Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has purchased 30,000 of its ordinary shares on March 19, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The purchases were made through Barclays Capital Securities Limited at prices ranging from 357.80p to 369.20p per share, with a volume-weighted average price of 362.64p. Following this transaction, the company has 3,654,881,028 ordinary shares in issue, including 10,283,789 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 3,644,597,239 voting rights. Since the commencement of the buy-back program, Airtel Africa has repurchased a total of 44,719,465 ordinary shares at a volume-weighted average price of 168.3907p.

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Airtel Africa PLC
20 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 20 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

19 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

30,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

357.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

369.20p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

362.64p

 

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 10,283,789 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,644,597,239. 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

362.74

19,484

357.80

369.00

BATS Europe

362.06

3,724

359.00

365.40

CHI-X Europe

363.31

3,360

358.40

369.20

Aquis Exchange

362.05

3,432

359.80

364.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,719,465 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 168.3907 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

19/03/2026

08:00:15

967

GBp

368.2000

XLON

592109951868657000

19/03/2026

08:15:20

851

GBp

369.2000

CHIX

592109951869164000

19/03/2026

08:19:38

873

GBp

369.0000

XLON

592109951869267000

19/03/2026

08:39:04

728

GBp

365.4000

BATE

606183704432782000

19/03/2026

08:57:26

946

GBp

364.4000

XLON

592109951870386000

19/03/2026

09:12:15

729

GBp

364.0000

XLON

606183704433601000

19/03/2026

09:31:42

910

GBp

364.8000

XLON

592109951871320000

19/03/2026

09:59:50

979

GBp

365.8000

XLON

606183704434691000

19/03/2026

10:20:36

878

GBp

364.2000

XLON

606183704435173000

19/03/2026

11:05:42

1094

GBp

364.8000

XLON

592109951873289000

19/03/2026

11:22:51

825

GBp

365.2000

XLON

606183704436292000

19/03/2026

11:44:54

777

GBp

364.2000

CHIX

606183704436714000

19/03/2026

12:08:06

849

GBp

364.6000

AQXE

592109951874554000

19/03/2026

12:34:30

330

GBp

362.4000

XLON

606183704437680000

19/03/2026

12:34:30

251

GBp

362.4000

XLON

606183704437680000

19/03/2026

12:34:30

288

GBp

362.4000

XLON

606183704437680000

19/03/2026

13:01:43

103

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

592109951875629000

19/03/2026

13:01:43

774

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

592109951875629000

19/03/2026

13:23:15

1009

GBp

361.6000

BATE

592109951876156000

19/03/2026

13:36:12

255

GBp

359.8000

XLON

606183704439153000

19/03/2026

13:36:12

555

GBp

359.8000

XLON

606183704439153000

19/03/2026

13:55:55

853

GBp

363.8000

BATE

606183704439773000

19/03/2026

14:06:32

656

GBp

364.2000

XLON

592109951877679000

19/03/2026

14:06:32

132

GBp

364.2000

XLON

592109951877679000

19/03/2026

14:37:50

1178

GBp

364.6000

XLON

592109951878755000

19/03/2026

14:47:26

915

GBp

363.8000

AQXE

606183704441524000

19/03/2026

14:52:55

688

GBp

363.4000

XLON

606183704441691000

19/03/2026

14:52:55

213

GBp

363.4000

XLON

606183704441691000

19/03/2026

15:04:06

286

GBp

362.0000

XLON

606183704442102000

19/03/2026

15:04:06

460

GBp

362.0000

XLON

606183704442102000

19/03/2026

15:04:06

299

GBp

362.0000

XLON

606183704442102000

19/03/2026

15:14:16

975

GBp

360.4000

XLON

606183704442461000

19/03/2026

15:31:01

855

GBp

358.4000

CHIX

592109951880573000

19/03/2026

15:33:44

905

GBp

358.0000

XLON

606183704443077000

19/03/2026

15:39:26

814

GBp

357.8000

XLON

592109951880892000

19/03/2026

15:49:54

820

GBp

357.8000

XLON

592109951881345000

19/03/2026

15:57:02

1221

GBp

358.2000

XLON

592109951881641000

19/03/2026

16:09:46

1134

GBp

359.0000

BATE

606183704444535000

19/03/2026

16:14:20

957

GBp

358.6000

XLON

592109951882348000

19/03/2026

16:22:41

465

GBp

359.8000

AQXE

592109951882707000

19/03/2026

16:22:41

449

GBp

359.8000

AQXE

592109951882707000

19/03/2026

16:22:41

183

GBp

359.8000

AQXE

592109951882707000

19/03/2026

16:22:41

571

GBp

359.8000

AQXE

592109951882707000

 

 

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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