EX-99.1 2 tmb-20220816xex99d1.htm EX-99.1

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by relevant safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements (or their equivalent) of any applicable jurisdiction, including those contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Form 6-K may be 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,” “forecasts,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Form 6-K include, but are not limited to statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, industry and business trends, business strategy, plans, market growth and our objectives for future operations.

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. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to:

non-performance under or termination, non-renewal or material modification of our customer agreements;
volatility in terms of timing for settlement of invoices or our inability to collect amounts due under invoices;
a reduction in the creditworthiness and financial strength of our customers;
the business, legal and political risks in the countries in which we operate;
general macroeconomic conditions in the countries in which we operate;
changes to existing or new tax laws, rates or fees;
foreign exchange risks and/or ability to access U.S. Dollars in our markets;
regional or global health pandemics, including COVID 19, and geopolitical conflicts and wars, including the current situation between Russia and Ukraine;
our inability to successfully execute our business strategy and operating plans, including our ability to increase the number of Colocations and Lease Amendments on our Towers and construct New Sites or develop business related to adjacent telecommunications verticals (including, for example, relating to our anticipated fiber businesses in Latin America and elsewhere) or deliver on our sustainability or environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and initiatives including plans to reduce diesel consumption;
reliance on third-party contractors, including failure, underperformance or inability to provide products or services to us (in a timely manner or at all) due to sanctions regulations, due to supply chain issues or other reasons;
increases in operating expenses, including increased costs for diesel;
failure to renew or extend our ground leases, or protect our rights to access and operate our Towers or other telecommunications infrastructure assets;
loss of customers;
changes to the network deployment plans of mobile operators in the countries in which we operate;
a reduction in demand for our services;
the introduction of new technology reducing the need for tower infrastructure and/or adjacent telecommunication verticals;
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an increase in competition in the telecommunications tower infrastructure industry and/or adjacent telecommunication verticals;
our failure to integrate recent or future acquisitions;
reliance on our senior management team and/or key employees;
failure to obtain required approvals and licenses for some of our sites or businesses or comply with applicable regulations;
environmental liability;
inadequate insurance coverage, property loss and unforeseen business interruption;
compliance with or violations (or alleged violations) of laws, regulations and sanctions, including but not limited to those relating to telecommunications regulatory systems, tax, labor, employment (including new minimum wage regulations), unions, health and safety, antitrust and competition, environmental protection, consumer protection, data privacy and protection, import/export, foreign exchange or currency, and of anti-bribery, anti-corruption and/or money laundering laws, sanctions and regulations;
fluctuations in global prices for diesel or other materials;
disruptions in our supply of diesel or other materials;
legal and arbitration proceedings;
reliance on shareholder support (including to invest in growth opportunities) and related party transaction risks;
risks related to the markets in which we operate;
injury, illness or death of employees, contractors or third parties arising from health and safety incidents;
loss or damage of assets due to security issues or civil commotion;
loss or damage resulting from attacks on any information technology system or software;
loss or damage of assets due to extreme weather events whether or not due to climate change;
failure to meet the requirements of accurate and timely financial reporting and/or meet the standards of internal control over financial reporting that support a clean certification under the Sarbanes Oxley Act;
risks related to our status as a foreign private issuer; and
the important factors discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report.

The forward-looking statements in this Form 6-K are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Form 6-K, 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 Form 6-K and the documents that we reference in this Form 6-K with the understanding that our actual future results, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form 6-K. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this Form 6-K, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.

MIGRATION

On October 13, 2021, in connection with our initial public offering, the Company ceased to be incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius and became incorporated and registered by way of continuation as an exempted company limited by shares

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under and subject to the Companies Act (2021 Revision) of the Cayman Islands. We refer to this, and the related steps, as our “Migration”. Unless the context otherwise requires otherwise, references in this Form 6-K to “IHS Towers,” “the Company,” “the Group,” “we,” “us,”, “our”, “our company, and “our business” refer to the company named IHS Holding Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius prior to the Migration and in the Cayman Islands following the Migration, in each case together with its consolidated subsidiaries as a consolidated entity.

CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

Unless the context provides otherwise, references herein to:

“9mobile” refers to Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, which was previously known as Etisalat Nigeria.
“Airtel Nigeria” refers to Airtel Networks Limited, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa.
“CBN” refers to the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“Centennial Acquisition” refers to the acquisition by us on March 19, 2021 of Centennial Colombia and the acquisition by us on April 8, 2021 of Centennial Brazil, both from affiliates of Centennial Towers Holding LP. At closing, Centennial Colombia had 217 towers and Centennial Brazil had 602 towers.
“Centennial Brazil” refers to Centennial Towers Brasil Coöperatief U.A. and its subsidiaries.
“Centennial Colombia” refers to Centennial Towers Colombia, S.A.S. and its subsidiaries.
“CSS” refers to Cell Sites Solutions — Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A.
“Churn” refers to the loss of tenancies when services provided by us are terminated, a Tenant does not renew its contract or we have ceased recognizing revenue for sites under a customer’s contract in any particular period. When we decommission a site and move a customer from one of our sites to another site to rationalize our portfolio, this is not included in Churn.
“Colocation” refers to the installation of equipment on existing towers for a new tenant alongside current Tenants.
“Colocation Rate” refers to the average number of Tenants per Tower across our portfolio at a given point in time. We calculate the Colocation Rate by dividing the total number of Tenants across our portfolio by the total number of Towers across our portfolio at a given time.
“Dollar”, “USD” or “$” refer to U.S. dollars.
“euro” or “€” refer to the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended.
“GTS SP5 Acquisition” refers to the acquisition by us on March 17, 2022 of São Paulo Cinco Locação de Torres Ltda (“GTS SP5”). At closing, GTS SP5 had 2,115 towers in Brazil.
“IHS Nigeria” refers to IHS (Nigeria) Limited, one of our operating subsidiaries in Nigeria.
“INT Towers” refers to INT Towers Limited, one of our operating subsidiaries in Nigeria.
“Key Customers” refers to MTN Customers, Orange Cameroun S.A., or Orange Cameroon, Orange Côte d’Ivoire S.A., or Orange Côte d’Ivoire, 9mobile, Airtel Nigeria, Airtel Networks Zambia PLC, or Airtel Zambia, Airtel Rwanda Limited, or Airtel Rwanda, Claro S.A., or Claro Brazil, TIM Cellular S.A., or TIM Brasil, Telefonica Brasil S.A., or Vivo Brazil, Colombia Móvile S.A. E.S.P., or Tigo Colombia, COMSEL S.A., or Claro Colombia, Oi S.A., or Oi Brazil, and Zain Kuwait.
“Kuwait Acquisition” refers to the acquisition by us of up to 1,620 towers from Zain Kuwait. The acquisition was signed in October 2017, and we completed multiple closings totaling 1,355 towers as of June 30, 2022. The remaining towers are managed and operated under a Managed Services agreement until such time as these towers can legally be transferred to us. These towers are operated in Kuwait through an entity in which we own 70% of the shares and Zain Kuwait owns the remaining 30%.
“Lease Amendments” refers to the installation of additional equipment on a site or the provision of certain ancillary services for an existing Tenant, for which we charge our customers a recurring lease fee.
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“LTE” refers to long-term evolution, a standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile devices and data terminals. We refer to LTE and 4G interchangeably in this prospectus.
“Managed Services” refers to when MNOs outsource the day-to-day operations of their owned towers, including maintenance, security and power supply.
“MLA” refers to the long-term lease agreements we enter into with our customers, including but not limited to master lease agreements, infrastructure sharing agreements, master tower space use/license agreements and MLL agreements.
“MLL” refers to towers we manage with a license to lease for a defined period. Where there is an MLL agreement, we have the right to lease out space on the tower to other MNOs and provide services, generating further revenue for ourselves. The site owner typically reduces its operating costs and eliminates capital expenditures.
“MNOs” refers to mobile network operators.
“MTN Customers” refers to MTN Nigeria, MTN Côte d’Ivoire S.A., MTN Côte d’Ivoire, MTN Cameroon Limited, MTN Cameroon, MTN Zambia Limited, MTN Zambia, MTN Rwandacell Limited, MTN Rwanda or MTN South Africa.
“MTN Group” refers to MTN Group Limited and its subsidiaries, one of which is one of our shareholders as well as a related party of certain MTN operating entities that are our customers in the countries in which we currently operate. In each African market in which we currently operate, one of the MTN operating entities is a customer of ours.
“MTN Nigeria” refers to MTN Nigeria Communications PLC.
“MTN South Africa Acquisition” refers to the acquisition of approximately 5,691 towers from MTN South Africa on May 31, 2022. As part of the transaction, we will also be required to provide Managed Services to approximately 7,100 additional MTN South Africa sites. IHS Towers will over time own 70% of the South African Towers business with the remaining 30% owned by a B-BBEE consortium.”
“MTN South Africa” refers to Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited
“NAFEX” refers to the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Rate Fixing Methodology.
“Naira” and “₦” refers to the lawful currency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“New Sites” refers to Towers owned and operated by the Group constructed through build-to-suit arrangements for the initial Tenant
“sites” refers to towers that are owned or operated by us.
“Skysites” refers to Skysites Holdings S.A.
“Skysites Acquisition” refers to the acquisition by us on January 6, 2021 of Skysites from a group of eighteen persons. At closing, Skysites had 1,005 towers in Brazil.
“SLAs” refer to site-specific documents or agreements entered into in relation to specific sites pursuant to an MLA.
“subscribers” refers to the number of active subscriber identification module, or SIM, cards in service rather than the number of services provided (excluding machine to machine connections). For example, if a subscriber has both a data and voice plan on a smartphone this would equate to one subscriber. Alternatively, a subscriber who has a data and voice plan for a smartphone and a data plan for a tablet would be counted as two subscribers.
“Tenants” refers to the number of distinct customers who have leased space on each Tower across our portfolio. For example, if one customer had leased tower space on five of our Towers, we would have five Tenants.
“TIM Fiber Acquisition” refers to the acquisition and deployment of TIM Brasil’s secondary fiber network infrastructure. Closing occurred on November 16, 2021. The existing and future fiber assets are operated in Brazil through a new entity, which we refer to as I-Systems, in which we own 51% of the shares and TIM Brasil owns the remaining 49%.
“TIM Brasil” refers to TIM S.A.
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“Towers” refers to ground-based towers, rooftop and wall-mounted towers, cell poles, in-building solutions, small cells, distributed antenna systems and cells-on-wheels, each of which is deployed to support wireless transmission equipment. We measure the number of Towers in our portfolio at a given time by counting the number of Towers that we own or operate with at least one Tenant. The number of Towers in our portfolio excludes any towers for which we provide managed services.
Zain Kuwait refers to Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P.

