Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has purchased 80,000 of its ordinary shares on March 12, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The purchases were made through Barclays Capital Securities Limited at prices ranging from 335.20p to 347.80p per share, with a volume-weighted average price of 344.80p. Following this transaction, the company has 3,654,881,028 ordinary shares in issue, including 10,043,789 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 3,644,837,239 voting rights. Since the commencement of the buy-back program on December 23, 2024, Airtel Africa has acquired a total of 44,479,465 shares at a volume-weighted average price of 167.3629p.

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Airtel Africa PLC
13 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 13 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

12 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

80,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

335.20p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

347.80p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

344.80p

 

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 10,043,789 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,644,837,239. 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

344.76

54,881

335.20

347.80

BATS Europe

345.45

5,874

339.80

347.60

CHI-X Europe

344.37

13,892

339.00

347.40

Aquis Exchange

345.58

4,549

342.60

347.80

Turquoise

345.77

804

345.60

347.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,479,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 167.3629 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

12/03/2026

08:00:25

1356

GBp

335.2000

XLON

606181227170710000

12/03/2026

08:04:56

1151

GBp

338.4000

XLON

606181227170813000

12/03/2026

08:09:34

1001

GBp

339.0000

CHIX

606181227170924000

12/03/2026

08:20:14

856

GBp

340.0000

CHIX

606181227171114000

12/03/2026

08:20:54

1505

GBp

339.6000

CHIX

606181227171126000

12/03/2026

08:29:24

1080

GBp

339.6000

XLON

606181227171278000

12/03/2026

08:38:10

808

GBp

339.8000

BATE

592107474609408000

12/03/2026

08:52:36

1181

GBp

339.4000

XLON

592107474609710000

12/03/2026

09:07:16

955

GBp

339.4000

XLON

606181227171973000

12/03/2026

09:09:10

847

GBp

339.2000

CHIX

606181227171996000

12/03/2026

09:14:00

862

GBp

338.4000

XLON

606181227172075000

12/03/2026

09:19:48

809

GBp

339.6000

XLON

606181227172162000

12/03/2026

09:55:19

1852

GBp

343.6000

XLON

592107474610711000

12/03/2026

10:03:41

1173

GBp

343.2000

AQXE

606181227172848000

12/03/2026

10:21:08

757

GBp

342.6000

AQXE

592107474611166000

12/03/2026

10:21:13

858

GBp

342.6000

XLON

606181227173155000

12/03/2026

10:27:10

861

GBp

342.4000

XLON

592107474611266000

12/03/2026

10:40:10

712

GBp

342.2000

XLON

592107474611505000

12/03/2026

10:40:10

110

GBp

342.2000

XLON

592107474611505000

12/03/2026

10:46:05

386

GBp

343.0000

XLON

592107474611597000

12/03/2026

10:46:05

802

GBp

343.0000

XLON

592107474611597000

12/03/2026

10:52:53

1096

GBp

345.0000

XLON

606181227173671000

12/03/2026

11:00:25

1031

GBp

344.8000

XLON

592107474611831000

12/03/2026

11:13:23

1066

GBp

345.4000

XLON

592107474612029000

12/03/2026

11:35:43

1209

GBp

347.2000

XLON

606181227174312000

12/03/2026

11:45:13

1003

GBp

347.2000

XLON

606181227174462000

12/03/2026

11:50:10

896

GBp

347.2000

XLON

592107474612631000

12/03/2026

11:57:44

1080

GBp

346.2000

XLON

592107474612784000

12/03/2026

12:19:50

1131

GBp

345.6000

XLON

606181227175092000

12/03/2026

12:20:15

1189

GBp

345.4000

CHIX

606181227175098000

12/03/2026

12:20:48

743

GBp

345.2000

XLON

606181227175104000

12/03/2026

12:52:10

809

GBp

345.4000

BATE

606181227175584000

12/03/2026

12:52:10

