REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16/02/2026 07:00
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RNS Number : 0280T Airtel Africa PLC 16 February 2026
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 16 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 13 February 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 75,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 329.60p
Highest price paid per share (GBp): 334.80p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 332.59p
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 8,813,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,646,067,538. 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 332.53 43,410 330.40 334.60
BATS Europe 332.70 8,512 330.40 334.80
CHI-X Europe 332.47 11,078 329.60 334.20
Aquis Exchange 331.80 922 331.80 331.80
Turquoise 332.89 11,078 331.00 334.60
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
43,249,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 162.2520 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
13/02/2026 08:06:46 689 GBp 331.8000 CHIX 592097890988072000
13/02/2026 08:09:22 1686 GBp 331.4000 XLON 606171670565650000
13/02/2026 08:11:02 170 GBp 330.4000 XLON 592097890988211000
13/02/2026 08:12:46 658 GBp 330.4000 XLON 592097890988265000
13/02/2026 08:20:52 715 GBp 329.6000 CHIX 592097890988516000
13/02/2026 08:20:52 367 GBp 329.6000 CHIX 592097890988516000
13/02/2026 08:27:22 1245 GBp 333.8000 BATE 592097890988689000
13/02/2026 08:35:00 1174 GBp 334.2000 XLON 606171670566332000
13/02/2026 08:51:17 786 GBp 334.2000 XLON 606171670566692000
13/02/2026 08:59:17 721 GBp 334.2000 TRQX 606171670566864000
13/02/2026 09:00:58 868 GBp 334.0000 TRQX 606171670566909000
13/02/2026 09:04:41 925 GBp 333.2000 XLON 606171670567002000
13/02/2026 09:13:22 1139 GBp 334.8000 BATE 606171670567177000
13/02/2026 09:23:25 1242 GBp 334.6000 XLON 606171670567383000
13/02/2026 09:40:05 1191 GBp 333.8000 XLON 592097890990382000
13/02/2026 09:45:16 1062 GBp 333.6000 XLON 606171670567879000
13/02/2026 09:57:17 1029 GBp 333.0000 XLON 606171670568155000
13/02/2026 10:08:31 922 GBp 331.8000 AQXE 592097890991118000
13/02/2026 10:19:30 1041 GBp 331.8000 XLON 606171670568713000
13/02/2026 10:32:38 1018 GBp 332.2000 XLON 592097890991724000
13/02/2026 10:48:02 499 GBp 332.0000 XLON 592097890992066000
13/02/2026 10:51:33 500 GBp 332.0000 XLON 592097890992158000
13/02/2026 10:55:53 60 GBp 332.0000 XLON 592097890992273000
13/02/2026 10:55:53 946 GBp 332.0000 CHIX 592097890992273000
13/02/2026 11:04:05 949 GBp 331.4000 BATE 606171670569739000
13/02/2026 11:14:45 1063 GBp 331.2000 XLON 592097890992749000
13/02/2026 11:30:03 1133 GBp 331.2000 XLON 592097890993099000
13/02/2026 11:47:50 601 GBp 330.4000 BATE 606171670570727000
13/02/2026 11:48:27 587 GBp 330.4000 BATE 606171670570739000
13/02/2026 12:02:16 1768 GBp 330.8000 XLON 592097890993843000
13/02/2026 12:11:16 1157 GBp 330.8000 XLON 592097890994036000
13/02/2026 12:24:25 1007 GBp 331.4000 TRQX 592097890994298000
13/02/2026 12:39:13 1 GBp 330.8000 XLON 606171670571731000
13/02/2026 12:39:28 1332 GBp 330.8000 XLON 606171670571736000
13/02/2026 12:52:47 1098 GBp 330.4000 XLON 606171670572051000
13/02/2026 13:13:04 811 GBp 331.2000 CHIX 592097890995436000
13/02/2026 13:13:04 689 GBp 331.2000 TRQX 606171670572513000
13/02/2026 13:13:04 692 GBp 331.2000 XLON 606171670572513000
13/02/2026 13:32:32 2003 GBp 332.2000 XLON 592097890995917000
13/02/2026 13:47:55 689 GBp 331.0000 BATE 592097890996361000
