REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

19/02/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 5699T  Airtel Africa PLC  19 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 19 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                                18 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  30,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              354.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             360.60p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       358.55p

 

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 8,968,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,912,538. 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  358.40                         16,330             354.80                  360.60
 BATS Europe            359.00                         3,506              358.20                  360.00
 CHI-X Europe           358.90                         3,435              357.00                  360.40
 Aquis Exchange         358.60                         761                358.60                  358.60
 Turquoise              358.47                         5,968              354.80                  359.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,404,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 162.8957 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
 18/02/2026        09:25:20  1100    GBp       354.8000  XLON           606173441495573000
 18/02/2026        09:41:38  813     GBp       354.8000  TRQX           606173441495874000
 18/02/2026        10:06:07  186     GBp       355.6000  XLON           592099660466508000
 18/02/2026        10:06:07  720     GBp       355.6000  XLON           592099660466508000
 18/02/2026        10:09:46  811     GBp       356.8000  XLON           606173441496393000
 18/02/2026        10:31:42  773     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606173441496859000
 18/02/2026        10:52:02  975     GBp       360.0000  BATE           606173441497263000
 18/02/2026        11:31:26  912     GBp       359.8000  XLON           592099660468314000
 18/02/2026        13:41:30  950     GBp       360.6000  XLON           606173441500604000
 18/02/2026        13:47:12  801     GBp       359.4000  XLON           606173441500732000
 18/02/2026        13:57:17  787     GBp       359.2000  XLON           606173441500969000
 18/02/2026        14:01:13  761     GBp       358.6000  AQXE           592099660471541000
 18/02/2026        14:13:20  768     GBp       358.4000  CHIX           592099660471852000
 18/02/2026        14:25:59  807     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592099660472202000
 18/02/2026        14:30:00  906     GBp       358.4000  XLON           592099660472338000
 18/02/2026        14:30:56  439     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           606173441501892000
 18/02/2026        14:30:56  292     GBp       357.0000  CHIX           606173441501892000
 18/02/2026        14:37:45  830     GBp       357.0000  XLON           606173441502189000
 18/02/2026        14:46:03  200     GBp       358.4000  XLON           606173441502498000
 18/02/2026        14:46:03  1073    GBp       358.4000  XLON           606173441502498000
 18/02/2026        14:47:38  812     GBp       358.6000  TRQX           606173441502561000
 18/02/2026        14:57:55  817     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606173441502936000
 18/02/2026        15:03:04  844     GBp       359.6000  XLON           606173441503207000
 18/02/2026        15:05:31  805     GBp       359.6000  TRQX           606173441503300000
 18/02/2026        15:12:56  1126    GBp       360.4000  CHIX           592099660474147000
 18/02/2026        15:15:46  735     GBp       360.2000  XLON           606173441503678000
 18/02/2026        15:23:05  938     GBp       358.8000  BATE           606173441503921000
 18/02/2026        15:31:24  786     GBp       358.2000  BATE           606173441504174000
 18/02/2026        15:36:02  30      GBp       359.0000  XLON           606173441504318000
 18/02/2026        15:36:02  683     GBp       359.0000  XLON           606173441504318000
 18/02/2026        15:44:02  827     GBp       359.0000  TRQX           592099660475167000
 18/02/2026        15:44:03  756     GBp       358.8000  XLON           592099660475168000
 18/02/2026        15:50:17  708     GBp       359.0000  TRQX           606173441504767000
 18/02/2026        15:51:37  810     GBp       359.0000  CHIX           592099660475425000
 18/02/2026        15:55:39  813     GBp       358.8000  TRQX           592099660475565000
 18/02/2026        16:00:06  763     GBp       359.2000  TRQX           606173441505114000
 18/02/2026        16:06:19  824     GBp       358.6000  XLON           606173441505366000
 18/02/2026        16:10:04  807     GBp       358.8000  BATE           606173441505508000
 18/02/2026        16:12:38  785     GBp       358.4000  XLON           606173441505617000
 18/02/2026        16:16:48  427     GBp       359.2000  TRQX           606173441505779000

 

 

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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