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REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 6676S  Airtel Africa PLC  12 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 12 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                                11 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  75,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              335.20p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             342.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       339.69p

 

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 8,664,044 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,646,216,984. 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  339.32                         38,159             335.20                  342.80
 BATS Europe            340.79                         6,724              340.00                  341.20
 CHI-X Europe           340.05                         19,180             337.80                  341.20
 Aquis Exchange         339.97                         7,285              338.00                  341.00
 Turquoise              339.10                         3,652              336.80                  341.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,099,720 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 161.6515 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
 11/02/2026        08:02:25  689     GBp       338.0000  CHIX           592097183202925000
 11/02/2026        08:02:25  718     GBp       338.0000  AQXE           606170964243937000
 11/02/2026        08:10:33  1425    GBp       338.2000  CHIX           592097183203120000
 11/02/2026        08:19:57  469     GBp       337.8000  XLON           606170964244336000
 11/02/2026        08:19:57  354     GBp       337.8000  XLON           606170964244336000
 11/02/2026        08:19:57  86      GBp       337.8000  XLON           606170964244336000
 11/02/2026        08:21:00  689     GBp       337.8000  CHIX           592097183203366000
 11/02/2026        08:27:46  1276    GBp       336.6000  XLON           592097183203514000
 11/02/2026        08:38:08  983     GBp       336.2000  XLON           606170964244701000
 11/02/2026        08:57:31  904     GBp       335.2000  XLON           606170964245050000
 11/02/2026        09:14:12  1695    GBp       337.4000  XLON           606170964245365000
 11/02/2026        09:16:54  1074    GBp       337.2000  XLON           606170964245421000
 11/02/2026        09:29:30  1222    GBp       337.6000  XLON           606170964245630000
 11/02/2026        09:41:09  1037    GBp       336.6000  XLON           592097183204921000
 11/02/2026        09:49:36  833     GBp       336.8000  XLON           606170964245973000
 11/02/2026        10:16:49  836     GBp       336.8000  TRQX           592097183205581000
 11/02/2026        10:16:49  689     GBp       336.8000  XLON           606170964246433000
 11/02/2026        10:42:50  794     GBp       338.0000  XLON           606170964246881000
 11/02/2026        10:47:10  2036    GBp       339.2000  XLON           592097183206152000
 11/02/2026        10:47:10  121     GBp       339.2000  AQXE           606170964246965000
 11/02/2026        10:47:10  568     GBp       339.2000  AQXE           606170964246965000
 11/02/2026        10:57:07  1265    GBp       338.4000  XLON           606170964247161000
 11/02/2026        11:09:23  361     GBp       338.0000  CHIX           606170964247367000
 11/02/2026        11:11:09  814     GBp       338.0000  CHIX           606170964247398000
 11/02/2026        11:26:04  993     GBp       338.0000  XLON           606170964247692000
 11/02/2026        11:47:52  1205    GBp       337.2000  XLON           606170964248121000
 11/02/2026        11:47:52  594     GBp       337.2000  TRQX           606170964248121000
 11/02/2026        11:47:52  118     GBp       337.2000  TRQX           606170964248121000
 11/02/2026        11:59:45  1113    GBp       339.0000  XLON           606170964248347000
 11/02/2026        13:04:22  689     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592097183208923000
 11/02/2026        13:04:22  918     GBp       340.0000  BATE           606170964249543000
 11/02/2026        14:25:02  937     GBp       342.4000  XLON           592097183210981000
 11/02/2026        14:30:30  1080    GBp       342.8000  XLON           606170964251641000
 11/02/2026        14:33:40  738     GBp       342.6000  XLON           592097183211328000
 11/02/2026        14:37:02  778     GBp       341.4000  XLON           606170964251931000
 11/02/2026        14:41:06  909     GBp       340.2000  XLON           592097183211629000
 11/02/2026        14:44:34  811     GBp       340.4000  XLON           606170964252199000
 11/02/2026        14:48:42  803     GBp       340.4000  CHIX           606170964252378000
 11/02/2026        14:56:32  1125    GBp       340.2000  CHIX           606170964252689000
