Airtel Africa plc
("Airtel Africa", or the "Company")
RESULT OF AGM
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
London and Lagos, 9 July 2026: The Directors of Airtel Africa plc are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 9 July 2026 at 1st Floor, 15 Davies Street, London, W1K 3DE, United Kingdom, all the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll of votes. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION VOTES FOR % FOR VOTES AGAINST % AGAINST VOTES TOTAL % of ISC VOTED VOTES WITHHELD | RESOLUTION 01 ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS 2,857,774,774 99.99% 241,471 0.01% 2,858,016,245 78.45% 671,114 | RESOLUTION 02 REMUNERATION REPORT 2,669,557,344 98.33% 45,411,940 1.67% 2,714,969,284 74.53% 143,718,075 | RESOLUTION 03 REMUNERATION POLICY 2,374,761,287 87.18% 349,146,483 12.82% 2,723,907,770 74.77% 134,779,589 | RESOLUTION 04 FINAL DIVIDEND 2,858,560,062 100.00% 100,414 0.00% 2,858,660,476 78.47% 26,883 | RESOLUTION 05 RE-ELECT G.VITTAL 2,794,703,492 97.76% 63,939,969 2.24% 2,858,643,461 78.47% 43,898 | RESOLUTION 06 RE-ELECT SHRAVIN B MITTAL 2,854,692,228 99.86% 3,950,731 0.14% 2,858,642,959 78.47% 44,400 | RESOLUTION 07 RE-ELECT S. TALDAR 2,853,178,520 99.82% 5,215,202 0.18% 2,858,393,722 78.46% 293,637 | RESOLUTION 08 RE-ELECT K.DUA 2,849,801,211 99.69% 8,841,369 0.31% 2,858,642,580 78.47% 44,779 | RESOLUTION 09 RE-ELECT T.GEBREYES 2,804,070,252 98.09% 54,572,472 1.91% 2,858,642,724 78.47% 44,635 | RESOLUTION 10 RE-ELECT P.ARKWRIGHT 2,854,018,870 99.84% 4,625,917 0.16% 2,858,644,787 78.47% 42,572 | RESOLUTION 11 RE-ELECT A.AJUMOGOBIA 2,854,113,666 99.84% 4,530,054 0.16% 2,858,643,720 78.47% 43,639 | RESOLUTION 12 RE-ELECT C.GORDON 2,743,066,527 95.96% 115,578,435 4.04% 2,858,644,962 78.47% 42,397 | RESOLUTION 13 RE-ELECT R. RAJAGOPAL 2,774,756,667 97.07% 83,885,939 2.93% 2,858,642,606 78.47% 44,753 | RESOLUTION 14 REAPPOINT AUDITOR 2,858,535,375 100.00% 122,014 0.00% 2,858,657,389 78.47% 29,970 | RESOLUTION 15 REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR 2,858,474,828 99.99% 173,818 0.01% 2,858,648,646 78.47% 38,713 | RESOLUTION 16 POLITICAL DONATIONS 2,717,979,205 99.88% 3,397,000 0.12% 2,721,376,205 74.70% 137,311,154 | RESOLUTION 17 ALLOT SHARES IN COMPANY 2,713,057,149 99.60% 10,869,377 0.40% 2,723,926,526 74.77% 134,760,833 | RESOLUTION 18 PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS 2,720,550,502 99.88% 3,383,005 0.12% 2,723,933,507 74.77% 134,753,852 | RESOLUTION 19 MAKE MARKET PURCHASES 2,712,297,324 99.60% 11,019,048 0.40% 2,723,316,372 74.75% 135,370,987 | RESOLUTION 20 CALL GENERAL MEETING 2,689,467,017 94.08% 169,190,343 5.92% 2,858,657,360 78.47% 29,999 |
Subject to rule 9.2.2E of the UK Listing Rules, the election of the Independent non-executive directors must be approved by a majority vote of both the independent shareholders (i.e. shareholders of the Company, other than the Company's controlling shareholder, who are entitled to vote on the election of Directors), and the shareholders as a whole. Therefore, the below table displays the votes for the election of the Independent non-executive directors excluding the votes of the controlling shareholder:
INDEPENDENT VOTE | RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION VOTES FOR % FOR VOTES AGAINST % AGAINST VOTES TOTAL % of ISC VOTED VOTES WITHHELD | RESOLUTION 09 RE-ELECT T.GEBREYES 515,378,867 90.43% 54,572,472 9.57% 569,951,339 75.00% 44,635 | RESOLUTION 10 RE-ELECT P.ARKWRIGHT 565,327,485 99.19% 4,625,917 0.81% 569,953,402 75.00% 42,572 | RESOLUTION 11 RE-ELECT A.AJUMOGOBIA 565,422,281 99.21% 4,530,054 0.79% 569,952,335 75.00% 43,639 | RESOLUTION 12 RE-ELECT C.GORDON 454,375,142 79.72% 115,578,435 20.28% 569,953,577 75.00% 42,397 | RESOLUTION 13 RE-ELECT R. RAJAGOPAL 486,065,282 85.28% 83,885,939 14.72% 569,951,221 75.00% 44,753 |
Notes:
1. Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 9 June 2026 which is available on the Investor area of Company's website at www.airtel.africa.
2. Resolutions 1 to 17 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 20 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.
3. Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
4. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. As at 6.30pm on 7 July 2026, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 3,643,872,238 ordinary shares, including 6,136,678 treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Airtel Africa as at 7 July 2026 was 3,637,735,560.
5. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.
6. A copy of resolutions 18 and 20 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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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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