REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
27/02/2026 07:00
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RNS Number : 5982U Airtel Africa PLC 27 February 2026
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 27 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 26 February 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 80,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 339.20p
Highest price paid per share (GBp): 351.80p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 343.95p
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 9,318,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,562,538. 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 344.12 51,405 339.20 351.80
BATS Europe 343.58 6,528 341.20 346.40
CHI-X Europe 343.91 17,562 340.20 351.20
Aquis Exchange 342.51 2,965 340.20 344.40
Turquoise 343.02 1,540 341.20 345.20
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
43,754,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 164.4052 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
26/02/2026 08:03:21 1167 GBp 350.0000 XLON 592102491618138000
26/02/2026 08:08:04 844 GBp 349.6000 XLON 592102491618241000
26/02/2026 08:16:34 1175 GBp 350.2000 XLON 592102491618427000
26/02/2026 08:22:47 841 GBp 351.2000 CHIX 606176272648227000
26/02/2026 08:37:00 810 GBp 350.8000 XLON 592102491618807000
26/02/2026 08:51:16 1326 GBp 351.8000 XLON 592102491619037000
26/02/2026 08:59:27 1030 GBp 351.6000 XLON 592102491619174000
26/02/2026 09:14:53 305 GBp 348.0000 XLON 606176272649066000
26/02/2026 09:14:53 773 GBp 348.0000 XLON 606176272649066000
26/02/2026 09:23:47 1175 GBp 347.2000 XLON 606176272649241000
26/02/2026 09:34:20 1130 GBp 345.8000 CHIX 592102491619903000
26/02/2026 09:47:30 902 GBp 344.4000 XLON 606176272649778000
26/02/2026 09:52:59 1284 GBp 344.4000 XLON 606176272649887000
26/02/2026 10:00:10 1028 GBp 344.4000 XLON 592102491620451000
26/02/2026 10:16:20 790 GBp 343.2000 XLON 592102491620808000
26/02/2026 10:16:20 1151 GBp 343.2000 CHIX 606176272650369000
26/02/2026 10:27:19 1104 GBp 342.8000 CHIX 592102491621054000
26/02/2026 10:37:53 1284 GBp 344.2000 XLON 606176272650806000
26/02/2026 10:50:29 987 GBp 342.6000 BATE 592102491621504000
26/02/2026 11:03:09 1154 GBp 342.2000 XLON 592102491621756000
26/02/2026 11:15:09 1225 GBp 343.8000 XLON 592102491621988000
26/02/2026 11:31:55 1046 GBp 345.6000 CHIX 592102491622339000
26/02/2026 11:31:55 699 GBp 345.6000 XLON 606176272651828000
26/02/2026 11:50:10 711 GBp 346.0000 CHIX 606176272652179000
26/02/2026 11:50:22 1029 GBp 345.8000 CHIX 606176272652183000
26/02/2026 12:00:00 1057 GBp 346.6000 XLON 606176272652375000
26/02/2026 12:13:03 1144 GBp 346.4000 BATE 592102491623191000
26/02/2026 12:25:55 948 GBp 346.2000 CHIX 592102491623454000
26/02/2026 12:30:39 1011 GBp 346.4000 XLON 606176272652980000
26/02/2026 12:44:02 216 GBp 345.4000 XLON 592102491623817000
26/02/2026 12:44:02 972 GBp 345.4000 XLON 592102491623817000
26/02/2026 13:01:44 972 GBp 346.2000 CHIX 592102491624198000
26/02/2026 13:01:44 699 GBp 346.2000 XLON 606176272653589000
26/02/2026 13:10:43 1100 GBp 346.4000 XLON 592102491624393000
26/02/2026 13:22:19 770 GBp 346.6000 XLON 606176272654019000
26/02/2026 13:22:19 368 GBp 346.6000 XLON 606176272654019000
26/02/2026 13:44:46 766 GBp 345.2000 XLON 592102491625199000
