Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel Africa PLC

25 March 2026

 

Airtel Africa plc

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

Transaction in Own Shares

London and Lagos, 25 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	24 March 2026
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	2,889
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	353.20p
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	359.20p
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):	355.73p

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 10,536,678 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,644,344,350. 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	356.55	1,917	354.40	359.20
CHI-X Europe	354.10	972	353.20	354.80

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,972,354 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 169.4361 GBp per ordinary share.

These purchases represent the last purchases under the second tranche of the buyback programme initially announced on 14 May 2025 and subsequently revised on 22 September 2025. This tranche has now been completed in accordance with its terms.

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
24/03/2026	08:07:36	705	GBp	354.4000	XLON	606185473905005000
24/03/2026	08:27:25	548	GBp	354.8000	CHIX	606185473905338000
24/03/2026	09:35:07	424	GBp	353.2000	CHIX	592111721338046000
24/03/2026	10:14:21	452	GBp	357.6000	XLON	592111721338717000
24/03/2026	10:28:24	482	GBp	357.2000	XLON	606185473907375000
24/03/2026	10:47:54	278	GBp	359.2000	XLON	592111721339258000

Enquiries

Airtel Africa - Investor Relations Alastair Jones [e-mail]	[phone] [phone]

Airtel Africa - Group Company Secretary Simon O'Hara

[phone]

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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