Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has announced the purchase of 80,000 ordinary shares on March 6, 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 345.59 pence per share, with the lowest price paid being 339.80p and the highest 357.40p. Following this transaction, the company's total issued shares, excluding treasury shares, stand at 3,645,192,538. Since the commencement of its share buy-back program on December 23, 2024, Airtel Africa has repurchased a total of 44,124,166 ordinary shares.

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Airtel Africa PLC
09 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 09 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

06 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

80,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

339.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

357.40p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

345.59p

 

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 9,688,490 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,645,192,538. 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

345.40

61,567

339.80

357.40

BATS Europe

347.19

3,629

341.80

356.60

CHI-X Europe

346.48

10,357

341.40

356.60

Aquis Exchange

345.17

3,736

343.00

351.20

Turquoise

343.00

711

343.00

343.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,124,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 165.9751 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

06/03/2026

08:05:27

882

GBp

356.4000

XLON

592105322770699000

06/03/2026

08:05:27

711

GBp

356.4000

CHIX

606179103803392000

06/03/2026

08:08:38

882

GBp

356.6000

CHIX

592105322770771000

06/03/2026

08:21:23

1276

GBp

355.0000

XLON

592105322771035000

06/03/2026

08:27:15

56

GBp

354.6000

BATE

606179103803809000

06/03/2026

08:36:39

821

GBp

356.6000

BATE

592105322771348000

06/03/2026

08:37:35

961

GBp

356.0000

XLON

606179103804031000

06/03/2026

08:48:58

971

GBp

357.4000

XLON

592105322771555000

06/03/2026

09:01:38

1097

GBp

354.0000

XLON

592105322771770000

06/03/2026

09:17:43

1039

GBp

353.2000

CHIX

606179103804716000

06/03/2026

09:34:46

1374

GBp

352.4000

XLON

606179103805048000

06/03/2026

09:46:38

1174

GBp

350.6000

XLON

606179103805287000

06/03/2026

10:04:30

1280

GBp

352.2000

XLON

606179103805600000

06/03/2026

10:27:13

846

GBp

352.6000

CHIX

606179103805970000

06/03/2026

10:27:47

913

GBp

352.2000

XLON

592105322773425000

06/03/2026

10:43:14

967

GBp

352.2000

XLON

592105322773726000

06/03/2026

11:00:13

995

GBp

351.6000

XLON

592105322774070000

06/03/2026

11:31:20

1259

GBp

351.2000

XLON

592105322774685000

06/03/2026

11:31:20

764

GBp

351.2000

AQXE

606179103807167000

06/03/2026

11:48:42

1226

GBp

349.6000

XLON

592105322775106000

06/03/2026

12:04:28

425

GBp

348.2000

BATE

592105322775438000

06/03/2026

12:04:28

422

GBp

348.2000

BATE

592105322775438000

06/03/2026

12:27:24

898

GBp

348.4000

XLON

606179103808327000

06/03/2026

12:32:32

850

GBp

348.0000

XLON

606179103808431000

06/03/2026

12:42:24

1166

GBp

347.0000

XLON

606179103808622000

06/03/2026

12:59:25

872

GBp

344.0000

XLON

592105322776550000

06/03/2026

13:15:18

1430

GBp

345.6000

XLON

592105322776889000

06/03/2026

13:30:01

1325

GBp

346.4000

XLON

592105322777171000

06/03/2026

13:45:01

1158

GBp

345.8000

XLON

606179103809903000

06/03/2026

