REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
17/02/2026 07:00
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RNS Number : 2445T Airtel Africa PLC 17 February 2026
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 17 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 16 February 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 75,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 330.40p
Highest price paid per share (GBp): 336.80p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 335.02p
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 8,888,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,992,538. 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 334.83 44,850 330.40 336.80
BATS Europe 335.36 7,206 333.80 336.80
CHI-X Europe 335.09 13,082 332.60 336.80
Aquis Exchange 336.00 2,129 335.80 336.20
Turquoise 335.41 7,733 334.40 336.60
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
43,324,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 162.5510 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
16/02/2026 08:02:12 1229 GBp 330.4000 XLON 592098952672286000
16/02/2026 08:16:28 493 GBp 333.6000 XLON 592098952672607000
16/02/2026 08:22:17 896 GBp 334.8000 CHIX 606172730028494000
16/02/2026 08:22:17 1773 GBp 334.8000 XLON 606172730028494000
16/02/2026 08:30:24 665 GBp 334.6000 XLON 606172730028628000
16/02/2026 08:30:24 187 GBp 334.6000 XLON 606172730028628000
16/02/2026 08:32:30 905 GBp 332.6000 CHIX 606172730028669000
16/02/2026 08:39:53 621 GBp 330.6000 XLON 606172730028804000
16/02/2026 08:39:53 183 GBp 330.6000 XLON 606172730028804000
16/02/2026 09:00:16 410 GBp 333.4000 XLON 592098952673384000
16/02/2026 09:00:16 399 GBp 333.4000 XLON 592098952673384000
16/02/2026 09:00:16 1040 GBp 333.4000 XLON 606172730029136000
16/02/2026 09:30:14 954 GBp 336.2000 CHIX 592098952673885000
16/02/2026 09:30:14 692 GBp 336.2000 AQXE 592098952673885000
16/02/2026 09:30:14 1384 GBp 336.2000 TRQX 606172730029610000
16/02/2026 09:40:55 993 GBp 336.0000 XLON 606172730029768000
16/02/2026 09:51:30 296 GBp 335.8000 XLON 592098952674245000
16/02/2026 09:51:30 648 GBp 335.8000 XLON 592098952674245000
16/02/2026 09:57:52 966 GBp 335.0000 CHIX 606172730030048000
16/02/2026 10:04:54 842 GBp 334.8000 CHIX 592098952674464000
16/02/2026 10:16:49 1160 GBp 334.6000 XLON 606172730030355000
16/02/2026 10:41:06 984 GBp 334.4000 XLON 606172730030735000
16/02/2026 10:51:32 1402 GBp 334.4000 XLON 606172730030888000
16/02/2026 11:05:02 1146 GBp 334.2000 CHIX 592098952675463000
16/02/2026 11:15:03 1022 GBp 334.0000 XLON 592098952675629000
16/02/2026 11:32:50 257 GBp 334.8000 TRQX 606172730031525000
16/02/2026 11:32:50 477 GBp 334.8000 TRQX 606172730031525000
16/02/2026 11:32:50 1276 GBp 334.8000 CHIX 606172730031525000
16/02/2026 11:57:59 55 GBp 335.0000 BATE 606172730031883000
16/02/2026 11:57:59 637 GBp 335.0000 BATE 606172730031883000
16/02/2026 11:57:59 1288 GBp 335.0000 XLON 592098952676306000
16/02/2026 12:00:45 18 GBp 334.8000 XLON 606172730031927000
16/02/2026 12:00:45 1219 GBp 334.8000 XLON 606172730031927000
16/02/2026 12:13:45 1033 GBp 334.6000 XLON 592098952676573000
16/02/2026 12:30:45 990 GBp 334.4000 XLON 592098952676847000
16/02/2026 12:34:16 1340 GBp 334.2000 XLON 592098952676901000
16/02/2026 12:48:09 851 GBp 334.0000 XLON 592098952677118000
16/02/2026 12:48:09 181 GBp 334.0000 XLON 592098952677118000
16/02/2026 12:55:15 978 GBp 333.8000 BATE 606172730032750000
16/02/2026 13:17:34 1013 GBp 334.0000 XLON 606172730033101000
16/02/2026 13:35:30 1223 GBp 334.4000 CHIX 592098952677932000
16/02/2026 13:35:30 692 GBp 334.4000 BATE 606172730033413000
16/02/2026 13:35:30 692 GBp 334.4000 TRQX 606172730033413000
16/02/2026 13:47:53 915 GBp 334.8000 XLON 592098952678165000
16/02/2026 13:47:53 692 GBp 334.8000 TRQX 606172730033632000
16/02/2026 14:01:59 1878 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952678441000
16/02/2026 14:01:59 97 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952678441000
16/02/2026 14:04:07 1106 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952678483000
16/02/2026 14:14:54 1177 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952678704000
