RNS Number : 0078F
Airtel Africa PLC
28 October 2025
 

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 28 October 2025: 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 October 2025

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

25,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

228.80p

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

230.20p

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

229.49p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,656,000,539, including 7,489,044 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,648,511,495. 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

229.39

17,328

228.80

230.20

BATS Europe

229.75

4,875

229.40

230.20

CHI-X Europe

229.80

1,153

229.80

229.80

Aquis Exchqnge

229.60

1,074

229.60

229.60

Turquoise

229.40

570

229.40

229.40

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 40,805,209 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 151.6607 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

27/10/2025

08:06:31

1200

GBp

228.8000

XLON

606262268986902000

27/10/2025

08:24:07

1234

GBp

228.8000

XLON

592188520151512000

27/10/2025

08:51:46

1074

GBp

229.6000

AQXE

592188520151996000

27/10/2025

09:06:17

1186

GBp

229.4000

XLON

606262268987877000

27/10/2025

09:43:04

1173

GBp

228.8000

XLON

592188520152794000

27/10/2025

11:13:04

2027

GBp

229.4000

XLON

592188520154192000

27/10/2025

11:35:00

1271

GBp

230.2000

BATE

606262268990010000

27/10/2025

12:10:26

1120

GBp

230.0000

BATE

592188520155048000

27/10/2025

12:43:05

1159

GBp

229.6000

XLON

606262268990951000

27/10/2025

13:20:05

1099

GBp

230.0000

XLON

606262268991500000

27/10/2025

13:31:07

1146

GBp

229.2000

XLON

592188520156306000

27/10/2025

13:58:33

1278

GBp

229.4000

BATE

606262268992296000

27/10/2025

14:26:23

689

GBp

228.8000

XLON

592188520157529000

27/10/2025

14:26:55

475

GBp

228.8000

XLON

592188520157540000

27/10/2025

14:38:56

1130

GBp

230.0000

XLON

606262268993142000

27/10/2025

14:45:00

1141

GBp

229.6000

XLON

592188520157967000

27/10/2025

14:57:00

1211

GBp

230.2000

XLON

592188520158282000

27/10/2025

15:11:30

621

GBp

229.8000

CHIX

592188520158676000

27/10/2025

15:11:30

532

GBp

229.8000

CHIX

592188520158676000

27/10/2025

15:24:13

1211

GBp

230.0000

XLON

592188520158992000

27/10/2025

15:39:36

1206

GBp

229.4000

BATE

592188520159354000

27/10/2025

15:51:08

1247

GBp

229.0000

XLON

592188520159624000

27/10/2025

15:58:41

570

GBp

229.4000

TRQX

606262268995021000

 

 

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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