IHS IHS Holding Limited

 

 

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of October 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-40876

 

 

IHS Holding Limited

 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

1 Cathedral Piazza 

123 Victoria Street 

London SW1E 5BP 

United Kingdom

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F  x    Form 40-F  ¨

 

 

 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K

 

IHS Holding Limited Enters into a $439 Million Equivalent Five Year Term Loan

 

October 16, 2024, London: IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”), one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has, on October 7, 2024, entered into a new $439 million equivalent, dual-tranche, five year bullet term loan, split across a $255 million US$ tranche and a South African Rand (ZAR) 3,246 million tranche. The terms of the loan for the US$ and ZAR tranches carry an interest rate of 4.50% plus three-month SOFR and 4.50% plus three-month JIBAR, respectively.

 

Proceeds from the facility, which has been fully drawn down, are expected to be used to fully repay the $430 million IHS Holding Limited term loan entered into in October 2022, and that is due to mature in October 2025. The new financing is therefore expected to be leverage neutral to IHS Towers.

 

The Initial Mandated Lead Arranger, Coordinator and Bookrunner of this transaction was Rand Merchant Bank, with continued support from IHS Towers’ key relationship banks.

 

This new term loan further enhances IHS Towers’ balance sheet in line with the company’s stated desire to extend its maturity profile and shift more of its debt into local currency.

 

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Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this document that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates," “believes,” “estimates,” “forecast,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements. You should read this document and the documents that we reference in this document with the understanding that our actual future results, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. Further information on such assumptions, risks and uncertainties is available in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. Except as required by applicable law, we do not assume, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	IHS Holding Limited
Date: October 16, 2024	By:	/s/ Steve Howden
		Steve Howden
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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