16/02/2026 14:26:33 733 GBp 335.0000 TRQX 606172730034408000
16/02/2026 14:26:33 1264 GBp 335.0000 XLON 606172730034408000
16/02/2026 14:29:22 1134 GBp 335.4000 XLON 606172730034483000
16/02/2026 14:29:22 33 GBp 335.4000 XLON 606172730034483000
16/02/2026 14:34:19 780 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952679241000
16/02/2026 14:34:19 115 GBp 335.2000 XLON 592098952679241000
16/02/2026 14:38:20 1098 GBp 335.0000 XLON 592098952679347000
16/02/2026 14:40:37 1155 GBp 334.6000 XLON 606172730034822000
16/02/2026 14:51:51 294 GBp 335.4000 XLON 592098952679699000
16/02/2026 14:51:51 480 GBp 335.4000 CHIX 606172730035103000
16/02/2026 14:51:51 51 GBp 335.4000 CHIX 606172730035103000
16/02/2026 14:54:14 692 GBp 335.6000 BATE 606172730035161000
16/02/2026 14:54:27 1980 GBp 335.6000 XLON 592098952679764000
16/02/2026 14:58:15 1150 GBp 335.4000 CHIX 592098952679861000
16/02/2026 15:07:24 601 GBp 336.6000 CHIX 592098952680149000
16/02/2026 15:07:40 119 GBp 336.8000 XLON 606172730035543000
16/02/2026 15:07:40 1 GBp 336.8000 XLON 606172730035543000
16/02/2026 15:07:41 20 GBp 336.8000 BATE 592098952680156000
16/02/2026 15:07:58 3 GBp 336.8000 BATE 592098952680164000
16/02/2026 15:07:58 3 GBp 336.8000 CHIX 606172730035550000
16/02/2026 15:07:58 689 GBp 336.8000 CHIX 606172730035550000
16/02/2026 15:10:48 746 GBp 336.8000 XLON 606172730035625000
16/02/2026 15:10:49 692 GBp 336.6000 TRQX 592098952680242000
16/02/2026 15:10:49 804 GBp 336.6000 BATE 606172730035625000
16/02/2026 15:13:10 1165 GBp 336.4000 XLON 606172730035685000
16/02/2026 15:18:04 1144 GBp 336.4000 XLON 606172730035810000
16/02/2026 15:23:38 632 GBp 336.0000 XLON 606172730035946000
16/02/2026 15:23:38 517 GBp 336.0000 XLON 606172730035946000
16/02/2026 15:35:46 9 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952680865000
16/02/2026 15:35:46 8 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952680865000
16/02/2026 15:35:46 434 GBp 335.8000 CHIX 606172730036222000
16/02/2026 15:35:46 258 GBp 335.8000 CHIX 606172730036222000
16/02/2026 15:38:40 105 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952680930000
16/02/2026 15:38:40 91 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952680930000
16/02/2026 15:38:40 692 GBp 335.8000 CHIX 606172730036284000
16/02/2026 15:42:15 203 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952681019000
16/02/2026 15:42:15 65 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952681019000
16/02/2026 15:42:15 58 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952681019000
16/02/2026 15:42:15 881 GBp 335.8000 BATE 592098952681019000
16/02/2026 15:46:37 68 GBp 335.8000 TRQX 592098952681126000
16/02/2026 15:46:37 624 GBp 335.8000 TRQX 592098952681126000
16/02/2026 15:46:37 6 GBp 335.8000 CHIX 606172730036472000
16/02/2026 15:46:37 510 GBp 335.8000 CHIX 606172730036472000
16/02/2026 15:50:11 56 GBp 336.0000 AQXE 606172730036567000
16/02/2026 15:50:11 384 GBp 336.0000 AQXE 606172730036567000
16/02/2026 15:50:11 449 GBp 336.0000 BATE 606172730036567000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 460 GBp 336.0000 XLON 592098952681330000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 463 GBp 336.0000 XLON 592098952681330000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 288 GBp 336.0000 AQXE 606172730036668000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 709 GBp 335.8000 AQXE 592098952681330000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 711 GBp 335.8000 BATE 606172730036668000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 692 GBp 335.8000 TRQX 592098952681330000
16/02/2026 15:53:45 692 GBp 335.8000 XLON 592098952681330000
16/02/2026 16:04:01 1131 GBp 335.0000 XLON 592098952681648000
16/02/2026 16:04:01 698 GBp 335.0000 TRQX 592098952681648000
16/02/2026 16:08:17 724 GBp 335.0000 TRQX 606172730037098000
16/02/2026 16:11:41 1319 GBp 335.4000 XLON 592098952681879000
16/02/2026 16:11:41 745 GBp 335.4000 BATE 592098952681879000
16/02/2026 16:12:47 1162 GBp 335.0000 XLON 606172730037227000
16/02/2026 16:18:20 835 GBp 336.4000 XLON 606172730037404000
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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