Airtel Africa PLC
01 October 2026
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Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Group')
Airtel Money announcement of offer price
London and Lagos, 1 October 2026: Airtel Africa plc ('Airtel Africa' or the 'Group'), a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African markets, notes today that following the announcement on 23 September 2026 confirming its intention to undertake an initial public offering, Airtel Mobile Commerce N.V. ('Airtel Money') has announced the offer price for its planned initial public offering (the 'IPO' or the 'Offer'), and its intention to publish a prospectus, which is expected to take place later today (the 'Announcement').
The Announcement notes that Airtel Money intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares to the equity shares (commercial companies) category of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (together, 'Admission'), and that Admission is currently expected to occur on 14 October 2026.
The Announcement sets out certain details of the Offer, including:
· The price for the Offer has been set at £1.96 per Airtel Money share, implying an estimated market capitalisation at Admission of £5.3 billion (approximately US$7.0 billion).
· Pursuant to the Offer, certain of Airtel Money's existing shareholders are expected to sell, in aggregate, 270,000,000 existing Airtel Money shares. In addition, up to a maximum of 27,000,000 existing Airtel Money shares may be sold pursuant to an over-allotment option.
· Airtel Africa is not expected to sell existing Airtel Money shares in the Offer other than pursuant to the over-allotment option and is expected to remain a long-term strategic shareholder and to support Airtel Money's next phase of development as an independently listed business.
· Based on current indications received from Airtel Money's existing shareholders, it is expected that approximately 16.5% of Airtel Money's issued ordinary share capital will be held in public hands (within the meaning of UK Listing Rule 5.5), assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised (increasing to approximately 17.5% if the maximum number of additional Airtel Money shares are acquired pursuant to the over-allotment option).
· Airtel Money expects it would have a free float that would make it eligible for inclusion in the FTSE UK indices.
Additional details in relation to the Offer are available in the Announcement and will be disclosed in the prospectus, which is expected to be published later today and will be available on Airtel Money's website at ipo.airtelmoney.com, subject to certain access restrictions.
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Airtel Africa - Investor Relations Alastair Jones |
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The person responsible for releasing this announcement on behalf of Airtel Africa is Simon O'Hara, Group Company Secretary.
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.
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