M&A Deal Summary

IHS Acquires SP5

On January 24, 2022, IHS acquired communications company SP5 from Grupo TorreSur for 315M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS’s 4th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is IHS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is IHS’s 3rd transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-01-24
Target SP5
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) IHS
Sellers(s) Grupo TorreSur
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 315M USD

Target

SP5

São Paulo, Brazil
SP5 comprises 2,115 towers that represents the culmination of strategy to create an important infrastructure business focusing on historically underserved regions of Brazil.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IHS

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Communications
Employees2,988
Revenue 2.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector (Communications) 4 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Brazil) 3 of 3
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-07 SKYSITES Americas

São Paulo, Brazil

SKYSITES Americas Ltda is a specialist provider of small cells and urban telecommunications infrastructure in Brazil. Skysites’ operations, which comprise approximately 1,000 sites, along with exclusive access to tens of thousands of premium real estate locations in urban settings.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Grupo TorreSur

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Grupo TorreSur is a wireless tower company, that provides infrastructure sharing services which consist of a full turn-key tower leasing service, build-to-suit options, collocation platforms and tower space on a shared basis, under long-term leases, to wireless communications service providers. Grupo TorreSur was founded in 2010 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Brazil) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1