Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 9325V Airtel Africa PLC 10 March 2026  

    Airtel Africa plc   ('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')   Transaction in Own Shares   London and Lagos, 10 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

09 March 2026

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

100,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

325.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

335.20p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

332.08p

  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 9,788,490 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,645,092,538. 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

332.50

58,475

325.80

335.20

BATS Europe

331.61

8,086

326.20

334.60

CHI-X Europe

330.57

23,128

326.60

334.40

Aquis Exchange

334.20

6,418

332.80

334.80

Turquoise

332.28

3,893

326.80

335.00

  Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased  44,224,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 166.3507 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

09/03/2026

08:01:28

1188

GBp

327.2000

XLON

606180165485034000

09/03/2026

08:04:59

1249

GBp

326.6000

CHIX

592106412926961000

09/03/2026

08:08:30

1249

GBp

326.4000

XLON

606180165485243000

09/03/2026

08:13:08

981

GBp

326.2000

BATE

592106412927206000

09/03/2026

08:23:20

2207

GBp

327.8000

CHIX

606180165485619000

09/03/2026

08:29:50

1094

GBp

325.8000

XLON

592106412927593000

09/03/2026

08:40:14

445

GBp

326.2000

XLON

606180165485978000

09/03/2026

08:40:14

1504

GBp

326.2000

XLON

606180165485978000

09/03/2026

08:56:08

716

GBp

326.8000

TRQX

592106412928169000

09/03/2026

08:56:08

2254

GBp

326.8000

CHIX

606180165486295000

09/03/2026

09:04:01

1622

GBp

327.8000

CHIX

592106412928333000

09/03/2026

09:11:04

1130

GBp

327.2000

XLON

606180165486652000

09/03/2026

09:22:22

764

GBp

331.4000

CHIX

606180165486994000

09/03/2026

10:14:41

1139

GBp

331.6000

CHIX

606180165488930000

09/03/2026

10:14:41

954

GBp

331.6000

CHIX

606180165488930000

09/03/2026

10:14:41

803

GBp

331.4000

CHIX

606180165488930000

09/03/2026

10:18:45

823

GBp

331.6000

BATE

592106412930985000

09/03/2026

10:18:45

716

GBp

331.6000

XLON

606180165489029000

09/03/2026

10:29:06

728

GBp

330.8000

XLON

592106412931206000

09/03/2026

10:29:06

716

GBp

330.8000

CHIX

606180165489241000

09/03/2026

10:38:50

1540

GBp

330.6000

CHIX

606180165489449000

09/03/2026

10:52:20

1406

GBp

331.6000

BATE

592106412931709000

09/03/2026

10:52:20

877

GBp

331.6000

XLON

606180165489727000

09/03/2026

11:20:17

856

GBp

331.8000

XLON

592106412932237000

09/03/2026

11:20:17

1165

GBp

331.8000

XLON

592106412932237000

09/03/2026

11:20:17

716

GBp

331.8000

BATE

606180165490230000

09/03/2026

11:24:11

1523

GBp

331.6000

XLON

606180165490303000

09/03/2026

11:31:33

755

GBp

331.4000

XLON

606180165490425000

09/03/2026

12:18:44

272

GBp

332.0000

TRQX

592106412933268000

09/03/2026

12:18:44

17

GBp

332.0000

TRQX

592106412933268000

09/03/2026

12:25:44

454

GBp

332.0000

TRQX

592106412933384000

09/03/2026

12:25:44

788

GBp

332.0000

XLON

606180165491321000

09/03/2026

12:25:44

743

GBp

332.0000

CHIX

606180165491321000

09/03/2026

12:27:44

1244

GBp

331.6000

XLON

606180165491353000

09/03/2026

12:27:44

789

GBp

331.6000

CHIX

606180165491353000

09/03/2026

12:35:14

1225

GBp

331.4000

CHIX

592106412933548000

09/03/2026

12:39:30

883

GBp

330.8000

XLON

606180165491552000

09/03/2026

12:49:36

897

GBp

330.2000

XLON

606180165491737000

09/03/2026

13:11:07

170

GBp

332.0000

XLON

592106412934252000

09/03/2026

13:11:07

2900

GBp

332.0000

XLON

592106412934252000

09/03/2026

13:11:07

888

GBp

332.0000

CHIX

606180165492151000

09/03/2026

13:21:00

832

GBp

331.8000

XLON

592106412934443000

09/03/2026

13:25:14

763

GBp

332.0000

XLON

592106412934524000

09/03/2026

13:43:30

804

GBp

332.0000

CHIX

592106412935009000

09/03/2026

13:43:30

802

GBp

331.8000

CHIX

592106412935009000

09/03/2026

13:43:30

1385

GBp

331.8000

XLON

592106412935009000

09/03/2026

13:43:30

716

GBp

331.8000

TRQX

606180165492873000

09/03/2026

13:51:26

1384

GBp

