Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has purchased 30,000 of its ordinary shares on March 18, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The purchases were made through Barclays Capital Securities Limited at prices ranging from 370.20 pence to 383.60 pence per share, with a volume-weighted average price of 377.02 pence. Following this transaction, the company has 3,654,881,028 ordinary shares in issue, including 10,253,789 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 3,644,627,239 voting rights. Since the commencement of the buy-back program, Airtel Africa has acquired a total of 44,689,465 ordinary shares at a volume-weighted average price of 168.2603 pence.

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Airtel Africa PLC
19 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 19 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

18 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

30,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

370.20p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

383.60p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

377.02p

 

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 10,253,789 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,644,627,239. 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

376.62

21,716

370.20

383.60

BATS Europe

382.80

720

382.80

382.80

CHI-X Europe

378.40

6,608

373.60

383.40

Aquis Exchange

372.00

956

372.00

372.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,689,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 168.2603 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

18/03/2026

08:16:03

1764

GBp

382.2000

XLON

606183350537356000

18/03/2026

08:20:06

339

GBp

381.4000

XLON

592109569504265000

18/03/2026

08:20:06

414

GBp

381.4000

XLON

592109569504265000

18/03/2026

08:49:02

749

GBp

382.2000

CHIX

592109569504799000

18/03/2026

09:09:15

824

GBp

381.6000

CHIX

592109569505113000

18/03/2026

09:39:26

112

GBp

381.0000

XLON

606183350538729000

18/03/2026

09:56:05

720

GBp

382.8000

BATE

606183350538989000

18/03/2026

09:56:05

807

GBp

382.8000

XLON

592109569505886000

18/03/2026

10:22:39

114

GBp

383.4000

CHIX

592109569506303000

18/03/2026

10:22:48

816

GBp

383.4000

CHIX

592109569506306000

18/03/2026

10:39:43

979

GBp

383.6000

XLON

606183350539669000

18/03/2026

10:54:58

799

GBp

381.2000

XLON

606183350539959000

18/03/2026

11:25:06

977

GBp

379.6000

XLON

592109569507501000

18/03/2026

11:57:41

1058

GBp

380.0000

CHIX

606183350541266000

18/03/2026

12:32:17

878

GBp

377.8000

XLON

606183350542087000

18/03/2026

12:48:37

863

GBp

378.4000

XLON

606183350542482000

18/03/2026

13:01:53

795

GBp

378.0000

XLON

606183350542821000

18/03/2026

13:30:30

1310

GBp

377.2000

XLON

606183350543528000

18/03/2026

13:47:38

1030

GBp

376.0000

XLON

592109569511149000

18/03/2026

14:11:00

936

GBp

377.2000

XLON

606183350544666000

18/03/2026

14:26:15

1157

GBp

376.6000

XLON

606183350545000000

18/03/2026

14:43:52

714

GBp

375.2000

CHIX

592109569512627000

18/03/2026

14:48:16

157

GBp

375.2000

CHIX

592109569512765000

18/03/2026

14:52:10

493

GBp

375.0000

CHIX

592109569512895000

18/03/2026

14:52:10

515

GBp

375.0000

CHIX

592109569512895000

18/03/2026

15:02:28

899

GBp

375.8000

XLON

606183350546120000

18/03/2026

15:15:58

1125

GBp

373.8000

XLON

606183350546577000

18/03/2026

15:27:47

760

GBp

374.0000

XLON

592109569514149000

18/03/2026

15:31:45

258

GBp

374.0000

XLON

592109569514327000

18/03/2026

15:39:15

1168

GBp

373.6000

CHIX

592109569514637000

18/03/2026

15:46:50

830

GBp

372.8000

XLON

592109569514908000

18/03/2026

15:58:04

956

GBp

372.0000

AQXE

606183350548066000

18/03/2026

16:00:33

486

GBp

371.4000

XLON

606183350548165000

18/03/2026

16:01:02

733

GBp

371.4000

XLON

606183350548184000

18/03/2026

16:08:10

1168

GBp

370.2000

XLON

606183350548442000

18/03/2026

16:14:28

1032

GBp

370.2000

XLON

592109569515913000

18/03/2026

16:21:21

1265

GBp

371.6000

XLON

606183350548998000

 

 

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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