 11/02/2026        15:00:58  815     GBp       340.8000  BATE           606170964252897000
 11/02/2026        15:03:05  768     GBp       340.8000  XLON           606170964252990000
 11/02/2026        15:12:24  872     GBp       340.2000  XLON           592097183213007000
 11/02/2026        15:13:50  773     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592097183213086000
 11/02/2026        15:18:14  715     GBp       340.6000  XLON           606170964253612000
 11/02/2026        15:24:00  817     GBp       339.4000  XLON           592097183213541000
 11/02/2026        15:27:58  790     GBp       339.2000  CHIX           592097183213703000
 11/02/2026        15:33:12  814     GBp       340.2000  CHIX           606170964254197000
 11/02/2026        15:41:15  1380    GBp       340.8000  XLON           592097183214239000
 11/02/2026        15:43:47  785     GBp       340.4000  XLON           592097183214335000
 11/02/2026        15:49:24  779     GBp       340.6000  BATE           606170964254753000
 11/02/2026        15:56:03  1146    GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592097183214765000
 11/02/2026        16:00:23  743     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           606170964255133000
 11/02/2026        16:00:43  805     GBp       340.6000  CHIX           606170964255145000
 11/02/2026        16:03:08  728     GBp       340.6000  CHIX           592097183215048000
 11/02/2026        16:10:01  1150    GBp       340.6000  XLON           592097183215366000
 11/02/2026        16:15:00  1099    GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592097183215624000
 11/02/2026        16:15:00  1378    GBp       341.0000  TRQX           606170964255791000
 11/02/2026        16:15:03  990     GBp       341.0000  AQXE           606170964255793000
 11/02/2026        16:15:03  13      GBp       341.0000  BATE           592097183215627000
 11/02/2026        16:15:03  719     GBp       341.0000  BATE           592097183215628000
 11/02/2026        16:15:03  689     GBp       341.0000  AQXE           606170964255794000
 11/02/2026        16:15:08  532     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           606170964255797000
 11/02/2026        16:15:09  190     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           606170964255798000
 11/02/2026        16:15:12  845     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           606170964255800000
 11/02/2026        16:15:12  1136    GBp       341.0000  CHIX           606170964255800000
 11/02/2026        16:15:13  573     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592097183215635000
 11/02/2026        16:15:13  571     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592097183215635000
 11/02/2026        16:16:02  1116    GBp       341.2000  XLON           606170964255833000
 11/02/2026        16:16:02  413     GBp       341.2000  XLON           606170964255833000
 11/02/2026        16:16:15  797     GBp       341.2000  XLON           592097183215680000
 11/02/2026        16:16:15  516     GBp       341.2000  XLON           592097183215680000
 11/02/2026        16:16:37  853     GBp       341.2000  CHIX           592097183215697000
 11/02/2026        16:16:37  689     GBp       341.2000  XLON           606170964255859000
 11/02/2026        16:16:58  755     GBp       341.0000  XLON           592097183215713000
 11/02/2026        16:16:58  1769    GBp       341.0000  XLON           606170964255875000
 11/02/2026        16:16:59  2039    GBp       341.2000  BATE           592097183215714000
 11/02/2026        16:17:07  752     GBp       341.0000  BATE           592097183215721000
 11/02/2026        16:17:45  689     GBp       340.4000  BATE           592097183215750000
 11/02/2026        16:17:45  874     GBp       340.4000  XLON           606170964255910000
 11/02/2026        16:18:50  1077    GBp       340.4000  AQXE           606170964255956000
 11/02/2026        16:18:50  488     GBp       340.4000  AQXE           606170964255956000
 11/02/2026        16:18:55  726     GBp       340.0000  TRQX           592097183215803000
 11/02/2026        16:18:55  104     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606170964255960000
 11/02/2026        16:18:55  689     GBp       340.0000  XLON           592097183215803000
 11/02/2026        16:19:06  1656    GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606170964255968000
 11/02/2026        16:19:43  782     GBp       339.8000  AQXE           592097183215839000
 11/02/2026        16:19:51  25      GBp       339.8000  AQXE           606170964256001000
 11/02/2026        16:19:51  611     GBp       339.8000  AQXE           606170964256001000
 11/02/2026        16:19:51  788     GBp       339.8000  AQXE           606170964256001000
 11/02/2026        16:19:51  428     GBp       339.8000  AQXE           606170964256001000

 

 

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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