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RNS Number : 4040T Airtel Africa PLC 18 February 2026
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 18 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 17 February 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 50,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 340.00p
Highest price paid per share (GBp): 345.40p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 344.13p
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 8,938,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,942,538. 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 344.32 31,075 343.00 345.40
BATS Europe 343.82 4,130 343.00 344.20
CHI-X Europe 342.44 3,765 340.00 344.00
Aquis Exchange 344.68 1,756 344.60 344.80
Turquoise 344.23 9,274 343.00 345.20
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
43,374,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 162.7604 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
17/02/2026 08:04:49 1223 GBp 340.0000 CHIX 592099335039555000
17/02/2026 09:42:51 1228 GBp 344.4000 XLON 606173087601319000
17/02/2026 10:04:50 1147 GBp 345.4000 XLON 592099335041739000
17/02/2026 10:05:09 853 GBp 345.2000 XLON 606173087601717000
17/02/2026 10:16:34 163 GBp 344.6000 AQXE 592099335041974000
17/02/2026 10:16:34 882 GBp 344.6000 AQXE 592099335041974000
17/02/2026 10:33:00 934 GBp 345.4000 XLON 592099335042258000
17/02/2026 10:40:09 109 GBp 345.2000 XLON 606173087602321000
17/02/2026 10:40:09 705 GBp 345.2000 XLON 606173087602321000
17/02/2026 10:55:37 1047 GBp 344.6000 XLON 592099335042631000
17/02/2026 11:28:09 895 GBp 345.0000 XLON 606173087603176000
17/02/2026 11:29:11 1025 GBp 344.6000 TRQX 592099335043294000
17/02/2026 11:44:37 1173 GBp 344.0000 XLON 606173087603476000
17/02/2026 11:59:57 1142 GBp 344.0000 TRQX 592099335043884000
17/02/2026 12:20:46 70 GBp 343.8000 BATE 606173087604115000
17/02/2026 12:20:46 1078 GBp 343.8000 BATE 606173087604115000
17/02/2026 12:33:44 1200 GBp 344.2000 BATE 592099335044496000
17/02/2026 12:57:28 1009 GBp 344.0000 BATE 606173087604739000
17/02/2026 13:04:51 764 GBp 344.4000 TRQX 606173087604880000
17/02/2026 13:18:19 1140 GBp 343.8000 XLON 606173087605141000
17/02/2026 13:44:29 745 GBp 343.8000 TRQX 592099335045897000
17/02/2026 13:44:29 1219 GBp 343.8000 XLON 606173087605655000
17/02/2026 13:52:54 1609 GBp 344.0000 XLON 592099335046134000
17/02/2026 13:58:16 977 GBp 344.0000 XLON 592099335046291000
17/02/2026 14:14:10 854 GBp 344.2000 XLON 592099335046653000
17/02/2026 14:15:24 943 GBp 344.0000 XLON 592099335046684000
17/02/2026 14:22:12 1134 GBp 344.2000 XLON 606173087606568000
17/02/2026 14:28:37 1070 GBp 343.4000 XLON 592099335047052000
17/02/2026 14:34:19 1568 GBp 344.0000 CHIX 592099335047298000
17/02/2026 14:36:42 838 GBp 345.2000 XLON 592099335047384000
17/02/2026 14:43:51 846 GBp 344.4000 XLON 606173087607309000
17/02/2026 14:45:40 998 GBp 344.0000 XLON 592099335047682000
17/02/2026 14:49:19 873 GBp 344.6000 XLON 606173087607483000
17/02/2026 14:54:30 909 GBp 344.2000 XLON 592099335047991000
17/02/2026 15:03:40 795 GBp 344.6000 XLON 592099335048354000
17/02/2026 15:07:40 1154 GBp 344.4000 XLON 592099335048514000
17/02/2026 15:07:40 819 GBp 344.4000 TRQX 606173087608170000
17/02/2026 15:09:58 951 GBp 344.2000 XLON 592099335048584000
17/02/2026 15:20:30 791 GBp 344.6000 XLON 592099335048959000
17/02/2026 15:20:30 369 GBp 344.6000 XLON 592099335048959000
17/02/2026 15:20:30 823 GBp 344.6000 XLON 606173087608600000
17/02/2026 15:30:32 700 GBp 344.6000 XLON 606173087609006000
17/02/2026 15:30:34 956 GBp 344.4000 XLON 606173087609008000
17/02/2026 15:35:14 1004 GBp 344.0000 TRQX 592099335049546000
17/02/2026 15:38:50 970 GBp 344.0000 TRQX 592099335049668000
17/02/2026 15:50:08 773 GBp 343.0000 BATE 592099335050035000
17/02/2026 15:50:08 1255 GBp 343.0000 XLON 606173087609644000
17/02/2026 15:52:44 1009 GBp 343.0000 XLON 606173087609726000
17/02/2026 15:58:45 974 GBp 343.0000 CHIX 606173087609907000
17/02/2026 16:04:32 984 GBp 343.0000 TRQX 592099335050524000
17/02/2026 16:13:33 1426 GBp 345.2000 TRQX 592099335050901000
17/02/2026 16:15:29 36 GBp 345.0000 XLON 606173087610557000
17/02/2026 16:15:29 735 GBp 345.0000 XLON 606173087610557000
17/02/2026 16:16:37 711 GBp 344.8000 AQXE 592099335051024000
17/02/2026 16:16:37 395 GBp 344.8000 TRQX 606173087610600000
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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