14:00:13

1140

GBp

344.6000

AQXE

592105322778066000

06/03/2026

14:07:18

834

GBp

344.4000

XLON

592105322778249000

06/03/2026

14:18:06

1131

GBp

343.8000

XLON

606179103810831000

06/03/2026

14:28:56

711

GBp

343.6000

BATE

606179103811384000

06/03/2026

14:30:31

729

GBp

344.6000

XLON

606179103811527000

06/03/2026

14:30:52

1619

GBp

343.8000

XLON

592105322779293000

06/03/2026

14:32:30

1010

GBp

343.0000

XLON

606179103811690000

06/03/2026

14:35:23

974

GBp

342.2000

CHIX

606179103811876000

06/03/2026

14:36:50

982

GBp

342.2000

XLON

606179103811967000

06/03/2026

14:39:46

1194

GBp

341.8000

BATE

606179103812123000

06/03/2026

14:42:40

1283

GBp

342.6000

XLON

606179103812292000

06/03/2026

14:44:42

986

GBp

342.2000

XLON

606179103812376000

06/03/2026

14:50:01

1249

GBp

342.4000

XLON

592105322780361000

06/03/2026

14:52:09

982

GBp

342.0000

XLON

592105322780609000

06/03/2026

14:55:59

1305

GBp

341.4000

XLON

592105322780843000

06/03/2026

14:55:59

749

GBp

341.4000

XLON

606179103813086000

06/03/2026

14:58:54

991

GBp

340.6000

XLON

606179103813224000

06/03/2026

15:01:09

1307

GBp

341.2000

XLON

592105322781136000

06/03/2026

15:03:33

982

GBp

341.4000

CHIX

592105322781261000

06/03/2026

15:07:17

975

GBp

342.2000

CHIX

606179103813666000

06/03/2026

15:09:01

983

GBp

342.0000

XLON

606179103813741000

06/03/2026

15:15:24

1040

GBp

342.0000

XLON

592105322781774000

06/03/2026

15:15:24

844

GBp

342.0000

XLON

606179103813988000

06/03/2026

15:16:15

976

GBp

342.6000

XLON

592105322781811000

06/03/2026

15:24:35

860

GBp

343.8000

CHIX

606179103814321000

06/03/2026

15:24:35

1877

GBp

343.6000

XLON

606179103814321000

06/03/2026

15:31:10

2263

GBp

344.0000

XLON

592105322782342000

06/03/2026

15:34:54

955

GBp

343.4000

XLON

606179103814655000

06/03/2026

15:35:42

1121

GBp

343.0000

AQXE

606179103814681000

06/03/2026

15:38:35

977

GBp

343.4000

XLON

606179103814876000

06/03/2026

15:42:18

957

GBp

342.6000

XLON

606179103815117000

06/03/2026

15:43:33

991

GBp

342.2000

XLON

606179103815193000

06/03/2026

15:45:42

1005

GBp

341.8000

XLON

592105322783143000

06/03/2026

15:49:30

983

GBp

341.4000

XLON

592105322783337000

06/03/2026

15:51:10

984

GBp

340.8000

XLON

606179103815578000

06/03/2026

15:53:07

1017

GBp

339.8000

XLON

592105322783517000

06/03/2026

15:55:31

989

GBp

340.6000

XLON

592105322783631000

06/03/2026

16:00:05

711

GBp

341.6000

XLON

606179103815998000

06/03/2026

16:00:05

996

GBp

341.6000

CHIX

606179103815998000

06/03/2026

16:04:51

1134

GBp

343.0000

CHIX

592105322784054000

06/03/2026

16:04:51

711

GBp

343.0000

TRQX

606179103816197000

06/03/2026

16:04:51

79

GBp

343.0000

AQXE

592105322784054000

06/03/2026

16:04:51

632

GBp

343.0000

AQXE

592105322784054000

06/03/2026

16:06:38

958

GBp

342.6000

XLON

606179103816264000

06/03/2026

16:08:13

958

GBp

342.6000

CHIX

606179103816328000

06/03/2026

16:09:56

985

GBp

342.8000

XLON

592105322784255000

06/03/2026

16:13:22

1817

GBp

342.2000

XLON

606179103816519000

06/03/2026

16:15:44

1474

GBp

342.6000

XLON

592105322784484000

06/03/2026

16:17:05

970

GBp

342.6000

XLON

606179103816672000

06/03/2026

16:19:06

580

GBp

343.2000

XLON

606179103816754000

 

 

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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