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PART I ‒ FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF (LOSS)/INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS)/INCOME (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 AND 2021

Three month period

Six months ended

ended

ended

    

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

Note

2022

2021

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenue

 

  

467,683

401,919

913,815

763,569

Cost of sales

 

6

(270,655)

(210,847)

(521,244)

(400,040)

Administrative expenses

 

7

(102,852)

(85,206)

(193,414)

(153,247)

Net (loss allowance)/reversal of loss allowance on trade receivables

 

8

(668)

36,632

1,800

36,620

Other income

 

9

2,967

3,268

4,137

7,056

Operating profit

 

  

96,475

145,766

205,094

253,958

Finance income

 

10

3,895

67,780

45,667

17,282

Finance costs

 

11

(260,897)

(82,589)

(379,914)

(154,621)

(Loss)/profit before income tax

 

  

(160,527)

130,957

(129,153)

116,619

Income tax expense

 

12

(16,970)

(25,298)

(33,225)

(40,013)

(Loss)/profit for the period

 

  

(177,497)

105,659

(162,378)

76,606

(Loss)/profit attributable to:

 

  

  

  

  

  

Owners of the Company

 

  

(175,680)

106,027

(159,162)

77,323

Non‑controlling interests

 

  

(1,817)

(368)

(3,216)

(717)

(Loss)/profit for the period

 

  

(177,497)

105,659

(162,378)

76,606

(Loss)/income per share—basic $

 

13

(0.53)

0.36

(0.48)

0.26

(Loss)/income per share—diluted $

 

13

(0.53)

0.33

(0.48)

0.24

Other comprehensive (loss)/income:

 

  

  

  

  

  

Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss

 

  

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

 

  

(122,475)

41,611

9,319

16,056

Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the period, net of taxes

 

  

(122,475)

41,611

9,319

16,056

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the period

 

  

(299,972)

147,270

(153,059)

92,662

Total comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to:

 

  

  

  

  

  

Owners of the Company

 

  

(274,106)

147,594

(160,311)

93,209

Non‑controlling interests

 

  

(25,866)

(324)

7,252

(547)

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the period

 

  

(299,972)

147,270

(153,059)

92,662

The notes on pages 12 to 43 form part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (UNAUDITED)

AT JUNE 30, 2022 AND DECEMBER 31, 2021

    

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

Note

2022

2021*

$’000

$’000

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

 

  

Noncurrent assets

 

  

 

  

 

  

Property, plant and equipment

 

14

 

2,019,029

 

1,714,261

Right of use assets

 

14

 

713,721

 

520,651

Goodwill

 

15

 

954,096

 

787,665

Other intangible assets

 

15

 

1,207,845

 

830,439

Fair value through other comprehensive income financial assets

 

  

 

11

 

11

Deferred income tax assets

 

  

 

8,826

 

11,064

Derivative financial instrument assets

 

16

 

2,770

 

165,100

Trade and other receivables

 

17

 

155,752

 

75,054

 

5,062,050

 

4,104,245

Current assets

 

  

 

  

 

  

Inventories

 

  

 

61,639

 

42,021

Income tax receivable

 

  

 

666

 

128

Trade and other receivables

 

17

 

712,719

 

469,130

Cash and cash equivalents

 

  

 

567,298

 

916,488

 

1,342,322

 

1,427,767

Total assets

 

  

 

6,404,372

 

5,532,012

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities

 

  

 

  

 

  

Trade and other payables

 

18

 

617,571

 

499,432

Provisions for other liabilities and charges

 

21

 

502

 

343

Derivative financial instrument liabilities

 

16

 

5,328

 

3,771

Income tax payable

 

  

 

57,348

 

68,834

Borrowings

 

19

 

595,282

 

207,619

Lease liabilities

 

20

 

81,824

 

50,560

 

1,357,855

 

830,559

Noncurrent liabilities

 

  

 

  

 

  

Trade and other payables

 

18

 

334

 

312

Borrowings

 

19

 

2,655,672

 

2,401,471

Lease liabilities

 

20

 

409,047

 

325,541

Provisions for other liabilities and charges

 

21

 

122,994

 

71,598

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

  

 

268,129

 

163,920

 

3,456,176

 

2,962,842

Total liabilities

 

  

 

4,814,031

 

3,793,401

EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

Stated capital

 

22

 

5,309,954

 

5,223,484

Accumulated losses

 

  

 

(3,017,807)

 

(2,860,205)

Other reserves

 

23

 

(927,301)

 

(842,911)

Equity attributable to owners of the Company

 

  

 

1,364,846

 

1,520,368

Non‑controlling interest

 

24

 

225,495

 

218,243

Total equity

 

  

 

1,590,341

 

1,738,611

Total liabilities and equity

 

  

 

6,404,372

 

5,532,012

*re-presented to reflect updates to the accounting for the acquisition of Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. in November 2021 (refer to note 27).

The notes on pages 12 to 43  form part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 AND 2021

Attributable to owners of the Company

    

    

    

    

    

    

Non

    

Stated

Accumulated

Other

controlling

Total

Note

capital

losses

reserves

Total

interest

equity

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Balance at January 1, 2021

 

  

4,530,870

(2,835,390)

(485,505)

1,209,975

14,216

1,224,191

NCI arising on business combination

 

24

611

611

Share‑based payment expense

 

25

4,577

4,577

4,577

Total transactions with owners of the company

 

  

4,577

4,577

611

5,188

Profit/(loss) for the period

 

  

77,323

77,323

(717)

76,606

Other comprehensive income

 

  

15,886

15,886

170

16,056

Total comprehensive income/(loss)

 

  

77,323

15,886

93,209

(547)

92,662

Balance at June 30, 2021

 

  

4,530,870

(2,758,067)

(465,042)

1,307,761

14,280

1,322,041

 

  

Balance at January 1, 2022*

5,223,484

(2,860,205)

(842,911)

1,520,368

218,243

1,738,611

Share‑based payment expense

 

25

6,064

6,064

6,064

Options converted to shares

86,470

(86,470)

Other reclassifications related to share based payment

1,560

(2,835)

(1,275)

(1,275)

Total transactions with owners of the company

 

  

86,470

1,560

(83,241)

4,789

4,789

Loss for the period

 

  

(159,162)

(159,162)

(3,216)

(162,378)

Other comprehensive income/(loss)

 

  

(1,149)

(1,149)

10,468

9,319

Total comprehensive (loss)/income

 

  

(159,162)

(1,149)

(160,311)

7,252

(153,059)

Balance at June 30, 2022

 

  

5,309,954

(3,017,807)

(927,301)

1,364,846

225,495

1,590,341

*re-presented to reflect updates to the accounting for the acquisition of Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. in November 2021 (refer to note 27).

The notes on pages 12 to 43  form part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 AND 2021

Three months ended

Six months ended

    

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

Note

2022

2021

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Cash flows from operating activities

 

  

  

  

  

  

Cash from operations

 

26

216,800

190,632

383,407

392,218

Income taxes paid

(23,903)

(15,049)

(40,002)

(19,386)

Payment for rent

(1,587)

(1,343)

(4,130)

(3,188)

Refund/(payment) for tower and tower equipment decommissioning

4

(240)

142

(249)

Net cash generated from operating activities

191,314

174,000

339,417

369,395

Cash flow from investing activities

  

  

  

  

Purchase of property, plant and equipment—capital work in progress

(84,665)

(49,975)

(126,215)

(77,245)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment—others

(12,315)

(4,674)

(36,641)

(8,176)

Payment in advance for property, plant and equipment

(37,074)

(21,093)

(87,913)

(84,292)

Purchase of software and licenses

(12,716)

(307)

(13,004)

(557)

Consideration paid on business combinations, net of cash acquired

(409,545)

(101,654)

(726,924)

(178,873)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

761

2,708

854

3,375

Insurance claims received

464

5,269

1,614

11,782

Interest income received

3,888

1,369

7,016

2,352

Deposit of short term deposits

(166,465)

(288,065)

Refund of short term deposits

100,121

151,582

Net cash used in investing activities

(617,546)

(168,357)

(1,117,696)

(331,634)

Cash flows from financing activities

  

  

  

  

Bank loans received

661,114

78,734

715,793

78,734

Bank loans repaid

(33,360)

(48,585)

(70,027)

(60,538)

Fees on loans and derivative instruments

(6,417)

(3,643)

(9,277)

(8,095)

Interest paid

(50,571)

(8,388)

(104,669)

(73,348)

Payment for the principal of lease liabilities

(14,402)

(13,694)

(29,751)

(27,270)

Interest paid for lease liabilities

(9,525)

(9,773)

(16,220)

(14,717)

Initial margin received on non‑deliverable forwards

633

57

6,477

30,665

Initial margin deposited on non‑deliverable forwards

(11,903)

(Losses)/gains received on non‑deliverable forwards

(284)

13,343

(3,025)

40,204

Net generated from/(cash used) in financing activities

547,188

8,051

489,301

(46,268)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

120,956

13,694

(288,978)

(8,507)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

508,609

545,396

916,488

585,416

Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash

(62,267)

(17,446)

(60,212)

(35,265)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

567,298

541,644

567,298

541,644

The notes on pages 12 to 43  form part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.General Information

The financial statements are the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements (hereafter “financial statements”) of IHS Holding Limited (“IHS Towers") and its subsidiaries (together hereafter referred to as the Group). As of June 30, 2022, IHS was an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands. The Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands and the address of its registered office is 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands.

