REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24/02/2026 07:00
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RNS Number : 0744U Airtel Africa PLC 24 February 2026
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 24 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 23 February 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 60,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 350.20p
Highest price paid per share (GBp): 358.20p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 355.28p
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 9,118,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,762,538. 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 356.15 28,381 353.00 358.20
BATS Europe 355.07 9,964 350.60 357.80
CHI-X Europe 354.18 16,295 350.20 358.00
Turquoise 354.46 5,360 352.20 356.60
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
43,554,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 163.5553 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
23/02/2026 08:05:01 810 GBp 355.2000 CHIX 592101429942261000
23/02/2026 08:05:01 693 GBp 355.2000 CHIX 592101429942261000
23/02/2026 08:11:05 969 GBp 355.6000 BATE 592101429942394000
23/02/2026 08:18:13 735 GBp 355.8000 CHIX 592101429942534000
23/02/2026 08:25:23 1211 GBp 357.6000 XLON 606175210963978000
23/02/2026 08:38:44 570 GBp 358.2000 XLON 606175210964208000
23/02/2026 08:40:34 579 GBp 358.2000 XLON 606175210964238000
23/02/2026 08:45:03 928 GBp 356.8000 XLON 592101429943012000
23/02/2026 09:19:14 640 GBp 358.0000 XLON 592101429943576000
23/02/2026 09:20:34 103 GBp 358.0000 XLON 592101429943598000
23/02/2026 09:20:34 943 GBp 358.0000 CHIX 592101429943598000
23/02/2026 09:26:27 991 GBp 357.4000 XLON 592101429943706000
23/02/2026 09:30:40 838 GBp 357.2000 XLON 606175210965031000
23/02/2026 09:46:45 967 GBp 355.4000 XLON 592101429944041000
23/02/2026 10:06:28 977 GBp 355.0000 XLON 606175210965588000
23/02/2026 10:13:44 1025 GBp 354.6000 XLON 606175210965711000
23/02/2026 10:26:00 262 GBp 355.0000 XLON 592101429944680000
23/02/2026 10:26:13 723 GBp 355.0000 XLON 592101429944687000
23/02/2026 10:35:15 961 GBp 354.0000 CHIX 592101429944886000
23/02/2026 10:48:43 794 GBp 353.4000 CHIX 606175210966288000
23/02/2026 11:05:40 819 GBp 355.6000 CHIX 592101429945392000
23/02/2026 11:10:13 900 GBp 355.4000 XLON 606175210966644000
23/02/2026 11:31:24 60 GBp 356.2000 CHIX 592101429945842000
23/02/2026 11:44:59 701 GBp 356.6000 XLON 592101429946064000
23/02/2026 11:56:59 751 GBp 356.4000 XLON 606175210967383000
23/02/2026 11:58:23 68 GBp 356.4000 XLON 606175210967404000
23/02/2026 12:11:00 1178 GBp 356.8000 CHIX 606175210967612000
23/02/2026 12:11:00 732 GBp 356.6000 CHIX 592101429946511000
23/02/2026 12:31:00 732 GBp 356.4000 CHIX 606175210967978000
23/02/2026 12:40:06 804 GBp 356.2000 BATE 592101429947076000
23/02/2026 12:40:06 833 GBp 356.0000 CHIX 606175210968140000
23/02/2026 12:51:08 769 GBp 356.4000 BATE 592101429947256000
23/02/2026 12:51:08 246 GBp 356.4000 BATE 592101429947256000
23/02/2026 13:19:05 772 GBp 356.6000 TRQX 592101429947811000
23/02/2026 13:39:58 944 GBp 357.6000 XLON 606175210969234000
23/02/2026 13:48:03 1309 GBp 357.8000 XLON 592101429948400000
23/02/2026 13:48:03 694 GBp 357.8000 BATE 606175210969388000
23/02/2026 13:48:03 693 GBp 357.8000 BATE 606175210969388000
23/02/2026 13:54:40 1111 GBp 357.6000 XLON 606175210969523000
23/02/2026 14:06:38 934 GBp 357.2000 XLON 606175210969781000
23/02/2026 14:10:05 583 GBp 357.0000 XLON 606175210969855000
23/02/2026 14:12:33 378 GBp 357.0000 XLON 606175210969908000
23/02/2026 14:28:30 1852 GBp 357.4000 XLON 606175210970260000
23/02/2026 14:30:05 963 GBp 357.0000 XLON 592101429949388000
23/02/2026 14:34:16 693 GBp 356.6000 BATE 592101429949593000
23/02/2026 14:34:16 776 GBp 356.6000 CHIX 606175210970524000
23/02/2026 14:40:00 1320 GBp 355.8000 BATE 606175210970725000
23/02/2026 14:46:00 767 GBp 355.6000 TRQX 592101429950020000
23/02/2026 14:49:55 937 GBp 355.0000 XLON 592101429950161000
23/02/2026 14:55:35 867 GBp 354.6000 TRQX 606175210971251000
23/02/2026 15:01:30 628 GBp 355.0000 XLON 592101429950574000
23/02/2026 15:04:12 424 GBp 355.4000 XLON 592101429950674000
23/02/2026 15:04:12 737 GBp 355.4000 XLON 592101429950674000
23/02/2026 15:09:14 674 GBp 354.2000 XLON 606175210971745000
23/02/2026 15:09:14 705 GBp 354.2000 XLON 606175210971745000
23/02/2026 15:21:54 912 GBp 354.8000 XLON 592101429951535000
23/02/2026 15:21:54 693 GBp 354.8000 BATE 606175210972365000
23/02/2026 15:21:55 754 GBp 354.6000 XLON 606175210972365000
23/02/2026 15:28:25 694 GBp 354.0000 XLON 592101429951796000
23/02/2026 15:28:25 646 GBp 354.0000 XLON 592101429951796000
23/02/2026 15:40:18 693 GBp 354.6000 BATE 592101429952297000
23/02/2026 15:40:18 1270 GBp 354.6000 TRQX 606175210973075000
23/02/2026 15:46:56 693 GBp 353.6000 BATE 592101429952588000
23/02/2026 15:46:56 700 GBp 353.6000 TRQX 606175210973347000
23/02/2026 15:52:21 901 GBp 353.6000 CHIX 606175210973545000
23/02/2026 15:54:24 962 GBp 353.0000 XLON 592101429952885000
23/02/2026 16:00:21 984 GBp 352.2000 TRQX 606175210973864000
23/02/2026 16:03:11 633 GBp 351.4000 CHIX 606175210973975000
23/02/2026 16:03:11 337 GBp 351.4000 CHIX 606175210973975000
23/02/2026 16:08:30 1004 GBp 350.6000 BATE 592101429953489000
23/02/2026 16:11:56 1006 GBp 351.6000 CHIX 606175210974344000
23/02/2026 16:16:13 1210 GBp 351.4000 CHIX 592101429953830000
23/02/2026 16:16:13 81 GBp 351.4000 CHIX 592101429953830000
23/02/2026 16:20:33 765 GBp 351.4000 CHIX 606175210974726000
23/02/2026 16:20:33 478 GBp 351.4000 BATE 592101429954036000
23/02/2026 16:21:18 215 GBp 351.4000 BATE 592101429954071000
23/02/2026 16:26:21 1296 GBp 350.2000 CHIX 592101429954312000
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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