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Transaction in Own Shares and share buyback update
Transaction in Own Shares and share buyback update.
About this update from Airtel Africa Plc
Airtel Africa plc ('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company') Transaction in Own Shares and share buyback update London and Lagos , 28 March 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 23 December 2024. Aggregate information: Date of purchase 27 March 2025 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 350,000 Lowest price paid per share (GBp): 164.10p Highest price paid per share (GBp): 166.10p Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): 165.09p The purchased ordinary shares will be cancelled. Share buy-back update The company announces that in future, all shares repurchased under this tranche of the share buy-back programme will be held in treasury for use in connection with an employee share incentive scheme. 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 165.18 169,291 164.10 166.10 BATS Europe 164.89 44,800 164.10 165.40 CHI-X Europe 165.13 89,923 164.20 166.00 Aquis Exchange 164.97 23,270 164.60 165.70 Turquoise 164.78 22,716 164.10 165.60 Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 18,786,828 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 124.7876 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 27/03/2025 08:05:00 2018 GBp 165.7000 XLON 606186535604684000 27/03/2025 08:05:00 2254 GBp 165.7000 XLON 606186535604684000 27/03/2025 08:05:00 2351 GBp 165.7000 XLON 606186535604684000 27/03/2025 08:05:00 1544 GBp 165.7000 AQXE 620260284440189000 27/03/2025 08:08:25 1544 GBp 166.0000 CHIX 620260284440301000 27/03/2025 08:08:25 2814 GBp 165.9000 CHIX 606186535604794000 27/03/2025 08:08:30 1544 GBp 165.8000 XLON 606186535604798000 27/03/2025 08:13:12 3378 GBp 165.6000 CHIX 620260284440443000 27/03/2025 08:27:41 5744 GBp 165.8000 XLON 620260284440776000 27/03/2025 08:27:41 3218 GBp 165.8000 XLON 620260284440776000 27/03/2025 08:34:50 1641 GBp 165.9000 XLON 606186535605453000 27/03/2025 08:34:50 1641 GBp 165.9000 XLON 620260284440982000 27/03/2025 08:34:50 402 GBp 165.9000 XLON 620260284440982000 27/03/2025 08:34:50 1891 GBp 165.9000 XLON 620260284440982000 27/03/2025 08:37:46 1417 GBp 165.5000 CHIX 620260284441060000 27/03/2025 08:37:46 1938 GBp 165.5000 CHIX 620260284441060000 27/03/2025 08:42:41 1916 GBp 165.4000 AQXE 620260284441181000 27/03/2025 08:42:41 1544 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535605646000 27/03/2025 08:52:51 1501 GBp 165.6000 CHIX 606186535605857000 27/03/2025 08:52:51 203 GBp 165.6000 CHIX 606186535605857000 27/03/2025 09:07:34 1859 GBp 166.1000 XLON 606186535606189000 27/03/2025 09:10:57 1346 GBp 166.1000 XLON 620260284441822000 27/03/2025 09:10:57 478 GBp 166.1000 XLON 620260284441822000 27/03/2025 09:11:22 4602 GBp 166.0000 XLON 606186535606276000 27/03/2025 09:11:22 1544 GBp 166.0000 CHIX 620260284441832000 27/03/2025 09:11:22 846 GBp 166.0000 XLON 606186535606276000 27/03/2025 09:11:22 5084 GBp 166.0000 XLON 606186535606276000 27/03/2025 09:20:05 1544 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 606186535606471000 27/03/2025 09:20:05 1838 GBp 165.4000 BATE 620260284442033000 27/03/2025 09:29:48 1544 GBp 165.3000 CHIX 606186535606700000 27/03/2025 09:29:48 1835 GBp 165.3000 BATE 620260284442269000 27/03/2025 09:34:44 1629 GBp 165.3000 XLON 606186535606796000 27/03/2025 09:34:44 1750 GBp 165.3000 CHIX 620260284442368000 27/03/2025 09:49:56 579 GBp 164.9000 BATE 606186535607130000 27/03/2025 09:49:56 965 GBp 164.9000 BATE 606186535607130000 27/03/2025 09:49:56 1821 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284442715000 27/03/2025 09:49:56 1695 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284442715000 27/03/2025 10:10:02 1925 GBp 165.4000 XLON 620260284443221000 27/03/2025 10:13:55 1176 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535607721000 27/03/2025 10:13:55 2893 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535607721000 27/03/2025 10:13:55 2852 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535607721000 27/03/2025 10:13:55 297 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535607721000 27/03/2025 10:18:30 2313 GBp 165.3000 XLON 606186535607842000 27/03/2025 10:18:30 1678 GBp 165.3000 XLON 620260284443451000 27/03/2025 10:18:30 1544 GBp 165.3000 BATE 620260284443451000 27/03/2025 10:31:50 1749 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535608136000 27/03/2025 10:38:39 1677 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284443908000 27/03/2025 10:46:39 1612 GBp 165.5000 XLON 606186535608468000 27/03/2025 10:47:13 1628 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 606186535608481000 27/03/2025 