Divestiture • Communications

DigitalBridge Acquires Telenet Group Holding - Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business

On March 25, 2022, DigitalBridge acquired communications company Telenet Group Holding - Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business from Telenet Group Holding for 745M EUR

Acquisition Context
  • This is DigitalBridge’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is DigitalBridge’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DigitalBridge’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date March 25, 2022
Target Telenet Group Holding - Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) DigitalBridge
Sellers(s) Telenet Group Holding
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 745M EUR

Target Company

Telenet Group Holding - Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business

Mechelen, Belgium
Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business consists of an attractive high-quality portfolio2 of 3,322 sites across Belgium, including 2,158 owned sites, of which nearly 38% are towers, and 1,164 third-party sites. The tenancy ratio across the entire portfolio is 1.2x and 1.6x on towers specifically.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

DigitalBridge

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Business Services
Revenue 607M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

DigitalBridge is a global investment management company managing capital on behalf of its stockholders, as well as institutional and retail investors in private funds, and traded and non-traded real estate investment trusts. DigitalBridge was founded in 1991 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 5 of 7
Sector: Communications 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture 2 of 3
Country: Belgium 1 of 1
Year: 2022 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-26 PCCW - Data Center Business

Hong Kong, China

PCCW's Data Center Business serving global hyper-scale and large enterprise customers via a rapidly growing network of facilities. PCCW's Data Center Business is based in Hong Kong.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-02 Wildstone

London, United Kingdom

Wildstone is an independent outdoor media infrastructure and has a portfolio of over 3,000 billboards across the UK and Europe, including premium digital billboards located along major roads. Wildstone was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell -

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Telenet Group Holding

Mechelen, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Communications
Employees3,000
Revenue 2.6B EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Telenet Group Holding is a provider of communication and media services. Telenet Group Holding was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Mechelen, Belgium.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Communications 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture 2 of 2
Country: Belgium 1 of 1
Year: 2022 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-20 BASE Company nv

Brussels, Belgium

BASE Company nv is a mobile network operator in Belgium with 3.3 million mobile subscribers.

Buy $1.4B

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