/2026        16:01:24  719     GBp       335.4000  CHIX           592096829317179000
 10/02/2026        16:01:24  690     GBp       335.4000  BATE           606170610355551000
 10/02/2026        16:04:20  1208    GBp       335.2000  XLON           606170610355638000
 10/02/2026        16:04:21  696     GBp       334.8000  XLON           592096829317272000
 10/02/2026        16:04:21  97      GBp       334.8000  AQXE           606170610355639000
 10/02/2026        16:06:30  967     GBp       334.8000  XLON           606170610355711000
 10/02/2026        16:06:40  892     GBp       334.6000  XLON           592096829317353000
 10/02/2026        16:10:58  719     GBp       335.2000  XLON           606170610355875000
 10/02/2026        16:11:21  725     GBp       335.2000  CHIX           592096829317534000
 10/02/2026        16:11:21  1380    GBp       335.2000  XLON           606170610355889000
 10/02/2026        16:15:37  764     GBp       335.6000  CHIX           592096829317700000
 10/02/2026        16:15:37  740     GBp       335.6000  XLON           606170610356048000
 10/02/2026        16:15:37  690     GBp       335.6000  XLON           606170610356048000
 10/02/2026        16:15:37  780     GBp       335.2000  XLON           592096829317702000
 10/02/2026        16:16:49  959     GBp       335.8000  XLON           592096829317751000
 10/02/2026        16:18:05  1014    GBp       335.8000  CHIX           592096829317799000
 10/02/2026        16:19:51  93      GBp       335.8000  XLON           606170610356216000
 10/02/2026        16:19:51  75      GBp       335.8000  XLON           606170610356216000

 

 

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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