Evidence library — Helios Towers plc

UK Companies House record for HELIOS TOWERS PLC: company number 12134855, incorporated 1 August 2019, status active, public limited company, registered office Level 21, 8 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ, SIC 64209 (activities of other holding companies), former name HACKPLIMCO (NO.123) PLC (to 12 August 2019).

Relevance: Primary registry record establishing legal identity, incorporation date and former name.

COMESA Competition Commission press release: its Committee Responsible for Initial Determination approved (Decision/MER/20.3/2021, dated 25 September 2021) the acquisition by Helios Towers of the shares of Madagascar Towers S.A. and Malawi Towers Limited, part of the Airtel Africa group; the release records no conditions attached to the approval.

Relevance: Primary competition-regulator record of an approved acquisition expanding the group's tower portfolio.

Helios Towers plc full-year results (year ended 31 December 2019, published 12 March 2020): independent telecom tower infrastructure company with 6,974 sites at year end, operating in Tanzania, DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Ghana and South Africa; CEO named as Kash Pandya; LSE ticker HTWS.

Relevance: Exchange-filed results establishing listing identity, early footprint and leadership at the time.

Helios Towers plc RNS of 25 February 2022: acquired Airtel Africa passive-infrastructure companies in Madagascar (closed November 2021) and Malawi (expected H1 2022); exclusive MoU for Gabon (expected H2 2022, subject to a passive-infrastructure licence); the Chad MoU expired and was not renewed.

Relevance: Exchange-filed detail on the Airtel tower portfolio transactions and market expansion.

Helios Towers corporate website describing the company as a market-leading telecom tower infrastructure company with about 15,000 towers across nine high-growth markets in Africa and the Middle East.

Relevance: Company statement of current scale and footprint.