secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/ (SHEN)
CIK:        0000354963
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-24-001118
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Shentel sells tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge for $310.3M in cash
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- Transaction includes 226 tower sites (218 macro towers, 8 small cells).
- Initial closing expected in March 2024; Vertical Bridge pays full $310.3M at first close.
- Tower portfolio generated $18.6M revenue, $9.5M operating income, $11.6M adj. EBITDA in 2023.
- Proceeds to fund Glo Fiber expansion to ~600,000 passings by end of 2026.
- Shentel expects to pay up to $10M in 2024 income taxes on the gain.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324001118/0001171843-24-001118-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324001118/f8k_030124.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-001118

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