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RNS Number : 8478S  Airtel Africa PLC  13 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 13 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                                12 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  74,446
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              333.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             343.80p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       338.29p

 

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 8,738,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,646,142,538. 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  338.20                         52,047             333.80                  343.80
 BATS Europe            338.90                         2,312              337.40                  341.80
 CHI-X Europe           338.69                         14,217             333.80                  343.20
 Aquis Exchange         336.20                         1,925              336.20                  336.20
 Turquoise              338.68                         3,945              337.00                  340.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,174,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 161.9561 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
 12/02/2026        08:00:53  1123    GBp       343.4000  XLON           592097565571218000
 12/02/2026        08:07:16  878     GBp       343.2000  CHIX           606171318134644000
 12/02/2026        08:22:42  816     GBp       342.4000  XLON           592097565571933000
 12/02/2026        08:28:28  1022    GBp       342.4000  CHIX           606171318135225000
 12/02/2026        08:45:40  1299    GBp       343.8000  XLON           592097565572514000
 12/02/2026        08:53:17  902     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606171318135802000
 12/02/2026        09:20:49  835     GBp       343.6000  XLON           592097565573349000
 12/02/2026        09:25:48  911     GBp       343.2000  XLON           592097565573451000
 12/02/2026        09:45:29  950     GBp       342.2000  XLON           592097565573847000
 12/02/2026        10:02:20  1045    GBp       342.4000  XLON           606171318137217000
 12/02/2026        10:22:34  874     GBp       341.8000  XLON           592097565574643000
 12/02/2026        10:45:43  960     GBp       342.2000  XLON           592097565575068000
 12/02/2026        11:07:59  1449    GBp       342.2000  XLON           606171318138384000
 12/02/2026        11:18:37  778     GBp       342.4000  XLON           592097565575630000
 12/02/2026        11:27:50  928     GBp       341.6000  CHIX           592097565575788000
 12/02/2026        11:41:10  987     GBp       341.6000  XLON           592097565576025000
 12/02/2026        12:02:11  1112    GBp       341.8000  XLON           592097565576407000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  3       GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  468     GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  71      GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  85      GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  1       GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:39:08  127     GBp       341.8000  BATE           606171318139877000
 12/02/2026        12:43:04  960     GBp       341.6000  CHIX           592097565577133000
 12/02/2026        12:48:22  1045    GBp       340.4000  XLON           606171318140043000
 12/02/2026        13:12:11  1039    GBp       340.0000  XLON           606171318140455000
 12/02/2026        13:39:55  689     GBp       339.8000  XLON           592097565578321000
 12/02/2026        13:39:55  924     GBp       339.8000  CHIX           606171318141046000
 12/02/2026        14:04:11  1053    GBp       340.4000  TRQX           592097565578880000
 12/02/2026        14:04:11  1332    GBp       340.4000  XLON           606171318141568000
 12/02/2026        14:21:42  810     GBp       340.2000  XLON           606171318141978000
 12/02/2026        14:24:15  1028    GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606171318142042000
 12/02/2026        14:29:40  1048    GBp       339.8000  XLON           606171318142193000
 12/02/2026        14:32:04  693     GBp       339.2000  TRQX           592097565579652000
 12/02/2026        14:36:33  1321    GBp       338.2000  XLON           592097565579841000
 12/02/2026        14:45:54  1228    GBp       338.8000  CHIX           592097565580158000
 12/02/2026        14:51:44  1011    GBp       338.4000  XLON           606171318142983000
