IHS - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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IHS M&A Summary

IHS has acquired 4 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

IHS’s largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired Sao Paulo Cinco Locacao De Torres for $315M. IHS has acquired in 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (100%).

IHS Business Overview

Where is IHS headquartered?

IHS is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is IHS’s revenue?

IHS disclosed revenue of 2,126M USD for 2023 and 1,961M USD for 2022.

How many employees does IHS have?

IHS has 2,988 employees.

What sector is IHS in?

IHS is a communications company.

When was IHS founded?

IHS was founded in 2001.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

IHS

IHS Holding Ltd.

1 Cathedral Piazza 123 Victoria Street,
London, SW1E 5BP
United Kingdom,
+44 20 8106 1600
www.ihstowers.com

IHS is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world. IHS provides mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure to customers, most of who are leading MNOs, who in turn provide wireless voice and data services to their end-users. IHS was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 2 - 1 1 - - 4
vol $315M $315M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Sao Paulo Cinco Locacao De Torres Ltda. 2022-01-24 315M USD Divestiture
São Paulo, Brazil
SKYSITES Americas Ltda 2021-01-07 - Add-on Acquisition
São Paulo, Brazil · www.skysites.com
Cessão De Infraestruturas S.A. (Cell Site Solutions) 2019-12-23 - Add-on Acquisition
São Paulo, Brazil · www.cssbrasil.com.br
HTN Towers 2016-06-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Lagos, Nigeria · www.heliostowers.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 4 (100%) 315M (100%) - -
Total 4 $315M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Brazil 3 315M - -
Nigeria 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 4 (100%) 315M (100%) - -
Total 4 $315M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $315M
TOTAL $315M
Largest Sao Paulo Cinco Locacao De Torres Ltda.
$315M (2022-01-24)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Communications

Revenue

2,126   9% 2023
1,961   25% 2022
1,580   13% 2021
1,403   14% 2020
1,231   6% 2019
1,168   2018
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Employees

2,988

Established

2001

Public

NYSE: IHS

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