Helios Towers announces £43m secondary share placing

(Sharecast News) - Telecoms tower company Helios Towers has announced a secondary placing of shares, in which stakeholders Newlight Partners and RIT Capital Partners sold a combined £43.2m of stock. Newlight and RIT, which have not sold any shares in Helios Towers since the company's IPO in 2019, sold 37.6m shares in total at 115p each.

The placing reduced their stakes to 13.2% and 3.2%, respectively.

"The sellers' intention with this transaction is to provide additional liquidity in the company's shares while remaining sizeable shareholders in the company post-sale," Helios Towers said.

Proceeds from secondary offerings go back to the sellers in question and not to the company, but are not dilutive to shareholders since no new shares are issued.

Helios Towers' share price has surged by 42% since the start of 2024 and now stands at 123.2p, broadly in line with its IPO price five years ago.