The financial period represents the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, with the prior period representing the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. The financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars ($) and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand, except where otherwise indicated.

2.Significant accounting policies

2.1Basis of preparation

The financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’ (IAS 34), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

The financial statements do not amount to full financial statements and do not include all of the information and disclosures required for full annual financial statements. It should be read in conjunction with the consolidated annual financial statements of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2021, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the IASB, as noted within note 2.1 of the consolidated annual financial statements.

In management’s opinion, the accompanying financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of its financial position as of June 30, 2022, and its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, and statement of changes in equity for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. The condensed statement of financial position as at December 31, 2021, was derived from audited annual financial statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements.

2.2Approval

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized and approved for issue on August 15, 2022.

2.3Income tax

Taxes on income in the interim periods are accrued using the tax rate that would be applicable to expected total annual profit or loss.

2.4Changes in accounting policies and disclosures

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting period.

A number of new or amended standards became applicable for the current reporting period. The Group did not have to change its accounting policies or make retrospective adjustments as a result of adopting these standards.

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2.5Segment reporting

Operating segments are components of IHS’ business activities about which separate financial statements are available and reported internally to the chief operating decision maker. The Group’s Executive Committee has been identified as the chief operating decision maker, responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments.

The Group’s Executive Committee currently consists of the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), the General Counsel, the Deputy CFO, the IHS Nigeria CEO, the Chief Strategy Officer, the Chief Human Resource Officer and the Senior Vice President of Communications.

Where operating segments share similar characteristics, they have been aggregated into reportable segments, of which the Group has identified four: Nigeria, Sub Saharan Africa (“SSA”), Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) and Latin America (“Latam”).

3.Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

The preparation of interim financial statements requires management to make certain judgements, accounting estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for the assets and liabilities at the reporting date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the period. The nature of the estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates.

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgements made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same, except as mentioned below, as those that applied to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(a)Going Concern—Coronavirus and Russia and Ukraine conflict

The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting measures taken by the federal and state governments in the countries where we operate to contain the virus have required some changes to how we operate (for example travel restrictions, increased working from home, practicing social distancing, increased hygiene measures and enhanced risk and contingency planning). During the current period however, and during the period after June 30, 2022 the financial impact on our business has not been significant as our operational teams were allowed to fulfil their responsibilities and visit sites even when local travel restrictions were in place.

However, in addition to the already known effects, the macroeconomic uncertainty causes disruption to economic activity and it is unknown what the longer-term impact on our business may be. The remaining duration of this pandemic remains uncertain but is expected to continue to impact the way we run our business, in particular, in relation to office working and the ability to travel internationally without restriction.

The Russia and Ukraine conflict has impacted global diesel prices as well as the supply chain for raw materials such as steel and for equipment, including batteries. In addition, the conflict has also impacted global financial markets leading to higher interest rates and inflation. The Group has no direct operations in Ukraine or trading with sanctioned individuals and companies.

The below table outlines Management’s assessment of and response to the main risks arising from the current uncertain situation regarding COVID-19, and the Russia and Ukraine conflict. These risks inherently impact the significant judgements and estimates made by management.

Assessment

Risk discussion and response

Revenue and profitability

·

Limited impact on revenue collections thus far.

·

The Group has long-term revenue contracts with its customers amounting to $11.7 billion in contracted revenue.

·

Our ability to collect revenue from our customers is impacted by our customers ability to generate and collect revenues from their operations. However, our customers have, in the main, seen an increased demand for their services.

·

The impact on collections has thus far been limited and the Group remains in constant conversation with customers regarding their liquidity and ability to meet their obligations.

·

The Group regularly reviews measures for cost savings whilst maintaining its ability to operate effectively and towards strategic goals.

·

The Group has continued to invest in capital expenditure which supports revenue growth, albeit somewhat affected by a slowdown in supply chain. The Group will continue to invest in capital expenditure relating to revenue growth and cost saving initiatives during 2022.

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Assessment

Risk discussion and response

·

Customers continue to perform, and we have not experienced significant deterioration in payments.

Liquidity

·

Sufficient liquidity is available.

·

No current impact on going concern.

·

The Group has cash and cash equivalents of $567.3 million as at June 30, 2022.

·

Management has assessed current cash reserves and the availability of undrawn facilities and continues to monitor available liquidity in the context of ongoing operational requirements and planned capital expenditure.

·

In the context of current commitments and available liquidity, management believes that the going concern assumption remains appropriate.

·

All of the Groups operations are cash generative.

Access to USD

·

Moderate risk due to decreased availability.

·

While there has been a reduction in US dollar liquidity in the Nigerian market, we were still able to source US dollars locally to fund our semi-annual coupons during the period as well as future coupons.

Workforce and internal controls

·

Minimal impact to date.

·

Employees have returned to office following guidance by local regulations. The periods of remote working have had limited impact on the operation of and management oversight over internal controls which continue to operate effectively.

·

Operational employees continue to operate in the field while observing strict safety guidelines.

·

Our IT team monitors the increased risk of fraud, data or security breaches, loss of data and the potential for other cyber-related attacks and utilizes security measures to mitigate such risks.

Supply chain

·

Minimal impact to date.

·

The Group works closely with suppliers and contractors to ensure availability of supplies on site, especially diesel supplies which are critical to many of our operations. However, some risk remains with continued disruptions in global supply chain worsened by current geopolitical issues and specifically a delay on new orders of batteries and diesel. The effect of the delay in supply of batteries have been mitigated to date by orders placed in advance.

·

Regular maintenance of our towers continues while observing strict safety guidelines for our employees and our suppliers and contractors.

Due to the uncertainty of COVID-19, and the Russia and Ukraine conflict we will continue to assess the situation, including abiding by any government-imposed restrictions, market by market. As part of their regular assessment of the Group’s liquidity and financing position, the Directors have prepared detailed forecasts for a period which extends beyond 12 months after the date of approval of these financial statements. In assessing the forecasts, the Directors have considered:

the current economic conditions in the operating markets and how that impacts trading;
the impact of macroeconomic factors, particularly interest rates and foreign exchange rates;
the status of the Groups financial arrangements (see also note 19);
mitigating actions available should business activities fall behind current expectations; and
additional sensitivity analysis under a stressed scenario to assess the impact of a severe but plausible downside case.

Whilst inherently uncertain, and we expect some impact to our operations and performance, we currently do not believe that the COVID-19 outbreak or the Russia and Ukraine conflict will directly have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or liquidity for the foreseeable future. Having carefully considered this and the other factors noted above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of issuance of these financial statements and to operate within

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the covenant levels of its current debt facilities. The Directors therefore continue to consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

4.Capital risk management

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks including market risk (foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk.

The financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required in annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Group’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

There have been no changes in any risk management policies since December 31, 2021.

Fair value hierarchy

The table below analyzes financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. The different levels have been defined as follows:

Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1).
Inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices) (level 2).
Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is unobservable inputs) (level 3).

The following tables present the Group’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value at June 30, 2022 and at December 31, 2021.

June 30, 2022

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Fair value through other comprehensive income financial assets

11

11

Embedded options within listed bonds (note 16)

2,770

2,770

Non‑deliverable forwards (NDF) (note 16)

(5,328)

(5,328)

11

(2,558)

(2,547)

December 31, 2021

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Fair value through other comprehensive income financial assets

11

11

Embedded options within listed bonds (note 16)

165,100

165,100

Non‑deliverable forwards (NDF) (note 16)

(3,771)

(3,771)

11

161,329

161,340

At June 30, 2022 the Group had both level 1 and level 2 financial instruments.

Financial assets in level 1

The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the reporting date. A market is regarded as active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, or regulatory agency, and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by the Group is the current bid price. These instruments are included

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in level 1. Instruments included in level 1 comprise investments in marketable securities classified as fair value through other comprehensive income financial assets.

Financial assets in level 2

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, over-the-counter derivatives) is determined by using valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximize the use of observable market data where it is available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in level 2. Instruments included in level 2 comprise non-deliverable forwards (NDF) and options embedded in the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes. Their fair values are determined based on mark-to-market values provided by the counterparty financial institutions or valuation techniques using observable market data.

Financial instruments in level 3

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, over-the-counter derivatives) is determined by using valuation techniques. These valuation techniques are not based on observable market data and rely on entity or market specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are not observable, the instrument is included in level 3.

Fair value estimation

At June 30, 2022

At December 31, 2021

Carrying

Fair

Carrying

Fair

    

Value

    

Value

    

Value

    

Value

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Financial liabilities

Bank and bond borrowings (note 19)

 

3,250,954

2,995,311

 

2,609,090

 

2,668,792

 

3,250,954

 

2,995,311

 

2,609,090

 

2,668,792

The fair values of non-current liabilities are based on discounted cash flows using a current borrowing rate.

The fair values of current assets and current liabilities are not materially different from their carrying values.

