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Bharti Airtel Limited acquired 595,204,251 shares, representing approximately 16.3% of Airtel Africa PLC, from Indian Continent Investment Limited. This acquisition, which took place on June 22, 2026, increased Bharti Airtel Limited's total effective shareholding in Airtel Africa PLC from 62.32% to 79.22%.
| Date | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Time | 17:05:32 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 8403J |
(A) TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
1. Issuer Details
ISIN
GB00BKDRYJ47
Issuer Name
AIRTEL AFRICA PLC
UK or Non-UK Issuer
UK
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name
Bharti Airtel Limited
City of registered office (if applicable)
Gurugram
Country of registered office (if applicable)
India
4. Details of the shareholder
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Name |
City of registered office |
Country of registered office |
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Bharti Airtel Limited |
New Delhi |
India |
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Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited |
Mauritius |
Mauritius |
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
22-Jun-2026
6. Date on which Issuer notified
24-Jun-2026
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
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% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) |
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
Total number of voting rights held in issuer |
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Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
79.220000 |
0.000000 |
79.220000 |
2883895636 |
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Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
62.316583 |
0.000000 |
62.316583 |
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
8A. Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible) |
Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) |
Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1) |
% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) |
% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1) |
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Ordinary Shares GB00BKDRYJ47 |
595204251 |
2288691385 |
16.350000 |
62.870000 |
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Sub Total 8.A |
2883895636 |
79.220000% |
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8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/conversion period |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
% of voting rights |
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Sub Total 8.B1 |
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8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/conversion period |
Physical or cash settlement |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Sub Total 8.B2 |
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)
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Ultimate controlling person |
Name of controlled undertaking |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
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Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited |
Bharti Airtel Limited |
16.350000 |
0.000000 |
16.350000% |
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Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited |
Network i2i Limited |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000% |
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Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited |
Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited |
62.870000 |
0.000000 |
62.870000% |
10. In case of proxy voting
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
If date does not apply, explain below
11. Additional Information
(a) Bharti Airtel Limited holds 100% voting rights in Network i2i Limited, which in turn holds 100% voting rights in Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited ('AAML'), a major shareholder holding 62.86% stake of Airtel Africa plc (the 'Issuer').
(b) This TR-1 disclosure pertains to acquisition of c.16.3% direct shareholding i.e. 595,204,251 shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer by Bharti Airtel Limited ('Bharti Airtel') from Indian Continent Investment Limited ('ICIL') on June 22, 2026, in consideration of allotment of 146,761,335 fully paid-up equity shares of Bharti Airtel to ICIL. Consequent to the above acquisition, the effective shareholding of Bharti Airtel in the Issuer has increased to 79.22%.
(c) The shareholding percentages in this TR-1 disclosure are calculated on the basis of 3,640,521,609 ordi-nary shares of USD 0.50 each of the Issuer as determined after adjusting the shares bought back by the Issuer up to June 23, 2026. In this notification, figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. Any discrepancies in aggregated figures are due to rounding-off.
12. Date of Completion
24-Jun-2026
13. Place Of Completion
New Delhi, India