Holding(s) in Company

Airtel Africa PLC

25 June 2026

 

(A)       TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BKDRYJ47

Issuer Name

AIRTEL AFRICA PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bharti Airtel Limited

City of registered office (if applicable)

Gurugram

Country of registered office (if applicable)

India

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Bharti Airtel Limited	New Delhi	India
Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited	Mauritius	Mauritius

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

22-Jun-2026

6. Date on which Issuer notified

24-Jun-2026

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	79.220000	0.000000	79.220000	2883895636
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	62.316583	0.000000	62.316583

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares GB00BKDRYJ47	595204251	2288691385	16.350000	62.870000
Sub Total 8.A	2883895636		79.220000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited	Bharti Airtel Limited	16.350000	0.000000	16.350000%
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited	Network i2i Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited	Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited	62.870000	0.000000	62.870000%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

If date does not apply, explain below

11. Additional Information

(a) Bharti Airtel Limited holds 100% voting rights in Network i2i Limited, which in turn holds 100% voting rights in Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited ('AAML'), a major shareholder holding 62.86% stake of Airtel Africa plc (the 'Issuer').

(b) This TR-1 disclosure pertains to acquisition of c.16.3% direct shareholding i.e. 595,204,251 shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer by Bharti Airtel Limited ('Bharti Airtel') from Indian Continent Investment Limited ('ICIL') on June 22, 2026, in consideration of allotment of 146,761,335 fully paid-up equity shares of Bharti Airtel to ICIL. Consequent to the above acquisition, the effective shareholding of Bharti Airtel in the Issuer has increased to 79.22%.

(c) The shareholding percentages in this TR-1 disclosure are calculated on the basis of 3,640,521,609 ordi-nary shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer as determined after adjusting the shares bought back by the Issuer up to June 23, 2026. In this notification, figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. Any discrepancies in aggregated figures are due to rounding-off.

12. Date of Completion

24-Jun-2026

13. Place Of Completion

New Delhi, India

 

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