332.0000

XLON

606180165493072000

09/03/2026

14:05:50

776

GBp

332.0000

BATE

592106412935607000

09/03/2026

14:05:50

1744

GBp

331.8000

XLON

592106412935609000

09/03/2026

14:11:04

902

GBp

331.0000

CHIX

592106412935799000

09/03/2026

14:11:09

1170

GBp

330.8000

BATE

606180165493635000

09/03/2026

14:23:38

1450

GBp

333.4000

XLON

592106412936113000

09/03/2026

14:28:05

764

GBp

332.8000

AQXE

592106412936230000

09/03/2026

14:28:05

202

GBp

332.8000

AQXE

592106412936230000

09/03/2026

14:35:16

830

GBp

333.8000

XLON

592106412936464000

09/03/2026

14:37:28

1833

GBp

334.0000

XLON

592106412936535000

09/03/2026

14:41:17

1013

GBp

334.4000

CHIX

606180165494458000

09/03/2026

14:46:10

905

GBp

333.6000

XLON

606180165494604000

09/03/2026

14:52:39

717

GBp

334.4000

CHIX

606180165494830000

09/03/2026

14:54:42

1080

GBp

334.4000

AQXE

592106412937128000

09/03/2026

14:54:42

1432

GBp

334.4000

XLON

606180165494906000

09/03/2026

14:56:18

915

GBp

334.0000

XLON

592106412937214000

09/03/2026

15:04:12

896

GBp

334.0000

XLON

592106412937567000

09/03/2026

15:04:12

716

GBp

334.0000

AQXE

606180165495328000

09/03/2026

15:09:04

1257

GBp

334.8000

XLON

606180165495511000

09/03/2026

15:09:23

24

GBp

334.6000

AQXE

606180165495525000

09/03/2026

15:09:23

868

GBp

334.6000

AQXE

606180165495525000

09/03/2026

15:11:35

1432

GBp

334.8000

XLON

592106412937860000

09/03/2026

15:11:35

38

GBp

334.8000

AQXE

606180165495612000

09/03/2026

15:11:35

776

GBp

334.8000

AQXE

606180165495612000

09/03/2026

15:18:13

658

GBp

334.6000

AQXE

606180165495853000

09/03/2026

15:18:13

358

GBp

334.6000

AQXE

606180165495853000

09/03/2026

15:18:13

800

GBp

334.6000

XLON

606180165495853000

09/03/2026

15:19:24

667

GBp

334.2000

AQXE

592106412938159000

09/03/2026

15:19:24

267

GBp

334.2000

AQXE

592106412938159000

09/03/2026

15:25:23

974

GBp

334.6000

BATE

606180165496122000

09/03/2026

15:25:23

789

GBp

334.6000

XLON

606180165496122000

09/03/2026

15:30:46

493

GBp

334.6000

XLON

592106412938568000

09/03/2026

15:34:14

612

GBp

335.0000

XLON

606180165496397000

09/03/2026

15:34:14

274

GBp

335.0000

XLON

606180165496397000

09/03/2026

15:34:14

254

GBp

335.0000

XLON

592106412938678000

09/03/2026

15:37:22

1133

GBp

335.2000

XLON

592106412938779000

09/03/2026

15:40:01

1807

GBp

335.0000

XLON

592106412938863000

09/03/2026

15:40:01

815

GBp

335.0000

TRQX

606180165496574000

09/03/2026

15:42:59

903

GBp

334.8000

TRQX

592106412938964000

09/03/2026

15:44:45

914

GBp

334.6000

XLON

592106412939025000

09/03/2026

15:46:50

951

GBp

334.2000

XLON

592106412939094000

09/03/2026

15:50:07

925

GBp

333.6000

XLON

606180165496894000

09/03/2026

15:51:47

908

GBp

333.8000

CHIX

592106412939248000

09/03/2026

15:52:51

978

GBp

334.0000

XLON

606180165496979000

09/03/2026

15:58:06

825

GBp

335.0000

XLON

606180165497143000

09/03/2026

15:58:17

1142

GBp

334.6000

XLON

592106412939459000

09/03/2026

15:59:03

898

GBp

334.2000

XLON

592106412939487000

09/03/2026

16:02:23

1156

GBp

333.8000

XLON

592106412939613000

09/03/2026

16:05:28

1089

GBp

334.4000

CHIX

606180165497416000

09/03/2026

16:08:45

1226

GBp

334.2000

XLON

592106412939854000

09/03/2026

16:08:45

822

GBp

334.2000

BATE

606180165497529000

09/03/2026

16:09:26

1043

GBp

334.2000

XLON

592106412939880000

09/03/2026

16:11:05

958

GBp

333.8000

XLON

606180165497624000

09/03/2026

16:12:00

693

GBp

333.8000

XLON

606180165497657000

09/03/2026

16:12:01

76

GBp

333.8000

XLON

606180165497658000

09/03/2026

16:12:01

160

GBp

333.8000

XLON

606180165497658000

09/03/2026

16:16:19

1389

GBp

333.8000

XLON

606180165497810000

09/03/2026

16:16:20

856

GBp

333.8000

XLON

592106412940146000

09/03/2026

16:17:40

953

GBp

333.6000

XLON

606180165497861000

09/03/2026

16:18:35

229

GBp

333.6000

BATE

606180165497901000

09/03/2026

16:18:35

23

GBp

333.6000

BATE

606180165497901000

09/03/2026

16:18:35

2

GBp

333.6000

BATE

606180165497901000

09/03/2026

16:18:50

164

GBp

333.6000

BATE

606180165497911000

    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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