Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has purchased 60,000 of its ordinary shares on February 27, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The purchases were made through Barclays Capital Securities Limited at a volume-weighted average price of 351.87 pence per share, with the lowest price paid being 347.80 pence and the highest at 354.80 pence. These acquired shares will be held in treasury, reducing the total number of voting rights to 3,645,502,538. Since the commencement of the buy-back program on December 23, 2024, the company has repurchased a total of 43,814,166 shares at a volume-weighted average price of 164.6620 pence.

Disclaimer*

Airtel Africa PLC
02 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 02 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

27 February 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

60,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

347.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

354.80p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

351.87p

 

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 9,378,490 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,645,502,538. 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

351.86

52,008

347.80

354.80

BATS Europe

352.16

2,529

350.20

353.60

CHI-X Europe

352.06

3,375

350.60

353.80

Aquis Exchange

351.52

2,088

351.20

351.80

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  43,814,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 164.6620 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

27/02/2026

08:04:59

702

GBp

350.2000

XLON

592102845509335000

27/02/2026

08:04:59

702

GBp

350.2000

BATE

606176626542066000

27/02/2026

08:08:25

1036

GBp

350.8000

XLON

592102845509416000

27/02/2026

08:14:35

1020

GBp

350.8000

XLON

606176626542263000

27/02/2026

08:20:39

833

GBp

352.8000

XLON

592102845509667000

27/02/2026

08:26:58

826

GBp

353.4000

CHIX

592102845509786000

27/02/2026

08:37:11

1023

GBp

352.2000

XLON

592102845510001000

27/02/2026

08:45:20

941

GBp

350.6000

XLON

606176626542836000

27/02/2026

08:52:34

819

GBp

353.8000

CHIX

606176626542963000

27/02/2026

08:56:27

1012

GBp

354.4000

XLON

592102845510366000

27/02/2026

09:05:19

1162

GBp

353.0000

XLON

592102845510554000

27/02/2026

09:13:32

972

GBp

354.8000

XLON

592102845510714000

27/02/2026

09:25:15

1179

GBp

353.8000

XLON

606176626543611000

27/02/2026

09:40:20

955

GBp

354.0000

XLON

592102845511276000

27/02/2026

09:58:47

1303

GBp

352.8000

XLON

592102845511679000

27/02/2026

10:12:42

1110

GBp

352.0000

XLON

606176626544580000

27/02/2026

10:22:16

840

GBp

352.6000

XLON

592102845512172000

27/02/2026

10:46:08

982

GBp

351.8000

XLON

606176626545185000

27/02/2026

10:49:35

822

GBp

351.6000

XLON

592102845512675000

27/02/2026

11:13:11

914

GBp

350.6000

CHIX

606176626545672000

27/02/2026

11:18:35

1038

GBp

351.0000

XLON

592102845513224000

27/02/2026

11:36:02

987

GBp

351.2000

AQXE

592102845513601000

27/02/2026

11:54:55

1028

GBp

352.2000

XLON

592102845513996000

27/02/2026

12:06:24

1163

GBp

352.6000

XLON

592102845514247000

27/02/2026

12:24:41

1125

GBp

353.6000

BATE

606176626547095000

27/02/2026

12:47:06

1110

GBp

352.8000

XLON

606176626547510000

27/02/2026

12:54:40

778

GBp

352.4000

XLON

606176626547666000

27/02/2026

13:13:30

1370

GBp

352.2000

XLON

606176626548036000

27/02/2026

13:22:36

1101

GBp

351.8000

AQXE

592102845515819000

27/02/2026

13:35:31

848

GBp

350.8000

XLON

592102845516160000

27/02/2026

13:44:27

960

GBp

350.6000

XLON

592102845516368000

27/02/2026

13:52:48

1042

GBp

348.4000

XLON

592102845516565000

27/02/2026

14:03:48

945

GBp

347.8000

XLON

606176626549187000

27/02/2026

14:12:33

736

GBp

348.2000

XLON

592102845517038000

27/02/2026

14:12:33

291

GBp

348.2000

XLON

592102845517038000

27/02/2026

14:23:34

1174

GBp

348.4000

XLON

606176626549680000

27/02/2026

14:28:00

890

GBp

348.6000

XLON

606176626549827000

27/02/2026

14:33:41

1532

GBp

349.0000

XLON

592102845517781000

27/02/2026

14:39:18

1324

GBp

350.0000

XLON

592102845518056000

27/02/2026

14:46:30

816

GBp

350.6000

CHIX

592102845518378000

27/02/2026

14:46:30

702

GBp

350.6000

XLON

606176626550688000

27/02/2026

14:51:19

1016

GBp

351.0000

XLON

592102845518586000

27/02/2026

14:56:22

914

GBp

350.6000

XLON

592102845518762000

27/02/2026

15:01:47

1359

GBp

352.0000

XLON

592102845519054000

27/02/2026

15:06:30

1147

GBp

352.6000

XLON

592102845519276000

27/02/2026

15:14:33

1277

GBp

352.4000

XLON

606176626551876000

27/02/2026

15:17:08

792

GBp

351.4000

XLON

606176626551981000

27/02/2026

15:24:05

872

GBp

351.8000

XLON

592102845520007000

27/02/2026

15:24:05

702

GBp

351.8000

BATE

606176626552261000

27/02/2026

15:29:53

802

GBp

351.8000

XLON

606176626552473000

27/02/2026

15:42:10

2688

GBp

352.8000

XLON

606176626552954000

27/02/2026

15:48:24

921

GBp

353.2000

XLON

606176626553168000

27/02/2026

15:51:11

957

GBp

353.0000

XLON

606176626553268000

27/02/2026

15:59:52

1077

GBp

354.0000

XLON

606176626553588000

27/02/2026

16:01:35

726

GBp

354.2000

XLON

606176626553664000

27/02/2026

16:01:35

938

GBp

354.2000

XLON

606176626553664000

27/02/2026

16:08:11

1220

GBp

353.8000

XLON

606176626553931000

27/02/2026

16:13:11

773

GBp

353.6000

XLON

606176626554147000

27/02/2026

16:13:12

1091

GBp

353.4000

XLON

606176626554148000

27/02/2026

16:17:47

615

GBp

353.0000

XLON

606176626554381000

 

 

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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