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Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

26/02/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 4303U  Airtel Africa PLC  26 February 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 26 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                                25 February 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  60,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              350.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             358.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       353.83p

 

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 9,238,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,642,538. 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  353.88                         34,697             350.80                  357.40
 BATS Europe            353.11                         6,469              350.80                  356.80
 CHI-X Europe           354.52                         13,971             351.00                  358.20
 Aquis Exchange         353.79                         1,727              351.40                  355.40
 Turquoise              351.70                         3,136              351.00                  352.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,674,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 164.0764 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
 25/02/2026        08:03:48  22      GBp       351.4000  XLON           606175918753083000
 25/02/2026        08:03:48  1281    GBp       351.4000  XLON           606175918753083000
 25/02/2026        08:09:31  1164    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606175918753258000
 25/02/2026        08:15:34  1035    GBp       354.2000  XLON           606175918753403000
 25/02/2026        08:21:27  265     GBp       354.6000  XLON           606175918753537000
 25/02/2026        08:21:27  785     GBp       354.6000  XLON           606175918753537000
 25/02/2026        08:32:25  996     GBp       353.4000  CHIX           606175918753776000
 25/02/2026        09:03:45  2598    GBp       357.4000  XLON           592102166181221000
 25/02/2026        09:13:16  1064    GBp       357.0000  CHIX           592102166181402000
 25/02/2026        09:27:06  748     GBp       358.2000  CHIX           606175918754780000
 25/02/2026        09:39:34  1012    GBp       356.8000  CHIX           606175918754991000
 25/02/2026        09:54:48  873     GBp       356.6000  CHIX           592102166182154000
 25/02/2026        10:08:17  758     GBp       356.6000  XLON           606175918755551000
 25/02/2026        10:25:35  902     GBp       356.4000  CHIX           592102166182817000
 25/02/2026        10:35:41  665     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592102166183015000
 25/02/2026        10:37:17  372     GBp       356.0000  XLON           592102166183047000
 25/02/2026        10:51:01  600     GBp       355.8000  XLON           592102166183307000
 25/02/2026        10:51:01  563     GBp       355.8000  XLON           592102166183307000
 25/02/2026        11:00:51  1032    GBp       355.4000  AQXE           592102166183606000
 25/02/2026        11:38:19  982     GBp       356.6000  CHIX           592102166184520000
 25/02/2026        11:59:44  1043    GBp       356.8000  BATE           606175918758021000
 25/02/2026        11:59:44  160     GBp       356.6000  XLON           606175918758021000
 25/02/2026        11:59:44  623     GBp       356.6000  XLON           606175918758021000
 25/02/2026        12:10:06  853     GBp       356.2000  XLON           592102166185347000
 25/02/2026        12:10:38  1098    GBp       356.0000  XLON           606175918758300000
 25/02/2026        12:23:36  796     GBp       353.6000  XLON           606175918758555000
 25/02/2026        12:38:40  800     GBp       353.0000  CHIX           592102166185939000
 25/02/2026        13:03:21  809     GBp       353.4000  XLON           592102166186420000
 25/02/2026        13:03:21  257     GBp       353.0000  XLON           606175918759304000
 25/02/2026        13:03:21  755     GBp       353.0000  XLON           606175918759304000
 25/02/2026        13:13:12  21      GBp       353.2000  XLON           592102166186614000
 25/02/2026        13:28:31  1239    GBp       354.4000  CHIX           592102166186943000
 25/02/2026        13:28:41  783     GBp       354.2000  XLON           592102166186946000
 25/02/2026        13:41:18  1023    GBp       354.6000  XLON           606175918760088000
 25/02/2026        13:50:36  823     GBp       354.4000  XLON           592102166187487000
 25/02/2026        13:58:29  56      GBp       354.2000  XLON           592102166187693000
 25/02/2026        13:58:29  1188    GBp       354.2000  XLON           592102166187693000
 25/02/2026        14:02:38  464     GBp       354.2000  XLON           592102166187807000
 25/02/2026        14:02:38  533     GBp       354.2000  XLON           592102166187807000
 25/02/2026        14:19:10  1114    GBp       353.8000  XLON           592102166188269000
 25/02/2026        14:30:57  447     GBp       353.4000  XLON           592102166188689000
 25/02/2026        14:32:08  695     GBp       353.8000  BATE           592102166188759000
 25/02/2026        14:32:08  1043    GBp       353.8000  XLON           606175918761523000
 25/02/2026        14:32:08  695     GBp       353.8000  CHIX           606175918761523000
 25/02/2026        14:36:05  917     GBp       353.6000  BATE           606175918761723000
 25/02/2026        14:39:02  707     GBp       353.8000  XLON           606175918761852000
 25/02/2026        14:39:02  89      GBp       353.8000  XLON           606175918761852000
 25/02/2026        14:49:16  1066    GBp       354.4000  XLON           592102166189563000
 25/02/2026        14:49:16  695     GBp       354.4000  CHIX           592102166189563000
 25/02/2026        14:49:16  695     GBp       354.4000  BATE           606175918762297000
 25/02/2026        14:52:22  685     GBp       354.6000  XLON           592102166189709000
 25/02/2026        14:52:22  298     GBp       354.6000  XLON           592102166189709000
 25/02/2026        14:58:19  1060    GBp       353.4000  CHIX           606175918762713000
 25/02/2026        15:00:54  915     GBp       353.2000  XLON           592102166190134000
 25/02/2026        15:05:50  994     GBp       352.8000  TRQX           592102166190379000
 25/02/2026        15:13:41  790     GBp       353.0000  XLON           606175918763410000
 25/02/2026        15:14:51  1013    GBp       352.8000  XLON           592102166190767000
 25/02/2026        15:20:39  605     GBp       351.6000  XLON           606175918763699000
 25/02/2026        15:20:39  258     GBp       351.6000  XLON           606175918763699000
 25/02/2026        15:32:15  1515    GBp       351.6000  CHIX           592102166191472000
 25/02/2026        15:32:15  695     GBp       351.6000  TRQX           606175918764136000
 25/02/2026        15:32:15  695     GBp       351.6000  BATE           606175918764136000
 25/02/2026        15:40:58  967     GBp       351.4000  XLON           606175918764489000
 25/02/2026        15:40:58  942     GBp       351.4000  BATE           606175918764489000
 25/02/2026        15:44:14  78      GBp       351.0000  XLON           592102166191988000
 25/02/2026        15:44:34  871     GBp       351.0000  XLON           592102166192001000
 25/02/2026        15:48:44  208     GBp       350.8000  XLON           592102166192179000
 25/02/2026        15:49:23  863     GBp       350.8000  XLON           592102166192205000
 25/02/2026        16:01:12  695     GBp       351.4000  CHIX           592102166192828000
 25/02/2026        16:01:12  695     GBp       351.4000  BATE           606175918765442000
 25/02/2026        16:01:12  1182    GBp       351.4000  XLON           592102166192828000
 25/02/2026        16:01:12  695     GBp       351.4000  AQXE           606175918765442000
 25/02/2026        16:10:01  1148    GBp       351.0000  XLON           592102166193333000
 25/02/2026        16:10:01  695     GBp       351.0000  CHIX           606175918765930000
 25/02/2026        16:10:10  787     GBp       350.8000  BATE           592102166193339000
 25/02/2026        16:16:39  89      GBp       351.0000  TRQX           606175918766246000
 25/02/2026        16:16:39  695     GBp       351.0000  TRQX           606175918766246000
 25/02/2026        16:16:39  663     GBp       351.0000  TRQX           606175918766246000

 

 

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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