5. Segment reporting

The Group’s Executive Committee, identified as the chief operating decision maker (CODM), reviews and evaluates the Group’s performance from a business perspective according to how the geographical locations are managed. Regional and operating company management are responsible for managing performance, underlying risks, and effectiveness of operations. Regions are broadly based on a scale and geographic basis because the Group’s risks and rates of return are affected predominantly by the fact that the Group operates in different geographical areas, namely Nigeria as  the current largest market, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia, as our Sub Saharan Africa business (“SSA”), Kuwait and Egypt as our Middle East and North Africa business (“MENA”) and Brazil, Colombia and Peru as our Latin America business (“Latam”).

The Executive Committee reviews the Company’s internal reporting to assess performance and allocate resources. Management has determined the operating segments based on these reports.

The CODM has identified four operating segments:

Nigeria
SSA, which comprises operations in Cameroon, Côte dIvoire, Rwanda and Zambia, along with the newly acquired operations in South Africa (refer to note 27).
Latam, which comprises operations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru
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MENA, which comprises operations in Kuwait and Egypt. Although full operations in Egypt have not commenced, the business has incurred some startup costs.

All operating segments are engaged in the business of some of or all of the following: leasing tower space for communication equipment to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other customers (internet service providers, security functions or private corporations), providing fiber connectivity, providing managed services in limited situations, such as maintenance, operations and leasing services, for certain towers owned by third parties within their respective geographic areas. However, they are managed and grouped within the four operating segments, which are primarily distinguished by reference to the scale of operations, to the similarity of their future prospects and long-term financial performance (i.e. margins and geographic basis).

The CODM primarily uses a measure of Segment Adjusted EBITDA (defined as profit/(loss) for the period, before income tax expense/(benefit), finance costs and income, depreciation and amortization, impairment of withholding tax receivables, business combination transaction costs, impairment of property, plant and equipment and related prepaid land rent on the decommissioning of sites, net (profit)/loss on sale of assets, share based payment (credit)/expense, insurance claims, listing costs and certain other items that management believes are not indicative of the core performance of its business)) to assess the performance of the business. The CODM also regularly receives information about the Group’s revenue, assets and liabilities. The Group has additional corporate costs which do not meet the quantitative thresholds to be separately reported and which are aggregated in ‘Other’ in the reconciliation of financial statements presented below. These include costs associated with centralized Group functions including Group executive, legal, finance, tax and treasury services.

There are no revenue transactions which occur between operating segments. Intercompany finance income, finance costs and loans are not included in the amounts below.

The segment’s assets and liabilities are comprised of all assets and liabilities attributable to the segment, based on the operations of the segment and the physical location of the assets or liabilities, including goodwill and other intangible assets and are measured in the same way as in the financial statements. Other assets and liabilities that are not attributable to Nigeria, SSA, Latam and MENA segments consist principally of amounts excluded from specific segments including costs incurred for and by Group functions not attributable directly to the operations of the reportable segments, share-based payment and any amounts due on debt held at Group level as the balances are not utilized in assessing each segment’s performance.

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Summarized financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2022 is as follows:

2022

    

Nigeria

    

SSA

    

Latam

    

MENA

    

Other

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenues from external customers

641,781

180,530

74,013

17,491

913,815

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

386,717

99,926

53,017

7,788

(63,463)

483,985

Depreciation and amortization (note 6 and 7)

(222,680)

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment (note 7)

(13,784)

Insurance claims (note 9)

1,616

Impairment of withholding tax receivables

(27,717)

Business combination transaction costs

(14,039)

Other costs (a)

(514)

Net reversal of impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent

1,331

Share‑based payment expense (note 7)

(5,625)

Finance income (note 10)

45,667

Finance costs (note 11)

(379,914)

Other income

2,521

Loss before income tax

(129,153)

Additions of property, plant and equipment, right of use assets and intangible assets:

  

  

  

  

  

  

- through business combinations

630,677

365,940

- in the normal course of business

128,189

52,171

51,126

12,346

Segment assets (at June 30, 2022)

2,279,885

1,655,287

1,917,099

176,422

Segment liabilities (at June 30, 2022)

922,197

893,943

573,587

105,967

(a)Other costs for the six months ended June 30, 2022 included professional costs related to SOX implementation costs.
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Summarized financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

2021

    

Nigeria

    

SSA

    

Latam

    

MENA

    

Other

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenues from external customers

557,863

167,110

24,730

13,866

763,569

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

420,189

94,664

17,880

6,152

(48,856)

490,029

Depreciation and amortization (note 6 and 7)

(183,925)

Net gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment (note 7)

1,538

Insurance claims (note 9)

5,402

Impairment of withholding tax receivables

(32,684)

Business combination transaction costs

(5,948)

Other costs (a)

(10,193)

Impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent

(2,813)

Listing costs

(4,035)

Share‑based payment expense (note 7)

(4,682)

Finance income (note 10)

17,282

Finance costs (note 11)

(154,621)

Other income

1,269

Profit before income tax

116,619

Additions of property, plant and equipment, right of use assets and intangible assets:

  

  

  

  

  

  

- through business combinations

262,842

5,388

- in the normal course of business

112,875

22,637

48,270

7,470

Segment assets (at June 30, 2021)

2,100,992

987,326

1,044,422

152,425

Segment liabilities (at June 30, 2021)

767,949

498,596

425,839

102,611

(a)Other costs for the six months ended June 30, 2021 related to non-recurring professional costs related to financing.

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Summarized financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2022 is as follows:

2022

    

Nigeria

    

SSA

    

Latam

    

MENA

    

Other

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenues from external customers

321,125

94,902

42,780

8,876

467,683

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

 

183,698

 

52,927

 

30,904

 

4,170

 

(32,586)

 

239,113

Depreciation and amortization (note 6 and 7)

 

 

(114,840)

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment (note 7)

 

 

(13,617)

Insurance claims (note 9)

 

 

466

Impairment of withholding tax receivables

 

 

(12,932)

Business combination transaction costs

 

 

(5,679)

Reversal of impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land

 

 

3,514

Share‑based payment expense (note 7)

 

 

(2,051)

Finance income (note 10)

 

 

3,895

Finance costs (note 11)

 

 

(260,897)

Other income

2,501

Loss before income tax

 

 

(160,527)

Additions of property, plant and equipment, right of use assets and intangible assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

- through business combinations

 

 

630,677

 

 

 

- in the normal course of business

 

72,039

 

39,254

 

23,918

 

7,691

 

Segment assets (at June 30, 2022)

 

2,279,885

 

1,655,287

 

1,917,099

 

176,422

 

Segment liabilities (at June 30, 2022)

 

922,197

 

893,943

 

573,587

 

105,967

 

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Summarized financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

2021

    

Nigeria

    

SSA

    

Latam

    

MENA

    

Other

    

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenues from external customers

296,610

83,940

14,227

7,142

401,919

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

240,267

46,048

10,406

3,095

(24,810)

275,006

Depreciation and amortization (note 6 and 7)

(94,740)

Net gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment (note 7)

1,574

Insurance claims (note 9)

1,614

Impairment of withholding tax receivables

(17,593)

Business combination transactions costs

(4,713)

Other costs (a)

(8,153)

Impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land

(2,093)

Listing costs

(2,914)

Share‑based payment expense (note 7)

(3,491)

Finance income (note 10)

67,780

Finance costs (note 11)

(82,589)

Other income

1,269

Profit before income tax

130,957

Additions of property, plant and equipment, right of use assets and intangible assets:

  

  

  

  

  

  

- through business combinations

140,231

5,388

- in the normal course of business

60,182

16,203

30,816

4,770

Segment assets (at June 30, 2021)

2,100,992

987,326

1,044,422

152,425

Segment liabilities (at June 30, 2021)

767,950

498,596

425,839

102,611

Revenue from two tier one customers represents approximately 10% or more of the Group’s total revenue as follows:

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

 

$’000

$’000

Customer A

62

%

65

%

62

%

66

%

Customer B

16

%

14

%

16

%

14

%

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6.Cost of sales

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Tower repairs and maintenance

21,460

16,451

43,257

36,653

Power generation

104,698

66,705

192,254

114,681

Short term site rental

5,967

2,003

8,976

3,960

Short term other rent

464

1,085

1,303

2,250

Vehicle maintenance and repairs

577

426

1,034

1,127

Site regulatory permits

7,009

7,574

18,041

15,650

Security services

9,946

9,143

19,338

18,419

Insurance

1,229

1,043

2,397

2,084

Staff costs

7,927

6,277

15,210

13,452

Travel costs

833

2,931

1,241

3,936

Professional fees

620

635

1,903

1,365

Depreciation (note 14)*

97,491

83,636

192,739

161,590

Amortization (note 15)

14,504

8,307

22,150

16,559

Net (reversal of impairment)/impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent

(3,514)

2,093

(1,331)

2,813

Other

1,444

2,538

2,732

5,501

270,655

210,847

521,244

400,040

Foreign exchange gains and losses on cost of sales are included in Other.

*      Presented net of related indirect tax receivable in Brazil of $0.7 million in 2022. Refer to note 14.

7.Administrative expenses

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Facilities, short term rental and upkeep

8,863

6,622

16,891

12,261

Depreciation (note 14)

2,282

2,011

4,391

4,191

Amortization (note 15)

563

786

3,400

1,585

Travel costs

4,182

1,662

6,659

3,497

Staff costs

31,718

25,037

61,849

48,345

Key management compensation

3,968

1,751

8,323

3,689

Share‑based payment expense

2,051

3,491

5,625

4,682

Professional fees

10,150

17,753

18,470

28,091

Business combination transaction costs

5,679

4,713

14,039

5,948

Impairment of withholding tax receivables*

12,932

17,593

27,717

32,684

Net loss/(gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

13,617

(1,574)

13,784

(1,538)

Operating taxes

138

1,122

341

1,221

Other

6,709

4,239

11,925

8,591

102,852

85,206

193,414

153,247

*

Withholding tax is impaired based on the Group’s assessment of the recoverability of withholding tax assets based on a five-year cash flow projection and an analysis of the utilization of withholding tax balances against future income tax liabilities.

