Transaction in Own Shares

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Airtel Africa plc has purchased 60,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 359.26 pence per share as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The lowest price paid was 348.00 pence and the highest was 364.00 pence. These shares will be held in treasury, reducing the total number of outstanding shares to 3,654,881,028, with 3,645,302,538 total voting rights. Since the program's commencement on December 23, 2024, the company has repurchased a total of 44,014,166 shares at a volume-weighted average price of 165.5153 pence.

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Airtel Africa PLC
05 March 2026
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 05 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

04 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

60,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

348.00p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

364.00p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

359.26p

 

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 9,578,490 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,645,302,538. 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

358.53

32,647

348.00

362.80

BATS Europe

362.26

1,965

361.20

363.40

CHI-X Europe

360.15

20,137

348.00

363.60

Aquis Exchange

354.26

2,243

350.80

361.00

Turquoise

363.03

3,008

362.00

364.00

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,014,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 165.5153 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

04/03/2026

08:08:13

1965

GBp

353.8000

XLON

592104614983102000

04/03/2026

08:09:37

821

GBp

354.6000

XLON

606178396014793000

04/03/2026

08:16:04

818

GBp

351.6000

XLON

606178396014994000

04/03/2026

08:24:37

1008

GBp

350.8000

XLON

592104614983566000

04/03/2026

08:36:34

881

GBp

349.2000

CHIX

606178396015517000

04/03/2026

08:52:33

1210

GBp

348.0000

XLON

606178396015870000

04/03/2026

08:52:33

711

GBp

348.0000

CHIX

592104614984271000

04/03/2026

09:06:17

1910

GBp

348.8000

XLON

592104614984581000

04/03/2026

09:26:09

1483

GBp

350.8000

AQXE

606178396016574000

04/03/2026

09:45:37

711

GBp

352.0000

CHIX

592104614985413000

04/03/2026

09:45:37

1237

GBp

352.0000

XLON

606178396016951000

04/03/2026

12:35:47

1327

GBp

360.6000

XLON

606178396020649000

04/03/2026

13:31:44

494

GBp

362.0000

TRQX

592104614990706000

04/03/2026

13:31:44

217

GBp

362.0000

TRQX

592104614990706000

04/03/2026

13:31:44

1661

GBp

362.0000

CHIX

606178396021999000

04/03/2026

13:42:44

934

GBp

361.2000

XLON

592104614991005000

04/03/2026

13:55:03

1054

GBp

360.4000

CHIX

606178396022645000

04/03/2026

14:03:15

968

GBp

360.2000

CHIX

606178396022901000

04/03/2026

14:17:05

1045

GBp

360.8000

XLON

606178396023296000

04/03/2026

14:35:46

746

GBp

362.0000

TRQX

606178396024098000

04/03/2026

14:38:44

757

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

592104614993105000

04/03/2026

14:38:44

766

GBp

361.6000

XLON

606178396024288000

04/03/2026

14:45:25

859

GBp

361.8000

XLON

592104614993424000

04/03/2026

14:54:20

1055

GBp

361.6000

XLON

606178396025030000

04/03/2026

15:00:21

959

GBp

361.0000

XLON

606178396025459000

04/03/2026

15:01:21

1218

GBp

360.6000

XLON

606178396025548000

04/03/2026

15:03:27

794

GBp

360.4000

CHIX

606178396025670000

04/03/2026

15:03:27

772

GBp

360.4000

XLON

606178396025670000

04/03/2026

15:07:34

517

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

606178396025881000

04/03/2026

15:09:19

1635

GBp

362.0000

CHIX

592104614994838000

04/03/2026

15:11:55

924

GBp

362.0000

CHIX

606178396026096000

04/03/2026

15:16:58

711

GBp

362.0000

XLON

592104614995199000

04/03/2026

15:19:20

773

GBp

362.4000

XLON

592104614995304000

04/03/2026

15:21:18

713

GBp

362.6000

CHIX

606178396026506000

04/03/2026

15:25:32

1299

GBp

362.8000

XLON

606178396026680000

04/03/2026

15:26:59

813

GBp

363.4000

BATE

592104614995636000

04/03/2026

15:32:55

1551

GBp

364.0000

TRQX

606178396026985000

04/03/2026

15:33:19

811

GBp

363.6000

CHIX

592104614995905000

04/03/2026

15:38:03

946

GBp

362.8000

CHIX

592104614996114000

04/03/2026

15:38:03

58

GBp

362.8000

CHIX

592104614996114000

04/03/2026

15:42:00

845

GBp

362.4000

XLON

592104614996298000

04/03/2026

15:43:34

858

GBp

361.6000

XLON

606178396027443000

04/03/2026

15:47:10

880

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614996521000

04/03/2026

15:51:34

105

GBp

360.6000

CHIX

592104614996719000

04/03/2026

15:51:43

1003

GBp

360.6000

CHIX

592104614996725000

04/03/2026

15:56:00

929

GBp

360.2000

XLON

592104614996916000

04/03/2026

15:59:31

948

GBp

360.6000

CHIX

592104614997065000

04/03/2026

15:59:31

711

GBp

360.6000

XLON

606178396028119000

04/03/2026

16:00:43

1140

GBp

361.2000

XLON

606178396028185000

04/03/2026

16:05:00

817

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

606178396028369000

04/03/2026

16:05:21

869

GBp

361.2000

XLON

606178396028387000

04/03/2026

16:05:21

725

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614997344000

04/03/2026

16:05:49

281

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614997367000

04/03/2026

16:08:57

1063

GBp

361.6000

XLON

592104614997530000

04/03/2026

16:09:03

826

GBp

361.4000

CHIX

606178396028573000

04/03/2026

16:10:17

851

GBp

361.2000

CHIX

606178396028641000

04/03/2026

16:10:18

889

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614997606000

04/03/2026

16:14:05

711

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614997828000

04/03/2026

16:14:05

66

GBp

361.0000

CHIX

606178396028854000

04/03/2026

16:14:38

637

GBp

361.0000

AQXE

606178396028880000

04/03/2026

16:14:38

123

GBp

361.0000

AQXE

606178396028880000

04/03/2026

16:15:42

713

GBp

361.0000

XLON

592104614997925000

04/03/2026

16:15:52

918

GBp

360.6000

CHIX

606178396028958000

04/03/2026

16:17:14

403

GBp

361.2000

BATE

606178396029029000

04/03/2026

16:17:14

319

GBp

361.2000

XLON

606178396029029000

04/03/2026

16:18:10

731

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

592104614998057000

04/03/2026

16:18:10

731

GBp

361.6000

CHIX

606178396029075000

04/03/2026

16:19:01

749

GBp

361.6000

BATE

592104614998106000

04/03/2026

16:19:52

1027

GBp

361.6000

XLON

592104614998154000

 

 

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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