Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has announced the purchase of 30,000 ordinary shares on March 5, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The shares were acquired from Barclays Capital Securities Limited at a volume-weighted average price of 361.65 pence per share, with the lowest price paid being 355.20 pence and the highest 367.40 pence. Following this transaction, the company's total issued ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares, are 3,645,272,538. Since the commencement of the buy-back program on December 23, 2024, Airtel Africa has repurchased a total of 44,044,166 ordinary shares.

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Airtel Africa PLC
06 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 06 March 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

05 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

30,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

355.20p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

367.40p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

361.65p

 

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 9,608,490 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,645,272,538. 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

361.79

21,925

357.20

367.00

BATS Europe

359.20

140

359.20

359.20

CHI-X Europe

359.39

5,364

355.20

367.00

Aquis Exchange

365.36

2,571

361.20

367.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,044,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 165.6489 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

05/03/2026

08:10:32

1071

GBp

355.4000

CHIX

592104997347186000

05/03/2026

08:15:06

2

GBp

355.2000

CHIX

592104997347281000

05/03/2026

08:15:06

860

GBp

355.2000

CHIX

592104997347281000

05/03/2026

08:20:40

894

GBp

356.2000

CHIX

606178749909540000

05/03/2026

08:40:24

1336

GBp

359.4000

XLON

592104997347930000

05/03/2026

11:17:12

994

GBp

367.4000

AQXE

606178749913220000

05/03/2026

11:25:08

801

GBp

367.0000

CHIX

606178749913362000

05/03/2026

11:35:54

711

GBp

366.6000

XLON

592104997351640000

05/03/2026

12:15:04

721

GBp

366.6000

XLON

592104997352321000

05/03/2026

12:31:39

852

GBp

366.8000

XLON

592104997352609000

05/03/2026

12:48:41

1311

GBp

367.0000

XLON

592104997352907000

05/03/2026

12:54:27

811

GBp

366.8000

AQXE

592104997353006000

05/03/2026

13:07:14

792

GBp

364.4000

XLON

592104997353241000

05/03/2026

13:46:24

1135

GBp

364.4000

XLON

592104997353975000

05/03/2026

13:47:55

781

GBp

364.4000

XLON

592104997354009000

05/03/2026

13:59:50

798

GBp

362.6000

CHIX

606178749916028000

05/03/2026

14:12:40

786

GBp

362.2000

XLON

592104997354593000

05/03/2026

14:24:16

1014

GBp

362.2000

XLON

606178749916638000

05/03/2026

14:32:30

766

GBp

361.2000

AQXE

592104997355213000

05/03/2026

14:37:10

777

GBp

361.2000

XLON

606178749917124000

05/03/2026

14:41:52

833

GBp

359.0000

XLON

606178749917318000

05/03/2026

14:50:00

849

GBp

359.0000

XLON

606178749917615000

05/03/2026

15:01:20

1327

GBp

360.6000

XLON

606178749918010000

05/03/2026

15:06:46

826

GBp

359.6000

XLON

606178749918186000

05/03/2026

15:15:23

791

GBp

358.4000

XLON

606178749918463000

05/03/2026

15:20:39

787

GBp

357.2000

XLON

606178749918618000

05/03/2026

15:35:35

1251

GBp

359.8000

XLON

606178749919140000

05/03/2026

15:44:09

782

GBp

360.6000

XLON

592104997357811000

05/03/2026

15:45:50

830

GBp

360.6000

XLON

592104997357864000

05/03/2026

15:51:57

938

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

592104997358055000

05/03/2026

15:56:33

815

GBp

361.2000

XLON

592104997358216000

05/03/2026

16:05:01

1019

GBp

361.6000

XLON

606178749920110000

05/03/2026

16:08:06

806

GBp

360.8000

XLON

592104997358668000

05/03/2026

16:14:50

793

GBp

359.4000

XLON

592104997358977000

05/03/2026

16:15:48

140

GBp

359.2000

BATE

592104997359023000

 

 

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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