March 29, 2017

National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, C-1 Block G

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Mumbai - 400001, India

Ref: Bharti Airtel Limited (532454 I BHARTIARTL }

Sub: Disclosure under Regulation 29(2} of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers} Regulations. 201 1

Dear Sir I Madam,

Please find enclosed herewith the disclosure under Regulation 29(2) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 w.r.t to inter-se transfer of 11.32 % stake (i.e. 209,416,643 equity shares) in Bharti lnfratel Limited to Nettle Infrastructure Investments Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company .

Kindly take the same on record.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully,

f .

Deputy Company Secretary Encl: a/a

CC:

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Bharti lnfratel Limited

Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, Phase II,

New Delhi - 110 070, India

Bharti Airtel Limited

(a Bharti Enterprise)

Regd. & Corporate Office: Bharti Crescent. 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070 T.: +91-11-4666 6100, F.: +91-11-4166 6137, Email id: compliance.officer@bharti.in, www.airtel.com

Disclosure under Regulation 29(2} of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011

Name of the Target Company (TC}

Bharti lnfratel Limited

Name(s) of the acquirer and Persons Acting in Concert (PAC} with the acquirer

Bharti Airtel Limited Person Acting In Concert:

Nettle Infrastructure Investments Limited

(a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited)

Whether the acquirer belongs to Promoter/Promoter group

Yes

Name(s) of the Stock Exchange(s} where the shares of TC are Listed

BSE Limited

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

Details of the aeE11:1i sitieA/ disposal as follows

Number

% w.r.t. total share/voting capital wherever applicable(*)

% w.r.t. total diluted share/voting capital of

the TC (**)

Before the aeE11:1i sitieA}sale under consideration, holding of :

  1. Shares carrying voting rights

  2. Shares in the nature of encumbrance (pledge/ lien/ non- disposal undertaking/ others)

  3. Voting rights (VR) otherwise than by shares

  4. Warrants/convertible securities/any other instrument

  5. Total (a+b+c+d)

that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting rights in the TC (specify holding in each category)

1,140,315,371

Nil

Nil Nil

1,140,315,371

61.65%

61.65%

61.65%

61.65%

Details of aeq1:1isitieA}sale:

  1. Shares carrying voting rights acq ireel/sold

  2. VRs acquired /sold otherwise than by shares

  3. Warrants/convertible securities/any other instrument that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting rights in the TC (specify holding in each category) acquired/ sold

  4. Shares encumbered I invoked/released by the acquirer

  5. Total (a+b+c+d)

209,416,643

Nil Nil

Nil 209,416,643

11.32%

11.32%

11.32%

11.32%

After the aeE11:1i sitieA}sale, holding of:

  1. Shares carrying voting rights

  2. Shares encumbered with the acquirer

  3. VRs otherwise than by shares

  4. Warrants/convertible securities/any other instrument

  5. Total (a+b+c+d)

that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting rights in the TC (specify holding in each category) after acquisition

930,898,728

Nil Nil Nil

930,898,728#

50.33%

50.33%

50.33%

50.33%

Bharti Airtel Limited

IJl1arti

Mode of aeEtwisitieR / sale {e.g. open market I off-market /public

issue I rights issue I preferential allotment I inter-se transfer etc).

Open market

Date of aEEt Yi&itieR / sale of shares I VR or date of receipt of

intimation of allotment of shares, whichever is applicable

March 29, 2017 (Date of sale of shares)

Equity share capital I total voting capital of the TC before the

said aeqwisitieR / sale

Rs. 18,496,082,460 divided into 1,849,608,246

equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.

Equity share capital/ total voting capital of the TC after the said aeEtwisitieR / sale

Rs. 18,496,082,460 divided into 1,849,608,246

equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.

Total diluted share/voting capital of the TC after the said acquisition

Rs. 18,496,082,460 divided into 1,849,608,246

equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.

# Being wholly owned Subsidiary, Nettle Infrastructure Investments Limited forms part of promoter group and is a person acting in concert with Bharti Airtel Limited. Therefore, aggregate holding of Promoter and Promoter Group (i.e Bharti Airtel Limited alongwith Nettle) after the transaction shall be 61.65%.

(*) Total share capital/ voting capital to be taken as per the latest filing done by the company to the stock Exchange under Regulation 31 ofthe SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure requirements) Regulations, 2015.

(**) Diluted share/voting capital means the total number of shares in the TC assuming full conversion of the outstanding convertible securities/warrants into equity shares of the TC.

Fo :; J

Rohit Kr n Puri .

l- Deputy Company Secretary

Place: New Delhi Date: March 29, 2017

Bharti Airtel Limited

(a Bharti Enterprise)

Regd. & Corporate Office: Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070 T.: +91-11-4666 6100, F.: +91-11-4166 6137, Email id: compliance.officer@bharti.in, www .airtel.com

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