Exercise of Over-allotment Option

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Helios Towers PLC

31 October 2019

 

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Helios Towers plc

Exercise of Over-allotment Option

Helios Towers plc (the "Company") announces that Merrill Lynch International (Contact: Andrew Briscoe; Telephone: [phone]), acting as the Stabilising Manager in connection with the initial public offering (the "Global Offer") of the Company has today given notice to exercise the over-allotment option (the "Over-allotment Option") granted by Millicom Holding B.V., Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd, Lath Holdings Ltd, ACM Africa Holdings, L.P., RIT Capital Partners Plc, FAMF Investments (BVI) Limited, The Bat Hanadiv Foundation No.3, International Finance Corporation, YCP HTA, L.P. and Network i2i Limited (the "Over-allotment Shareholders") in respect of 32,608,696 ordinary shares of the Company (the "Over-allotment Shares") at the offer price of 115 pence per Over-allotment Share. The Company did not participate in the Over-allotment Option.

Including the exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the final total size of the Global Offer was £287,500,000 (250,000,000 ordinary shares), in total representing 25 per cent of the ordinary shares in the Company currently in issue.

Enquiries

Joint Global Coordinators
BofA Merrill Lynch	[phone]
Luigi Rizzo
Yvonne Ike
Raj Batra
Peter Luck
Jefferies	[phone]
Dominic Lester
Luca Erpici
Simon Hardy
Standard Bank	[phone]
Simon Matthews
Nina Triantis
Jiri Choteborsky
Bookrunners
Renaissance Capital	[phone]
Simon Aird
Risana Zitha
Nika Franke-Matthecka
EFG Hermes	[phone]
Mohamed Fahmi
Karim Meleka
Ali Elkholy
Communications advisor
FTI Consulting LLP	[phone]
Edward Bridges
Stephanie Ellis

Important Legal Information

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed by any person for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness. This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for, or otherwise invest in, securities in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. Any securities referred to herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Any such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.

This announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons in Member States of the European Economic Area ("Member States") who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) (the "Prospectus Regulation") and related implementation measures ("Qualified Investors"). In addition, in the United Kingdom, this announcement is only directed at, and being distributed to, Qualified Investors who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), or who fall within Article 49 of the Order or any other persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement must not be acted on or relied on: (i) in the United Kingdom, by persons who are not relevant persons; and (ii) in any Member State other than the United Kingdom, by persons who are not Qualified Investors. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to: (i) in the United Kingdom, relevant persons; and (ii) in any Member State other than the United Kingdom, Qualified Persons and other persons who are permitted to subscribe for any securities described herein pursuant to an exemption from the Prospectus Regulation and other applicable legislation, and will only be engaged in with such persons.

In South Africa, this announcement and any other materials in relation to the Global Offer are only being distributed to, and are only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, selected persons (i) falling within one of the specified categories listed in section 96(1)(a) of the South African Companies Act, 71 of 2008, as amended (the "South African Companies Act") or (ii) acting as principal, who will acquire securities for a total acquisition cost of R1,000,000 or more, as contemplated in section 96(1)(b) of the South African Companies Act ("South African Qualifying Investors"). Any person who is not a South African Qualifying Investor should not act or rely on the information contained herein. The information contained in this announcement does not constitute, nor form part of, any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer or invitation to purchase any securities and is not an offer to the public as contemplated in the South African Companies Act. This announcement does not, nor does it intend to, constitute a "registered prospectus" or an "advertisement", as contemplated by the South African Companies Act. The information contained in this announcement constitutes factual information as contemplated in section 1(3)(a) of the South African Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002, as amended (the "South African FAIS Act"), and should not be construed as an express or implied recommendation, guide or proposal that any particular transaction in respect of any securities or in relation to the business or future investments of the Company is appropriate to the particular investment objectives, financial situations or needs of a prospective investor, and nothing in this announcement should be construed as constituting the canvassing for, or marketing or advertising of, financial services in South Africa. The Company is not a financial services provider licensed as such under the South African FAIS Act.

For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of Helios Towers' website are not incorporated by reference into, and do not form part of, this announcement.

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