844

GBp

345.2000

BATE

592107474613722000

12/03/2026

13:13:40

1373

GBp

346.8000

XLON

606181227175935000

12/03/2026

13:14:05

764

GBp

347.0000

XLON

606181227175943000

12/03/2026

13:20:44

628

GBp

346.2000

XLON

606181227176084000

12/03/2026

13:20:44

743

GBp

346.2000

XLON

606181227176084000

12/03/2026

13:31:00

95

GBp

345.6000

BATE

592107474614479000

12/03/2026

13:31:00

286

GBp

345.6000

TRQX

606181227176304000

12/03/2026

13:31:00

441

GBp

345.6000

TRQX

606181227176304000

12/03/2026

13:31:00

622

GBp

345.6000

BATE

592107474614479000

12/03/2026

13:37:52

856

GBp

345.6000

XLON

606181227176467000

12/03/2026

13:41:58

1317

GBp

345.2000

XLON

592107474614760000

12/03/2026

13:50:57

1194

GBp

346.8000

BATE

592107474615001000

12/03/2026

14:00:44

1197

GBp

347.6000

XLON

606181227177078000

12/03/2026

14:06:56

764

GBp

347.8000

XLON

606181227177241000

12/03/2026

14:15:38

837

GBp

347.4000

CHIX

606181227177466000

12/03/2026

14:21:07

100

GBp

347.0000

AQXE

606181227177616000

12/03/2026

14:21:12

432

GBp

347.0000

AQXE

606181227177619000

12/03/2026

14:21:12

441

GBp

347.0000

AQXE

606181227177619000

12/03/2026

14:31:32

1371

GBp

347.6000

XLON

592107474616149000

12/03/2026

14:36:31

1252

GBp

346.6000

CHIX

592107474616311000

12/03/2026

14:42:27

992

GBp

346.6000

XLON

606181227178241000

12/03/2026

14:47:22

1461

GBp

347.6000

XLON

606181227178427000

12/03/2026

14:52:56

778

GBp

346.2000

XLON

592107474616849000

12/03/2026

14:59:11

756

GBp

344.8000

XLON

592107474617045000

12/03/2026

15:01:40

1006

GBp

344.6000

XLON

592107474617140000

12/03/2026

15:06:40

848

GBp

344.8000

XLON

592107474617305000

12/03/2026

15:06:46

858

GBp

344.4000

XLON

592107474617309000

12/03/2026

15:11:29

331

GBp

343.6000

XLON

606181227179187000

12/03/2026

15:11:29

605

GBp

343.6000

XLON

606181227179187000

12/03/2026

15:12:56

851

GBp

343.2000

XLON

606181227179232000

12/03/2026

15:23:56

2852

GBp

343.6000

XLON

592107474617886000

12/03/2026

15:35:25

1325

GBp

345.8000

XLON

592107474618273000

12/03/2026

15:35:25

723

GBp

345.8000

XLON

606181227179959000

12/03/2026

15:35:58

834

GBp

345.6000

CHIX

606181227179978000

12/03/2026

15:40:34

1054

GBp

346.0000

CHIX

606181227180190000

12/03/2026

15:43:20

862

GBp

346.0000

CHIX

592107474618634000

12/03/2026

15:49:43

811

GBp

346.6000

XLON

606181227180522000

12/03/2026

15:49:55

1074

GBp

346.4000

XLON

592107474618865000

12/03/2026

15:55:16

1223

GBp

346.8000

CHIX

606181227180724000

12/03/2026

16:04:07

100

GBp

347.4000

CHIX

592107474619500000

12/03/2026

16:04:54

623

GBp

347.8000

AQXE

606181227181182000

12/03/2026

16:04:54

400

GBp

347.8000

AQXE

592107474619538000

12/03/2026

16:04:56

623

GBp

347.8000

AQXE

592107474619540000

12/03/2026

16:04:56

392

GBp

347.8000

XLON

606181227181184000

12/03/2026

16:04:56

8

GBp

347.8000

XLON

606181227181184000

12/03/2026

16:05:06

2616

GBp

347.4000

XLON

606181227181191000

12/03/2026

16:05:06

717

GBp

347.4000

CHIX

592107474619547000

12/03/2026

16:05:06

77

GBp

347.4000

TRQX

606181227181191000

12/03/2026

16:13:27

1527

GBp

346.8000

XLON

592107474619958000

12/03/2026

16:13:27

717

GBp

346.8000

CHIX

606181227181590000

12/03/2026

16:17:36

898

GBp

347.4000

CHIX

592107474620171000

12/03/2026

16:17:36

717

GBp

347.4000

BATE

606181227181799000

12/03/2026

16:21:35

1771

GBp

347.8000

XLON

592107474620393000

12/03/2026

16:23:46

785

GBp

347.6000

BATE

592107474620516000

12/03/2026

16:24:35

1050

GBp

347.6000

XLON

592107474620560000

12/03/2026

16:27:55

1003

GBp

347.0000

XLON

606181227182340000

 

 

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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