10:52:53 1850 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 606186535608619000 27/03/2025 10:52:53 1640 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535608619000 27/03/2025 11:00:35 1816 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284444472000 27/03/2025 11:05:01 1597 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 606186535608954000 27/03/2025 11:12:37 1618 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284444812000 27/03/2025 11:18:49 1644 GBp 165.6000 TRQX 606186535609317000 27/03/2025 11:19:29 1544 GBp 165.4000 BATE 606186535609335000 27/03/2025 11:19:29 3420 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284444999000 27/03/2025 11:19:29 1163 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284444999000 27/03/2025 11:19:29 300 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535609335000 27/03/2025 11:19:30 771 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535609335000 27/03/2025 11:19:30 1195 GBp 165.4000 XLON 606186535609335000 27/03/2025 11:33:40 400 GBp 165.3000 CHIX 606186535609678000 27/03/2025 11:38:43 1826 GBp 165.4000 CHIX 620260284445470000 27/03/2025 11:42:40 1427 GBp 165.3000 CHIX 606186535609875000 27/03/2025 11:42:40 1759 GBp 165.3000 XLON 620260284445558000 27/03/2025 11:42:40 1544 GBp 165.2000 CHIX 606186535609875000 27/03/2025 11:42:40 1825 GBp 165.2000 CHIX 620260284445558000 27/03/2025 11:45:34 1716 GBp 165.2000 CHIX 606186535609947000 27/03/2025 11:45:34 1827 GBp 165.2000 AQXE 620260284445634000 27/03/2025 12:01:39 1735 GBp 164.9000 AQXE 606186535610335000 27/03/2025 12:08:08 1544 GBp 164.8000 AQXE 606186535610523000 27/03/2025 12:08:08 1672 GBp 164.8000 BATE 606186535610523000 27/03/2025 12:08:08 1672 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 620260284446230000 27/03/2025 12:08:08 1828 GBp 164.8000 XLON 620260284446230000 27/03/2025 12:28:46 3384 GBp 164.9000 XLON 606186535611032000 27/03/2025 12:28:46 1652 GBp 164.9000 XLON 606186535611032000 27/03/2025 12:28:46 1653 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284446757000 27/03/2025 12:43:50 1629 GBp 164.9000 AQXE 606186535611401000 27/03/2025 12:43:50 1628 GBp 164.8000 XLON 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606186535612695000 27/03/2025 13:31:04 1120 GBp 164.2000 CHIX 606186535612695000 27/03/2025 13:31:04 1655 GBp 164.2000 BATE 606186535612695000 27/03/2025 13:35:42 1078 GBp 164.2000 CHIX 606186535612886000 27/03/2025 13:35:42 528 GBp 164.2000 CHIX 606186535612886000 27/03/2025 13:41:50 1808 GBp 164.1000 XLON 606186535613118000 27/03/2025 13:41:50 1798 GBp 164.1000 XLON 620260284448922000 27/03/2025 13:41:50 1799 GBp 164.1000 TRQX 620260284448922000 27/03/2025 13:41:50 1544 GBp 164.1000 BATE 620260284448922000 27/03/2025 13:50:02 146 GBp 164.7000 CHIX 606186535613466000 27/03/2025 13:50:02 1778 GBp 164.7000 XLON 620260284449281000 27/03/2025 13:50:02 2942 GBp 164.7000 CHIX 606186535613466000 27/03/2025 13:50:02 1960 GBp 164.7000 XLON 606186535613466000 27/03/2025 13:54:31 1820 GBp 164.9000 BATE 606186535613688000 27/03/2025 13:54:31 1544 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 620260284449510000 27/03/2025 14:01:59 1544 GBp 164.7000 BATE 606186535613961000 27/03/2025 14:01:59 1824 GBp 164.7000 TRQX 620260284449793000 27/03/2025 14:27:41 1544 GBp 164.9000 BATE 606186535614789000 27/03/2025 14:27:41 2682 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284450642000 27/03/2025 14:27:41 2400 GBp 164.9000 XLON 606186535614789000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 1750 GBp 164.9000 BATE 606186535615017000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 1751 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 606186535615017000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 1748 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 606186535615017000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 4176 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284450875000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 1752 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 620260284450875000 27/03/2025 14:33:56 498 GBp 164.9000 XLON 606186535615017000 27/03/2025 14:38:56 1298 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284451072000 27/03/2025 14:39:43 304 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284451103000 27/03/2025 14:46:45 1669 GBp 164.9000 CHIX 606186535615492000 27/03/2025 14:46:45 1668 GBp 164.9000 XLON 620260284451361000 27/03/2025 14:50:46 166 GBp 165.1000 BATE 606186535615636000 27/03/2025 14:50:46 173 GBp 165.1000 BATE 606186535615636000 27/03/2025 14:50:46 1287 GBp 165.1000 BATE 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Relations Alastair Jones [email protected] +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