Foreign exchange gains and losses on administrative expenses are included in other.

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8.Reversal of loss allowance/(loss allowance) on trade receivables

The net credit for the six months ended June 30, 2022 of $1.8 million (six months ended June 30, 2021: credit of $36.6 million) and the net expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022 of $0.7 million (three months ended June 30, 2021: credit of $36.6 million) arises in respect of loss allowances for trade receivables. This represents the net impact of the reversal of allowances made in previous periods in respect of balances recovered in the period or no longer considered doubtful partially offset by new or increased provisions for balances now assessed as doubtful. During the three months and six months period ended June 30, 2021, there was a non-recurring $36.5 million reversal of loss allowance in respect of one Key Customer due to improvement of collections.

9.Other income

Three months ended

Six months ended

    

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Insurance claims

466

 

1,614

 

1,616

 

5,402

Other income

 

2,501

 

1,654

 

2,521

 

1,654

 

2,967

 

3,268

 

4,137

 

7,056

10.Finance income

Three months ended

Six months ended

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Interest income—bank deposits

 

3,888

 

1,369

 

7,016

 

2,352

Net foreign exchange gain on derivative instruments—unrealized

 

 

15,288

 

 

Net foreign exchange gain on derivative instruments—realized

 

7

 

 

 

12,504

Net foreign exchange gain arising from financing – unrealized

 

 

32,452

 

38,651

 

Fair value gain on embedded derivative in revenue contract

4,133

2,426

Fair value gain on embedded options

14,538

 

3,895

 

67,780

 

45,667

 

17,282

11.Finance costs

Three months ended

Six months ended

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Interest expenses—third party loans

 

59,567

 

38,887

 

114,678

 

78,857

Unwinding of discount on decommissioning liability

 

1,434

 

1,139

 

2,667

 

2,024

Interest and finance charges paid/payable for lease liabilities

 

12,252

 

7,182

 

21,812

 

14,370

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing—unrealized

 

73,188

 

 

 

6,004

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing—realized

 

53,905

 

19,312

 

63,678

 

35,874

Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments—unrealized

 

2,114

 

 

3,374

 

6,200

Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments—realized

 

 

14,357

 

1,130

 

Fair value loss on embedded options

 

53,330

 

 

162,330

 

7,148

Fees on loans and financial derivatives

 

5,107

 

1,712

 

10,245

 

4,144

 

260,897

 

82,589

 

379,914

 

154,621

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

12.Taxation

Three months ended

Six months ended

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

2022

2021

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Current taxes on income

 

22,539

 

24,731

 

52,008

 

46,200

Deferred income taxes

 

(5,569)

 

567

 

(18,783)

 

(6,187)

Total taxes

 

16,970

 

25,298

 

33,225

 

40,013

Income tax expense is recognized based on management’s estimate of the weighted average annual income tax rate for the period by jurisdiction.

There is a current tax charge of $22.5 million as a result of permanent differences and temporary differences giving rise to potential deferred tax assets which have been impaired.

The increase in deferred tax liabilities from $163.9 million at December 31, 2021 to $268.1 million at June 30, 2022 is due to the GTS SP5 Acquisition and MTN South Africa Acquisition.

13.(Loss)/income per share

The following table sets forth basic and diluted net income/(loss) per common share computational data (in thousands, except per share data):

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

(Loss)/profit attributable to equity holders ($’000)

(177,497)

105,659

(162,378)

76,606

Less: allocation of loss to non‑controlling interest ($’000)

 

(1,817)

 

(368)

 

(3,216)

 

(717)

(Loss)/profit attributable to IHS common shareholders ($’000)

 

(175,680)

 

106,027

 

(159,162)

 

77,323

Basic weighted average shares outstanding (‘000)*

 

331,688

 

294,103

 

330,128

 

294,103

Potentially dilutive securities (‘000)*

 

3,467

 

23,749

 

4,648

 

23,742

Potentially dilutive weighted average common shares outstanding (‘000)

 

335,155

 

317,852

 

334,776

 

317,845

(Loss)/income per share:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic (loss)/income per share ($)

 

(0.53)

 

0.36

 

(0.48)

 

0.26

Diluted (loss)/income per share ($)

 

(0.53)

 

0.33

 

(0.48)

 

0.24

Potentially dilutive securities include share-based compensation options, but for the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 these securities were anti-dilutive and thus do not impact diluted loss per share.

*

On October 13, 2021 all of the outstanding Class A and Class B shares of the Company were exchanged on a 500 to 1 basis for ordinary shares and the outstanding options granted pursuant to the Company’s existing Long Term Incentive Plan were converted into ordinary shares. The income/(loss) per share is based on the new number of shares.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

14.Property, plant and equipment

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Total

    

(excluding

Towers 

Land

Furniture

Capital

Right of

and tower

Fiber

and

 and office

Motor

work in

use

Right of

equipment

assets

 buildings

equipment

vehicles

progress

asset)

use assets

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Cost

At January 1, 2021

 

2,660,120

 

 

47,436

 

18,169

 

20,148

 

74,646

 

2,820,519

 

549,594

Additions during the year

 

20,995

 

 

825

 

5,056

 

6,012

 

224,479

 

257,367

 

113,722

Additions through business combinations***

 

77,142

 

226,538

 

968

 

93

 

 

5,495

 

310,236

 

41,709

Reclassification

 

124,548

 

23,241

 

5,999

 

 

 

(153,788)

 

 

Transfer from advance payments

 

111,439

 

7,862

 

4,112

 

 

 

3,959

 

127,372

 

Disposals*

 

(21,359)

 

 

 

(82)

 

(1,825)

 

 

(23,266)

 

(18,872)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

(143,357)

 

(6,951)

 

(3,072)

 

(1,038)

 

(877)

 

(8,438)

 

(163,733)

 

(35,649)

At December 31, 2021***

 

2,829,528

 

250,690

 

56,268

 

22,198

 

23,458

 

146,353

 

3,328,495

 

650,504

At January 1, 2022

 

2,829,528

 

250,690

 

56,268

 

22,198

 

23,458

 

146,353

 

3,328,495

 

650,504

Additions during the period

 

(18,063)

25,074

1,916

4,477

4,261

126,215

 

143,880

 

49,585

Additions through business combinations (note 27)

 

288,230

885

 

289,115

 

179,810

Reclassification

 

56,910

5,638

1,095

371

(64,014)

 

 

Transfer from advance payments

 

6,560

5,593

1,489

6

25,335

 

38,983

 

Disposals*

 

(199,596)

171

(369)

(435)

 

(200,229)

 

(5,479)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

(7,328)

15,029

757

(284)

(227)

(457)

 

7,490

 

(380)

At June 30, 2022

 

2,956,241

 

302,195

 

62,410

 

26,399

 

27,057

 

233,432

 

3,607,734

 

874,040

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At January 1, 2021

 

1,352,192

 

 

1,728

 

14,291

 

14,268

 

 

1,382,479

 

81,464

Charge for the year

 

272,068

 

5,366

 

296

 

3,806

 

2,902

 

 

284,438

 

60,685

Impairment

 

48,391

 

 

(318)

 

 

 

 

48,073

 

2,797

Disposals*

 

(14,660)

 

 

 

(73)

 

(1,816)

 

 

(16,549)

 

(8,634)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

(82,676)

 

(12)

 

(69)

 

(867)

 

(583)

 

 

(84,207)

 

(6,459)

At December 31, 2021

 

1,575,315

 

5,354

 

1,637

 

17,157

 

14,771

 

 

1,614,234

 

129,853

At January 1, 2022

 

1,575,315

 

5,354

 

1,637

 

17,157

 

14,771

 

 

1,614,234

 

129,853

Charge for the period**

 

131,915

25,929

158

3,309

2,195

 

163,506

 

34,291

Impairment/(reversal of impairment)

 

(2,360)

97

 

(2,263)

 

953

Disposals*

 

(185,289)

(295)

(435)

 

(186,019)

 

(4,254)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

278

(682)

31

(240)

(140)

 

(753)

 

(524)

At June 30, 2022

 

1,519,859

 

30,698

 

1,826

 

19,931

 

16,391

 

 

1,588,705

 

160,319

Net book value

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At December 31, 2021

 

1,254,213

 

245,336

 

54,631

 

5,041

 

8,687

 

146,353

 

1,714,261

 

520,651

At June 30, 2022

 

1,436,382

 

271,497

 

60,584

 

6,468

 

10,666

 

233,432

 

2,019,029

 

713,721

*

The disposals value of right of use assets represents disposals due to terminated leases and the impact of remeasurement of lease assets as a result of changes in lease terms.

**

The charge for the period does not agree to the charge in the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income due to the indirect taxes benefit of $0.7 million in IHS Brasil Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. claimed through depreciation over the useful life of the asset.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

***

Re-presented to reflect updates to the accounting for the acquisition of Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. in November 2021 (refer to note 27).

Capital work-in-progress comprises mainly of tower and tower equipment still under construction and not yet available for use. The Group transfers such assets to the appropriate class once they are available for use. There were no qualifying borrowing costs capitalized during the year.

The reversal of impairment in the period ended June 30, 2022 relates to previously impaired towers and tower equipment disposed of in the current period. The impairment in the year ended December 31, 2021 is primarily driven by the rationalization program agreed with a Key Customer which resulted in the impairment of the related Towers. It was determined that the recoverable amounts were lower than carrying amounts and therefore their carrying amounts were written down to the recoverable amount. The impairment losses have been recognized in cost of sales in the consolidated statement of (loss)/income and other comprehensive loss.

