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IHS Towers Announces Proposed Sale to MTN Group Limited for Approximately $6.2 Billion
LONDON & NEW YORK, February 17, 2026--IHS Holding Limited, (NYSE: IHS) ("IHS Towers" or the "Company"), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has today announced that it has entered into a merger agreement (the "Agreement") to be acquired by MTN Group Limited ("MTN"), a pan-African mobile operator, for $8.50 per ordinary share, in an all-cash transaction that values IHS Towers at an enterprise value of
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