 12/02/2026        14:59:31  793     GBp       338.0000  CHIX           592097565580636000
 12/02/2026        15:05:20  784     GBp       338.6000  CHIX           592097565580863000
 12/02/2026        15:05:20  689     GBp       338.6000  TRQX           606171318143458000
 12/02/2026        15:11:38  1363    GBp       337.2000  XLON           592097565581087000
 12/02/2026        15:19:44  569     GBp       337.4000  BATE           606171318143935000
 12/02/2026        15:19:44  299     GBp       337.4000  BATE           606171318143935000
 12/02/2026        15:21:48  982     GBp       337.2000  XLON           606171318144000000
 12/02/2026        15:29:10  689     GBp       337.6000  BATE           592097565581675000
 12/02/2026        15:29:10  726     GBp       337.6000  TRQX           606171318144231000
 12/02/2026        15:32:28  52      GBp       337.2000  XLON           592097565581782000
 12/02/2026        15:32:28  1177    GBp       337.2000  XLON           592097565581782000
 12/02/2026        15:32:56  816     GBp       337.0000  CHIX           592097565581801000
 12/02/2026        15:38:11  784     GBp       337.0000  TRQX           592097565581969000
 12/02/2026        15:38:11  1354    GBp       337.0000  XLON           592097565581969000
 12/02/2026        15:38:13  855     GBp       336.8000  XLON           606171318144514000
 12/02/2026        15:42:07  786     GBp       337.4000  XLON           592097565582097000
 12/02/2026        15:43:35  1835    GBp       337.2000  XLON           606171318144674000
 12/02/2026        15:45:22  806     GBp       337.0000  CHIX           592097565582192000
 12/02/2026        15:45:31  1186    GBp       336.8000  XLON           606171318144730000
 12/02/2026        15:46:26  831     GBp       336.4000  CHIX           592097565582227000
 12/02/2026        15:49:40  48      GBp       336.2000  AQXE           592097565582328000
 12/02/2026        15:49:40  344     GBp       336.2000  CHIX           606171318144856000
 12/02/2026        15:49:40  420     GBp       336.4000  XLON           592097565582328000
 12/02/2026        15:50:39  1278    GBp       336.2000  CHIX           592097565582372000
 12/02/2026        15:50:39  689     GBp       336.2000  XLON           606171318144898000
 12/02/2026        15:53:37  854     GBp       336.6000  XLON           606171318145010000
 12/02/2026        15:54:34  1451    GBp       336.4000  XLON           606171318145048000
 12/02/2026        15:54:34  858     GBp       336.2000  AQXE           592097565582529000
 12/02/2026        15:54:34  210     GBp       336.2000  AQXE           592097565582529000
 12/02/2026        15:54:57  820     GBp       336.0000  XLON           592097565582545000
 12/02/2026        15:55:50  841     GBp       336.0000  XLON           606171318145095000
 12/02/2026        16:00:33  809     GBp       336.2000  AQXE           606171318145258000
 12/02/2026        16:02:21  748     GBp       335.8000  XLON           592097565582817000
 12/02/2026        16:02:21  825     GBp       335.8000  XLON           606171318145325000
 12/02/2026        16:02:21  781     GBp       335.6000  XLON           592097565582817000
 12/02/2026        16:03:24  1137    GBp       335.6000  XLON           592097565582858000
 12/02/2026        16:04:23  854     GBp       335.6000  XLON           606171318145402000
 12/02/2026        16:05:29  819     GBp       335.4000  CHIX           606171318145444000
 12/02/2026        16:05:39  950     GBp       335.2000  XLON           592097565582947000
 12/02/2026        16:06:39  787     GBp       334.6000  XLON           592097565582995000
 12/02/2026        16:08:28  770     GBp       334.4000  XLON           606171318145572000
 12/02/2026        16:08:42  789     GBp       334.4000  XLON           606171318145580000
 12/02/2026        16:10:45  1377    GBp       334.2000  XLON           606171318145662000
 12/02/2026        16:11:53  784     GBp       334.2000  XLON           606171318145709000
 12/02/2026        16:14:12  776     GBp       334.4000  XLON           592097565583317000
 12/02/2026        16:14:12  987     GBp       334.4000  XLON           592097565583317000
 12/02/2026        16:15:01  818     GBp       334.2000  XLON           606171318145846000
 12/02/2026        16:15:54  778     GBp       333.8000  CHIX           606171318145893000
 12/02/2026        16:16:27  794     GBp       333.8000  XLON           592097565583437000
 12/02/2026        16:18:55  1869    GBp       334.0000  XLON           606171318146052000

 

 

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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