15.Goodwill and other intangible assets

    

    

Customer 

    

Network

    

    

    

related

related

intangible

intangible

Goodwill

assets

assets

Licenses

Software

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Cost

At January 1, 2021

 

656,507

 

732,434

 

73,552

 

15,796

 

22,091

 

1,500,380

Additions during the year

 

 

 

 

3,145

 

1,909

 

5,054

Additions through business combinations*

 

164,855

 

175,170

 

38,624

 

 

1,035

 

379,684

Disposals

 

 

 

 

(18)

 

(723)

 

(741)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

(33,446)

 

(45,537)

 

(4,567)

 

(1,217)

 

(514)

 

(85,281)

At December 31, 2021*

 

787,916

 

862,067

 

107,609

 

17,706

 

23,798

 

1,799,096

At January 1, 2022

 

787,916

 

862,067

 

107,609

 

17,706

 

23,798

 

1,799,096

Additions during the period

 

11,999

1,005

 

13,004

Additions through business combinations (note 27)

 

149,543

308,730

69,419

 

527,692

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

16,888

9,831

289

(1,514)

2,540

 

28,034

At June 30, 2022

 

954,347

 

1,180,628

 

177,317

 

28,191

 

27,343

 

2,367,826

Accumulated amortization and impairment

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At January 1, 2021

 

251

 

109,715

 

19,022

 

6,456

 

17,839

 

153,283

Charge for the year

 

 

29,037

 

4,237

 

978

 

3,914

 

38,166

Disposals

 

 

 

 

(15)

 

(726)

 

(741)

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

 

(7,184)

 

(1,374)

 

(542)

 

(616)

 

(9,716)

At December 31, 2021

 

251

 

131,568

 

21,885

 

6,877

 

20,411

 

180,992

At January 1, 2022

 

251

 

131,568

 

21,885

 

6,877

 

20,411

 

180,992

Charge for the period

 

20,609

3,090

936

915

 

25,550

Effects of movement in exchange rates

 

(2,551)

(347)

(500)

2,741

 

(657)

At June 30, 2022

 

251

 

149,626

 

24,628

 

7,313

 

24,067

 

205,885

Net book value

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At December 31, 2021

 

787,665

 

730,499

 

85,724

 

10,829

 

3,387

 

1,618,104

At June 30, 2022

 

954,096

 

1,031,002

 

152,689

 

20,878

 

3,276

 

2,161,941

* Re-presented to reflect updates to the accounting for the acquisition of Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. in November 2021 (refer to note 27).

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Network-related intangible assets represent future income from leasing excess tower capacity to new Tenants. Customer-related intangible assets represent customer contracts and relationships.

16.Derivative financial instruments

The derivative instruments have been classified as fair value through profit or loss. The instruments are measured at fair value with the resultant gains or losses recognized in the statement of income and other comprehensive income. The related net foreign exchange gain/(loss) is included in finance income (note 10) and finance costs (note 11).

The underlying contractual notional amounts for the derivative instruments are as follows, at December 31, 2021 and at June 30, 2022:

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Derivative instruments

Non‑deliverable forwards

 

118,536

 

124,023

Embedded options within listed bonds

 

1,940,000

 

1,940,000

 

2,058,536

 

2,064,023

The fair value balances are as follows:

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Derivative instruments

  

  

Non‑deliverable forwards

 

(5,328)

 

(3,771)

Embedded options within listed bonds

 

2,770

 

165,100

 

(2,558)

 

161,329

The change in fair value of the derivative instruments has been recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of (loss)/income and other comprehensive (loss)/income as follows:

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

2022

2021

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Derivative instruments

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Non‑deliverable forwards

 

(2,114)

 

15,288

 

(3,374)

 

(6,200)

Embedded options within listed bonds

 

(53,330)

 

14,538

 

(162,330)

 

(7,148)

Embedded options within revenue contracts

 

 

4,133

 

 

2,426

 

(55,444)

 

33,959

 

(165,704)

 

(10,922)

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

17.Trade and other receivables

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Current

  

  

Trade receivables

 

311,581

 

253,852

Less: impairment provisions

(29,361)

 

(31,063)

Net trade receivables*

 

282,220

 

222,789

Other receivables**

 

333,308

 

199,136

Prepaid land rent

 

1,760

 

1,069

Other prepaid expenses

 

27,996

 

25,080

Advance payments

 

13,170

 

14,663

Withholding tax

 

1,107

 

992

VAT receivables

 

53,158

 

5,401

 

712,719

 

469,130

Noncurrent

 

  

 

  

Accrued income and lease incentive

 

40,398

 

21,408

Payment in advance for property, plant and equipment

 

109,425

 

48,071

Contingent consideration receivable***

5,929

5,575

 

155,752

 

75,054

*

The fair value is equal to their carrying amount.

**

Included in other receivables are margins on non-deliverable forward contracts and short-term fixed deposits which are not classified as cash and cash equivalents as it exceeds the three-month maturity period.

***

Refer to note 27.

Payment in advance for property, plant and equipment relates to the future supply of tower and tower equipment. All non-current receivables are due within twenty years from the end of the reporting period. All current trade and other receivables are due within the 12 months from the end of the reporting period. The Group does not secure any collateral for its trade receivables.

18.Trade and other payables

    

June 30, 

December 31, 

 

2022

2021

    

$’000

    

$’000

Current

  

  

Trade payables

433,301

342,841

Deferred revenue

55,828

20,435

Withholding tax payable

4,049

4,517

Payroll and other related statutory liabilities

30,575

53,446

VAT payables

49,218

37,973

Other payables

44,600

40,220

617,571

499,432

Noncurrent

  

  

Other payables

334

312

334

312

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

19.Borrowings

    

June 30, 

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

    

$’000

Noncurrent

Senior Notes

1,917,540

1,916,062

Bank borrowings

738,132

485,409

External debt

2,655,672

2,401,471

Current

  

  

Senior Notes

26,620

27,195

Bank borrowings

486,493

177,216

Letters of credit

82,169

3,208

External debt

595,282

207,619

Total borrowings

3,250,954

2,609,090

External debt

External debt is made up of the following:

June 30, 

December 31, 

    

Currency

    

Maturity date

    

Interest rate

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Senior notes

IHS Holding Limited

US Dollar

2026

5.63

%  

497,235

496,850

IHS Holding Limited

US Dollar

2028

6.25

%  

497,537

497,366

IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V.

 

US Dollar

 

2027

 

8.00

%  

949,388

949,041

 

 

 

Bank borrowings

  

  

  

 

  

IHS Holding Limited

US Dollar

2023

5.00

% + CAS + SOFR

281,949

IHS (Nigeria) Limited

Nigerian Naira

2023

12.50

%

37,729

INT Towers Ltd

Nigerian Naira

2024

2.50

% + 3M NIBOR

249,811

284,882

INT Towers Ltd

US Dollar

2024

4.00

% + 3M LIBOR

79,881

92,769

IHS Côte d'Ivoire Ltd

CFA Franc

2024

5.00

%

24,527

31,627

IHS Côte d'Ivoire Ltd

Euro

2024

3.00

% + 3M EURIBOR

19,216

24,156

IHS Zambia Ltd

US Dollar

2027

5.00

% + 3M LIBOR

93,597

93,164

IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A.

Brazilian Real

2029

3.65

% + CDI

89,374

69,768

IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A.

Brazilian Real

2028

3.05

% + CDI

73,450

IHS Kuwait Limited

Kuwait Dinari

2029

2.00

% + 3M KIBOR

66,692

66,257

IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited

South African Rand

2029

2.75

% + 3M JIBAR

208,399

Letters of credit

IHS (Nigeria) Limited

US Dollar

2023

6.00

%  

21,516

IHS (Nigeria) Limited

US Dollar

2023

8.95

%  

394

INT Towers Ltd

US Dollar

2022

9.30

%  

55,321

Global Independent Connect Limited

 

Nigerian Naira

 

2022

 

9.30

%

4,181

3,208

Global Independent Connect Limited

Nigerian Naira

2022

7.06

%

757

3,250,954

2,609,090

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

ii.Bank borrowings – new facilities, facility amendments and drawdowns during the reporting period

The Group is in compliance with the restrictive debt covenants related to the listed bonds and covenants related to external borrowings as at the quarter end.

IHS Holding Bridge Facility

IHS Holding Limited entered into a $500 million bridge facility agreement dated August 10, 2021, which we refer to as the IHS Holding Bridge Facility. The IHS Holding Bridge Facility is denominated in U.S. dollars and is governed by English law. Funds borrowed under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility can only be applied only toward certain acquisitions listed therein.

The IHS Holding Bridge Facility was set to terminate 12 months from the signing date of the IHS Holding Bridge Facility (being August 10, 2022). In May 2022, IHS Holding Limited exercised its option to extend the termination date for a period of six months after its original termination date. As a result of this extension, the IHS Holding Bridge Facility will terminate on February 10, 2023.

The interest rate per annum applicable to loans made under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility is equal to SOFR plus a credit adjustment spread plus a margin which increases by 0.50% every three months. IHS Holding Limited also pays certain other fees and costs, including fees for undrawn commitments, arrangement fees and fees to the facility agent.

In May 2022, the total commitments under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility were reduced by $38.6 million.

As of June 30, 2022, $280 million of the IHS Holding Bridge Facility was drawn.