26/02/2026 13:44:46 1002 GBp 345.2000 XLON 606176272654543000
26/02/2026 13:44:46 699 GBp 345.2000 TRQX 592102491625199000
26/02/2026 13:49:45 699 GBp 345.0000 BATE 592102491625323000
26/02/2026 13:49:45 704 GBp 345.0000 CHIX 606176272654662000
26/02/2026 14:04:43 1372 GBp 344.6000 XLON 592102491625691000
26/02/2026 14:07:43 728 GBp 345.0000 CHIX 606176272655087000
26/02/2026 14:07:43 699 GBp 345.0000 BATE 592102491625769000
26/02/2026 14:16:42 1392 GBp 344.4000 AQXE 592102491625989000
26/02/2026 14:27:08 699 GBp 343.8000 XLON 592102491626303000
26/02/2026 14:27:08 902 GBp 343.8000 BATE 606176272655595000
26/02/2026 14:29:16 701 GBp 343.8000 XLON 592102491626385000
26/02/2026 14:29:16 699 GBp 343.8000 CHIX 606176272655674000
26/02/2026 14:33:09 1047 GBp 343.6000 XLON 606176272655915000
26/02/2026 14:33:09 224 GBp 343.6000 XLON 606176272655915000
26/02/2026 14:36:45 1035 GBp 343.6000 XLON 592102491626824000
26/02/2026 14:40:45 1104 GBp 342.4000 XLON 606176272656297000
26/02/2026 14:45:24 807 GBp 342.2000 XLON 592102491627268000
26/02/2026 14:45:24 1072 GBp 342.2000 XLON 592102491627268000
26/02/2026 14:51:04 1360 GBp 341.6000 XLON 592102491627514000
26/02/2026 14:58:03 1209 GBp 341.4000 CHIX 592102491627834000
26/02/2026 14:58:03 699 GBp 341.4000 BATE 606176272657074000
26/02/2026 15:00:44 1159 GBp 340.6000 XLON 592102491627984000
26/02/2026 15:00:44 187 GBp 340.6000 XLON 592102491627984000
26/02/2026 15:04:53 1076 GBp 340.0000 XLON 592102491628192000
26/02/2026 15:11:43 699 GBp 340.2000 XLON 592102491628489000
26/02/2026 15:11:43 1190 GBp 340.2000 CHIX 606176272657710000
26/02/2026 15:16:32 1388 GBp 339.2000 XLON 592102491628728000
26/02/2026 15:28:04 865 GBp 340.2000 AQXE 592102491629301000
26/02/2026 15:28:07 1 GBp 340.2000 AQXE 606176272658496000
26/02/2026 15:28:32 16 GBp 340.2000 XLON 606176272658512000
26/02/2026 15:31:26 985 GBp 340.6000 XLON 592102491629442000
26/02/2026 15:32:53 565 GBp 340.2000 XLON 592102491629508000
26/02/2026 15:32:53 134 GBp 340.2000 XLON 592102491629508000
26/02/2026 15:32:53 1009 GBp 340.2000 CHIX 592102491629508000
26/02/2026 15:32:53 699 GBp 340.2000 XLON 606176272658695000
26/02/2026 15:41:42 784 GBp 341.6000 XLON 592102491629888000
26/02/2026 15:44:08 307 GBp 341.6000 CHIX 606176272659159000
26/02/2026 15:45:54 788 GBp 342.2000 XLON 592102491630067000
26/02/2026 15:46:41 2453 GBp 342.0000 XLON 606176272659272000
26/02/2026 15:50:03 1342 GBp 342.0000 CHIX 606176272659418000
26/02/2026 15:53:18 719 GBp 341.8000 XLON 592102491630402000
26/02/2026 15:54:40 699 GBp 341.8000 BATE 606176272659615000
26/02/2026 15:56:48 723 GBp 342.4000 CHIX 592102491630548000
26/02/2026 15:56:48 699 GBp 342.4000 XLON 606176272659702000
26/02/2026 16:01:26 719 GBp 341.4000 CHIX 606176272659899000
26/02/2026 16:01:26 699 GBp 341.4000 XLON 592102491630749000
26/02/2026 16:04:39 1394 GBp 340.8000 XLON 606176272660044000
26/02/2026 16:10:45 1381 GBp 341.0000 XLON 592102491631179000
26/02/2026 16:13:38 699 GBp 341.2000 BATE 592102491631328000
26/02/2026 16:13:38 841 GBp 341.2000 TRQX 606176272660463000
26/02/2026 16:16:34 217 GBp 341.6000 AQXE 606176272660628000
26/02/2026 16:16:34 490 GBp 341.6000 AQXE 606176272660628000
26/02/2026 16:17:22 1227 GBp 341.4000 XLON 592102491631537000
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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