Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has announced the purchase of 40,000 ordinary shares on January 13, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The shares were acquired at a volume-weighted average price of 359.56 GBp, with the lowest price paid being 355.80 GBp and the highest at 366.00 GBp. These purchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of outstanding shares to 3,655,560,539, and consequently, the total number of voting rights to 3,648,071,495. Since the commencement of the buy-back program on December 23, 2024, the company has repurchased a total of 41,245,209 ordinary shares at a volume-weighted average price of 153.8994 GBp.

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Airtel Africa PLC
14 January 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 14 January 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

13 January 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

40,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

355.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

366.00p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

359.56p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,655,560,539, including 7,489,044 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,648,071,495. 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

360.34

20,002

355.80

366.00

BATS Europe

357.99

6,346

356.80

361.20

CHI-X Europe

359.88

9,890

357.60

363.00

Aquis Exchange

357.22

2,133

357.00

357.60

Turquoise

357.16

1,629

356.80

357.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 41,245,209 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 153.8994 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

13/01/2026

08:00:39

1121

GBp

365.6000

XLON

606160701296212000

13/01/2026

08:18:11

1134

GBp

366.0000

XLON

606160701296526000

13/01/2026

08:26:27

621

GBp

365.6000

XLON

606160701296645000

13/01/2026

08:31:07

313

GBp

365.6000

XLON

606160701296725000

13/01/2026

08:51:55

747

GBp

361.4000

XLON

592086920262047000

13/01/2026

09:02:30

920

GBp

362.6000

CHIX

606160701297228000

13/01/2026

09:06:31

955

GBp

362.4000

XLON

606160701297287000

13/01/2026

09:25:22

784

GBp

359.2000

CHIX

592086920262599000

13/01/2026

10:04:00

1207

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592086920263215000

13/01/2026

10:04:00

729

GBp

361.0000

CHIX

606160701298161000

13/01/2026

10:09:32

979

GBp

360.6000

CHIX

606160701298241000

13/01/2026

10:52:11

1230

GBp

362.2000

XLON

606160701298889000

13/01/2026

11:18:02

1013

GBp

363.0000

CHIX

606160701299262000

13/01/2026

11:33:23

870

GBp

362.4000

XLON

592086920264609000

13/01/2026

11:53:25

870

GBp

362.2000

XLON

606160701299771000

13/01/2026

12:09:47

907

GBp

360.4000

CHIX

606160701300026000

13/01/2026

13:00:34

592

GBp

361.2000

BATE

606160701300780000

13/01/2026

13:00:34

1109

GBp

361.2000

XLON

592086920265995000

13/01/2026

13:00:34

137

GBp

361.2000

BATE

606160701300780000

13/01/2026

13:34:15

1110

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592086920266580000

13/01/2026

13:46:45

946

GBp

360.2000

XLON

592086920266816000

13/01/2026

13:47:46

1134

GBp

359.8000

CHIX

606160701301572000

13/01/2026

14:17:34

915

GBp

359.0000

BATE

606160701302137000

13/01/2026

14:20:43

1099

GBp

358.2000

CHIX

592086920267496000

13/01/2026

14:31:27

1450

GBp

357.4000

XLON

606160701302462000

13/01/2026

14:40:09

764

GBp

356.4000

XLON

606160701302716000

13/01/2026

14:40:09

521

GBp

356.4000

XLON

606160701302716000

13/01/2026

14:49:04

1131

GBp

355.8000

XLON

592086920268357000

13/01/2026

15:03:23

978

GBp

356.4000

XLON

606160701303468000

13/01/2026

15:08:33

1152

GBp

356.0000

XLON

592086920268976000

13/01/2026

15:18:47

729

GBp

357.0000

AQXE

606160701303909000

13/01/2026

15:18:47

613

GBp

357.0000

AQXE

606160701303909000

13/01/2026

15:39:30

336

GBp

357.2000

BATE

606160701304472000

13/01/2026

15:40:01

22

GBp

357.2000

BATE

592086920269887000

13/01/2026

15:40:17

439

GBp

357.2000

BATE

592086920269894000

13/01/2026

15:40:17

1943

GBp

357.2000

BATE

606160701304490000

13/01/2026

15:51:16

733

GBp

357.6000

TRQX

592086920270205000

13/01/2026

15:51:16

729

GBp

357.6000

CHIX

606160701304788000

13/01/2026

15:53:35

588

GBp

357.6000

CHIX

592086920270273000

13/01/2026

15:53:35

214

GBp

357.6000

CHIX

592086920270273000

13/01/2026

16:02:16

63

GBp

356.8000

BATE

606160701305135000

13/01/2026

16:02:16

896

GBp

356.8000

TRQX

592086920270568000

13/01/2026

16:02:16

666

GBp

356.8000

BATE

606160701305135000

13/01/2026

16:08:05

1233

GBp

357.8000

BATE

606160701305318000

13/01/2026

16:09:49

729

GBp

357.8000

XLON

592086920270815000

13/01/2026

16:16:26

794

GBp

357.8000

CHIX

606160701305588000

13/01/2026

16:16:46

2

GBp

357.6000

AQXE

606160701305599000

13/01/2026

16:17:40

789

GBp

357.6000

AQXE

606160701305629000

13/01/2026

16:19:28

321

GBp

357.6000

XLON

606160701305695000

13/01/2026

16:19:28

723

GBp

357.6000

XLON

606160701305695000

 

 

Enquiries

 

Airtel Africa - Investor Relations

Alastair Jones

Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com

 

+44 7464 830 011

+44 207 493 9315



 

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

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