IHS (Nigeria) Limited Facility

On April 21, 2022, IHS (Nigeria) Limited entered into a credit agreement for 16.1 billion (approximately $37.9 million), which we refer to as the IHSN RMB Facility. The IHSN RMB Facility is guaranteed by IHS Holding Limited, INT Towers Limited and IHS Towers NG Limited. The IHSN RMB Facility was issued at a fixed interest rate and will expire in March 2023. This facility was fully drawn down in April 2022.

On May 13, 2022, IHS (Nigeria) Limited entered into a credit agreement for 10.0 billion (approximately $24 million), which we refer to as the IHSN UBA Facility. The IHSN UBA Facility is guaranteed by IHS Holding Limited, INT Towers Limited and IHS Towers NG Limited. The IHSN UBA Facility was issued at a fixed interest rate and will expire in July 2023. As of June 30, 2022, this facility was fully available.

IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility

On June 15, 2022, the IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility was amended and restated (effective on June 16, 2022). As a result of the amendment and restatement, the termination date has been extended to June 2024 with the final amortization originally due in June 2022 split equally over 8 quarters beginning in September 2022.

IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. Facilities

On April 18, 2022, IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. entered into a credit agreement with Itau Unibanco S.A. for BRL 495 million (approximately $94 million), or the IHS Brasil GTS Facility. The IHS Brasil GTS Facility is guaranteed by Skysites Americas S.A., IHS Centennial Brasil Torres de Telecomunicacoes Ltda and IHS SP Locacao de Infraestrutura Ltda and contains customary information and negative covenants. The covenants require IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A to maintain specified net debt to EBITDA and interest cover ratios and contain restrictions on the total debt allowed, dividends, intercompany loans and capital reductions. The IHS Brasil GTS Facility was issued at an interest rate of CDI plus a margin of 3.05% (assuming a 252-day calculation basis). The IHS Brasil GTS Facility will terminate in April 2028 and was fully drawn down in April 2022.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited Facility

On May 26, 2022, IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited entered into a credit agreement for ZAR 3,470 million (approximately $215.1 million), which we refer to as the IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited Facility. The IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited Facility was issued at an interest rate of 3 Month JIBAR plus a margin. The IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited Facility will expire in May 2029. As of June 30, 2022, ZAR 3,400 million (approximately $210.7 million) of this facility was drawn down. The proceeds of the drawdown were used to partially fund the acquisition of 5,691 towers in South Africa from MTN South Africa.

iii.Letters of credit

As of June 30, 2022, IHS (Nigeria) has utilized ₦9.3 billion ($ 21.9 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates during 2023 and their interest rates range from 6% to 8.95%. These letters of credit are utilized in order to fund capital and operating expenditure purchases with suppliers.

As of June 30, 2022, INT Towers Limited has utilized ₦23.5 billion ($ 55.3 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates over 2022 and their interest rates range from 6% to 9.3%. These letters of credit are utilized in order to fund capital and operating expenditure purchases with suppliers.

As of June 30, 2022, Global Independent Connect Limited has utilized ₦2.1billion ($ 4.9 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates over 2022 and their interest rates range from 7% to 9.3%. These letters of credit are utilized in order to fund capital and operating expenditure purchases with suppliers.

20.Lease liabilities

    

June 30, 

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Current

81,824

50,560

Non‑current

 

409,047

 

325,541

Total lease liabilities

 

490,871

 

376,101

Lease liabilities represent the net present value of future payments due under long term land leases for leasehold land on which our towers are located and for other leasehold assets such as warehouses and offices. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, payments to the value of $46.0 million were made in respect of recognized lease liabilities, while during the three-month period ended June 30, 2022, payments to the value of $23.9 million were made in respect of recognized lease liabilities. These lease liabilities are unwound using incremental borrowing rates which represent the credit risk of the lessee entity and the length of the lease agreement. The increase in lease liabilities as at June 30, 2022 is due to the GTS SP5 and MTN South Africa Acquisition.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the contractual maturities of the lease liabilities were as follows:

    

Total

Carrying

contractual

Within

 3

 5

Over 5

value

    

cash flows

    

1 year

    

years

    

years

    

years

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

June 30, 2022

Lease liabilities

 

490,871

 

912,297

 

89,454

 

163,609

 

140,891

 

518,343

December 31, 2021

Lease liabilities

 

376,101

 

700,877

 

54,303

 

106,015

 

99,573

 

440,986

Lease obligations contractual cash flows are disclosed with the same renewal expectation assumption assessed for lease accounting under IFRS 16. The average remaining lease term remaining at June 30, 2022 is 12.1 years.

21.Provisions for other liabilities and charges

Decommissioning and site restoration provision

    

    

June 30, 

December 31, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

At January 1

71,941

53,266

Additions through business combinations (note 27)

69,327

8,347

(Decrease)/increase in provisions

(18,975)

7,212

Refunds/(payments) for tower and tower equipment decommissioning

142

(231)

Reversal of decommissioning through profit and loss

(2,671)

Unwinding of discount

2,667

4,644

Effects of movement in exchange rates

(1,606)

1,374

At end of period/year

123,496

71,941

Analysis of total decommissioning and site restoration provisions:

  

  

Non‑current

122,994

71,598

Current

502

343

123,496

71,941

This provision relates to the probable obligation that the Group may incur to dismantle and remove assets from tower sites. The amount recognized initially is the present value of the estimated amount that will be required to decommission and restore the leased sites to their original states, discounted using the current borrowing rates of individual operations within the Group. The amount provided for each site has been discounted based on the respective lease terms attached to each site.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

22.Stated capital

Ordinary Shares

    

    

    

Share capital

    

    

Share premium

Number of

net of

net of

shares

Share capital

issue costs

Share Premium

issue costs

 

000’s

$’000

$’000

 

000’s

$’000

At December 31, 2021

 

327,820

98,911

98,346

 

5,154,597

5,125,138

Shares issued on exercise of options

3,868

1,160

1,160

85,310

85,310

At June 30, 2022

 

331,688

100,071

99,506

 

5,239,907

5,210,448

23.Other reserves

    

Fair value

    

    

    

    

    

through

other

Share

Loss on

Foreign

comprehensive

based

transaction

exchange

income

Restructuring

payment

between

translation

reserve

reserve

reserve

owners

reserve

Total

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

At January 1, 2021

(6)

4,019

511,547

(840,359)

(160,706)

(485,505)

Other comprehensive income

3

(22,560)

(22,557)

Options converted to shares

(342,768)

(342,768)

Recognition of share‑based payment expense

13,003

13,003

Other reclassifications related to share based payment

(5,084)

(5,084)

At December 31, 2021

(3)

4,019

176,698

(840,359)

(183,266)

(842,911)

At January 1, 2022

(3)

4,019

176,698

(840,359)

(183,266)

(842,911)

Other comprehensive income

(1,149)

(1,149)

Options converted to shares

(86,470)

(86,470)

Recognition of share‑based payment expense

6,064

6,064

Other reclassifications related to share based payment

(2,835)

(2,835)

At June 30, 2022

(3)

4,019

93,457

(840,359)

(184,415)

(927,301)

24.Non-controlling interest

    

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

2022

2021

$’000

$’000

Balance at January 1

218,243

 

14,216

NCI arising on business combination

 

611

Loss for the period

(3,216)

 

(717)

Other comprehensive (loss)/income

10,468

 

170

Balance at June 30

225,495

 

14,280

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

In November 2021, the Group completed a deal with TIM S.A. to acquire a controlling interest in Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. (“I-Systems”) incorporated and with its principal place of business in Brazil. The Group owns a 51% (same proportion voting rights) stake in I-Systems and TIM the remaining 49%.

Set out below is summarized financial information for the I-Systems subsidiary, being the only subsidiary that has non-controlling interest that is material to the Group. The amounts disclosed include the impact of preliminary valuation of acquired assets and liabilities as described in note 27 and are before inter-company eliminations.

Summarized balance sheet

Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A.

June 30, 

December 31,

2022

2021*

$’000

    

$’000

Current assets

99,460

101,033

Current liabilities

(27,709)

(19,357)

Current net assets

71,751

81,676

Non-current assets

403,587

371,471

Non-current liabilities

(47,503)

(46,190)

Non-current net assets

356,084

325,281

Net assets

427,835

406,957

Accumulated non-controlling interest at the end of the period

209,660

200,488

Summarized statement of comprehensive income for the reporting period

Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A.

Six months ended

June 30, 

2022

$’000

    

Revenue

27,649

Loss for the period

(4,451)

Other comprehensive income

12,169

Total comprehensive income

7,718

Loss allocated to non-controlling interest during the period

(2,181)

Summarized statement of cash flows for the reporting period

Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A.

Six months ended

June 30, 

2022

$’000

    

Cash flows generated from operating activities

17,434

Cash flows used in investing activities

(37,197)

Cash flows used in financing activities

(2)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(19,765)

* Re-presented to reflect updates to the accounting for the acquisition of FiberCo Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. in November 2021 (refer to note 27).

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

25.Share-based payment obligation

The total charge to the profit and loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $5.6 million (six months ended June 30, 2021: $4.7 million), while the charge for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $2.1 million (three months ended June 30, 2021: $3.5 million).

Between February 4, 2022 and February 7, 2022, a total of 1,147,500 options were issued as part of the new Omnibus employee share-based payment plan.  The plan will be deemed equity settled and comprise of:

Restricted stock units (“RSU”), which do not include performance conditions and vest on three equal portions on October 15, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Performance stock units (“PSU”), with a Recurring Levered Free Cash Flow target and a cumulative total shareholder return target. Recurring Levered Free Cash flow target is a non-market-based performance condition, assessed annually over a three-year period. A cumulative total shareholder return target is market-based, was valued based on a Monte Carlo model for a three-year performance period, an approach that is commonly used for IFRS 2 valuations. The PSUs include a vesting period which is 3 years up to October 15, 2024.