13/02/2026 13:47:55 740 GBp 331.0000 TRQX 606171670573388000
13/02/2026 13:53:45 1637 GBp 332.4000 XLON 592097890996533000
13/02/2026 14:08:56 689 GBp 333.6000 CHIX 592097890997242000
13/02/2026 14:08:56 743 GBp 333.6000 XLON 606171670574232000
13/02/2026 14:13:07 852 GBp 333.8000 XLON 592097890997407000
13/02/2026 14:22:47 1595 GBp 333.2000 XLON 592097890997746000
13/02/2026 14:30:35 1766 GBp 333.6000 XLON 592097890998070000
13/02/2026 14:30:35 689 GBp 333.6000 BATE 606171670575025000
13/02/2026 14:34:50 1159 GBp 333.8000 CHIX 606171670575266000
13/02/2026 14:36:45 1123 GBp 333.6000 TRQX 606171670575366000
13/02/2026 14:39:43 486 GBp 332.8000 BATE 592097890998553000
13/02/2026 14:39:46 405 GBp 332.8000 BATE 592097890998555000
13/02/2026 14:47:04 747 GBp 333.2000 CHIX 606171670575845000
13/02/2026 14:48:52 1016 GBp 333.0000 XLON 592097890998995000
13/02/2026 14:48:52 689 GBp 333.0000 TRQX 606171670575918000
13/02/2026 14:54:54 711 GBp 332.2000 CHIX 592097890999258000
13/02/2026 14:56:42 1376 GBp 332.8000 XLON 606171670576281000
13/02/2026 14:58:47 890 GBp 332.2000 XLON 606171670576374000
13/02/2026 15:02:42 838 GBp 332.8000 XLON 592097890999712000
13/02/2026 15:10:36 754 GBp 331.6000 CHIX 592097891000105000
13/02/2026 15:10:36 720 GBp 331.6000 XLON 606171670576985000
13/02/2026 15:10:36 449 GBp 331.6000 XLON 606171670576985000
13/02/2026 15:13:18 881 GBp 331.6000 TRQX 592097891000226000
13/02/2026 15:22:19 677 GBp 332.2000 CHIX 592097891000619000
13/02/2026 15:22:19 12 GBp 332.2000 CHIX 592097891000619000
13/02/2026 15:22:19 14 GBp 332.2000 BATE 606171670577478000
13/02/2026 15:22:19 36 GBp 332.2000 BATE 606171670577478000
13/02/2026 15:24:36 692 GBp 332.6000 XLON 606171670577554000
13/02/2026 15:24:38 1051 GBp 332.4000 XLON 606171670577555000
13/02/2026 15:31:41 1660 GBp 333.2000 XLON 592097891000976000
13/02/2026 15:35:00 168 GBp 333.0000 BATE 606171670577936000
13/02/2026 15:35:00 701 GBp 333.0000 BATE 606171670577936000
13/02/2026 15:38:06 1012 GBp 333.8000 CHIX 606171670578043000
13/02/2026 15:44:42 858 GBp 333.2000 XLON 606171670578266000
13/02/2026 15:49:40 1 GBp 333.2000 BATE 592097891001622000
13/02/2026 15:49:40 77 GBp 333.2000 BATE 592097891001622000
13/02/2026 15:49:40 725 GBp 333.2000 BATE 592097891001622000
13/02/2026 15:53:13 800 GBp 333.2000 XLON 592097891001764000
13/02/2026 15:53:13 1323 GBp 333.2000 XLON 606171670578572000
13/02/2026 15:56:52 875 GBp 332.8000 CHIX 592097891001899000
13/02/2026 15:57:51 893 GBp 332.6000 TRQX 606171670578736000
13/02/2026 16:00:28 881 GBp 332.4000 TRQX 606171670578844000
13/02/2026 16:07:21 726 GBp 333.8000 XLON 606171670579088000
13/02/2026 16:08:00 1066 GBp 333.4000 TRQX 592097891002334000
13/02/2026 16:13:07 477 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 606171670579316000
13/02/2026 16:13:07 73 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 606171670579316000
13/02/2026 16:13:07 204 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 606171670579316000
13/02/2026 16:15:07 90 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 592097891002628000
13/02/2026 16:15:07 211 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 606171670579398000
13/02/2026 16:15:07 465 GBp 334.6000 TRQX 606171670579398000
13/02/2026 16:16:51 691 GBp 334.2000 XLON 592097891002706000
13/02/2026 16:16:51 914 GBp 334.2000 CHIX 606171670579473000
13/02/2026 16:16:52 439 GBp 334.2000 XLON 606171670579473000
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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