Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5772B

Airtel Africa PLC

14 February 2022

 

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

Warburg Pincus LLC

City of registered office (if applicable)

New York

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United States of America

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

08-Feb-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

11-Feb-2022

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

		% of voting
	% of voting	rights through	Total of both	Total number of
	rights attached	financial	in % (8.A +	voting rights held
	to shares (total of 8.A)	instruments (total of 8.B 1 +	8.B)	in issuer
		8.B 2)

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.863923	0.000000	3.863923	145212068
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

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)
GB00BKDRYJ47		145212068		3.863923
Sub Total 8.A	145212068		3.863923%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

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
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

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)

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
Warburg Pincus LLC	Dawn 2 L.P.

Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus (Callisto) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus (Ganymede) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus (Europa) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-B (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-D (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-E (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	Warburg Pincus XII Partners (Cayman), L.P.
Warburg Pincus LLC	WP XII Partners (Cayman), L.P.

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

11. Additional Information

Dawn 2 L.P., Warburg Pincus (Callisto) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus (Ganymede) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus (Europa) Private Equity XII (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-B (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-D (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-E (Cayman), L.P., Warburg Pincus XII Partners (Cayman), L.P. and WP XII Partners (Cayman), L.P. are private equity funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company. The shareholding percentages in this notice are calculated on the basis of 3,758,151,504 issued ordinary shares in the capital of Airtel Africa plc, as disclosed in the company's Half-Year Results published on 28 October 2021.

12. Date of Completion

11-Feb-2022

13. Place Of Completion

London

 

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