On June 9, 2022, a total of 1,700,446 options were issued as part of the existing Omnibus employee share-based payment plan.  The plan will be deemed equity settled and comprise of:

Restricted stock units (“RSU”), which do not include performance conditions and vest on three equal portions on March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Performance stock units (“PSU”), with a Recurring Levered Free Cash Flow target and a cumulative total shareholder return target. Recurring Levered Free Cash flow target is a non-market-based performance condition, assessed annually over a three-year period. A cumulative total shareholder return target is market-based, was valued based on a Monte Carlo model for a three-year performance period, an approach that is commonly used for IFRS 2 valuations. The PSUs include a vesting period which is 3 years up to March 31, 2025.

June 30, 2022 valuation assumptions

The Omnibus options issued were valued at $32.0 million at issue using a share price assumption of $11.39 - $11.55 depending on the grant date. The fair value of the RSUs and PSUs with non-market conditions determined using share price at grant date amounted to $17.0 million and $10.9 million respectively while the fair value of the PSUs with market conditions determined using the Monte Carlo model amounted to $4.1 million. At June 30, 2022 a forfeiture rate of 7% was assumed resulting in an expected charge over the term of the options of $26.7 million. No dividend was taken into account in performing the valuation since IHS Holding Limited has never paid dividends and no dividends are planned to be paid in the near future.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

26.Cash from operations

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2021

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2021

    

$’000

    

$’000

    

$’000

    

$’000

Reconciliation:

(Loss)/profit before taxation

(160,527)

130,957

(129,153)

116,619

Adjustments:

  

  

  

  

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (note 6 and 7)

99,773

85,647

197,130

165,781

Amortization of intangible assets (note 6 and 7)

15,067

9,093

25,550

18,144

Net (reversal of impairment)/impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent (note 6)

(3,514)

2,093

(1,331)

2,813

(Reversal of loss allowance)/ loss allowance on trade receivables (note 8)

668

(36,632)

(1,800)

(36,620)

Impairment of withholding tax receivables (note 7)

12,930

17,593

27,717

32,684

Amortization of prepaid site rent

2,357

2,484

4,225

4,346

Net loss/(gain) on disposal of plant, property and equipment (note 7)

13,617

(1,574)

13,784

(1,538)

Insurance income (note 9)

(466)

(1,614)

(1,616)

(5,402)

Finance costs (note 11)

260,897

82,589

379,914

154,621

Finance income (note 10)

(3,895)

(67,780)

(45,667)

(17,282)

(Reversal of impairment)/impairment of inventory

(176)

138

(176)

Share‑based payment expense (note 7)

2,051

3,491

5,625

4,682

Operating profit before working capital changes

238,958

226,171

474,516

438,672

Changes in working capital

  

  

  

  

(Increase)/decrease in inventory

(23,134)

7,839

(19,721)

12,136

Increase in trade and other receivables

(64,168)

(25,152)

(182,535)

(32,786)

Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables

65,144

(18,226)

111,147

(25,804)

Net movement in working capital

(22,158)

(35,539)

(91,109)

(46,454)

Cash from operations

216,800

190,632

383,407

392,218

27.Business Combinations

For acquisitions that meet the definition of a business combination, the Group applies the acquisition method of accounting where assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value at the date of each acquisition, and the results of operations are included with those of the Group from the dates of the respective acquisitions. There were two acquisitions during the period, occurring in March 2022 and May 2022. Had these businesses been acquired on January 1, 2022, the amount of revenue and loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022 for the Group would have totaled approximately $923 million and $158 million, respectively.

MTN telecom towers in South Africa

IHS Holding Limited, through its subsidiary IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited, completed the acquisition of a portfolio of towers, comprising 5,691 towers, in South Africa from MTN South Africa on May 31, 2022. Under the agreement, IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited is also providing provision of power Managed Services to MTN South Africa on approximately 13,000 sites across South Africa, including the acquisition portfolio.

IHS will own 70% of the South African towers business with the remaining 30% to be owned by a B-BBEE consortium. At the date of issue of these financial statements, IHS owns 100% of the business as the transfer of the non-controlling interest has not been finalized and hence no non-controlling interest has been recognized.

The accounting for the business combination is incomplete for valuation of all assets and liabilities. The amounts recognized in the financial statements for the business combination have been determined only provisionally with no value attributed to separately identifiable acquired intangible assets.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The provisional goodwill of $63.2 million is expected to decrease on the finalization of the fair value of assets and liabilities including separately identifiable intangible assets, but includes goodwill attributable to a new market penetration for the Group. None of the goodwill recognized is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the assets acquired at the acquisition date, and the amounts of revenue and profit of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

    

2022

    

$’000

Gross consideration

409,545

Net cash consideration

409,545

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

Towers and tower equipment

274,835

Customer related intangible asset

128,827

Network related intangible asset

66,814

Right of use asset

97,027

Lease liabilities

(97,027)

Deferred tax

(54,778)

Provisions for other liabilities and charges

(69,327)

Total identifiable net assets acquired

346,371

Goodwill

63,174

Revenue — post‑acquisition

10,697

Loss — post‑acquisition

(5,505)

São Paulo Cinco Locação de Torres Ltda.

IHS Holding Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of São Paulo Cinco Locação de Torres Ltda. (“GTS SP5”) on March 17, 2022. The acquisition is consistent with the Group’s strategy to expand in the Latin American region.

The accounting for the business combination has been updated from the valuations reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three month period ended March 31, 2022, but remains incomplete for valuation of all assets and liabilities. The amounts recognized in the financial statements for the business combination thus have been determined only provisionally.

The provisional goodwill of $85.9 million arising from the acquisition is attributable to the enhanced market presence in Brazil, the complementary service offering and closer alignment to certain customers as it relates to their future deployments. The final goodwill figure is pending the finalization of the fair value of assets and liabilities, including separately identifiable intangible assets. The goodwill recognized is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition date, and the amounts of revenue and loss of the acquiree from the acquisition date included in the condensed consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

    

2022

    

$’000

Gross consideration

317,379

Less: cash in business at the date of acquisition

(1,896)

Net cash consideration

315,483

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

Towers and tower equipment

13,395

Land

885

Customer related intangible asset

179,903

Network related intangible asset

2,605

Goodwill

438

Right of use asset

82,784

Trade and other receivables

23,575

Trade and other payables

(4,222)

Deferred tax

(69,810)

Total identifiable net assets acquired

229,553

Goodwill

85,930

Revenue — post‑acquisition

12,385

Profit — post‑acquisition

5,004

Skysites Holdings S.A.

IHS Holding Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Skysites Holdings S.A. (“Skysites”), a telecommunications services provider, with related passive infrastructure and ground leases on January 6, 2021. The acquisition is consistent with the Group’s strategy to expand in selected geographic areas.

The goodwill of $26.9 million arising from the acquisition is attributable to the enhanced market presence in Brazil, the complementary service offering and closer alignment to certain customers as it relates to their future deployments. The goodwill recognized is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition date, and the amounts of revenue and loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date to 30 June 2021 included in the condensed consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

    

2021

    

$’000

Gross consideration

40,611

Less: contingent consideration*

(4,169)

Less: cash in business at the date of acquisition

(2,775)

Net cash consideration

33,667

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

Towers and tower equipment

11,276

Land

15

Furniture and office equipment

11

Capital work in progress

535

Customer related intangible asset

4,703

Right of use asset

9,675

Trade and other receivables

713

Trade and other payables

(1,132)

Provisions for other liabilities and charges

(2,548)

Lease liabilities

(10,071)

Deferred tax

(2,205)

Total identifiable net assets acquired

10,972

Goodwill

26,864

Revenue — post‑acquisition

1,911

Loss — post‑acquisition

(301)

*Contingent consideration consists of $4.2 million of consideration due at a future date which is recognized at fair value on the date of acquisition. The contingent consideration relates to a pay-out if a certain number of sites were rolled out post-acquisition and the quality of the acquired sites. As at December 31, 2021 certain contingencies were not met and $1.3 million of the contingent consideration was released to the consolidated statement of loss and other comprehensive income in 2021. $2.9 million remains as contingent consideration.

Centennial Towers Colombia, S.A.S. and Centennial Towers Brasil Cooperatief U.A.

IHS Holding Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Centennial Towers Colombia, S.A.S. and Centennial Towers Brasil Cooperatief U.A. (together “Centennial”), a telecommunications services provider, with related passive infrastructure and ground leases in two parts, on March 19, 2021 and on April 8, 2021, respectively. The acquisition is consistent with the Group’s strategy to expand in selected geographic areas.

The goodwill of $11.7 million and $36.5 million arising from Centennial Towers Colombia, S.A.S. and Centennial Towers Brasil Cooperatief U.A. acquisitions respectively, is attributable to the enhanced market presence in Brazil and Colombia and closer alignment to certain customers in those markets as it relates to their future deployments. None of the goodwill recognized is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition dates, and the amounts of revenue and loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date to 30 June 2021 included in the condensed consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

    

Brazil

    

Colombia

    

Total

2021

2021

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

Gross consideration

 

93,900

 

47,051

 

140,951

Less: cash in business at the date of acquisition

 

(260)

 

(659)

 

(919)

Net cash consideration

 

93,640

 

46,392

 

140,032

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Towers and tower equipment

 

43,890

 

14,074

 

57,964

Land

 

407

 

546

 

953

Furniture and office equipment

 

65

 

17

 

82

Capital work in progress

 

628

 

500

 

1,128

Right of use asset

 

22,273

 

9,761

 

32,034

Customer related intangible asset

 

35,422

 

32,599

 

68,021

Network related intangible asset

 

594

 

321

 

915

Software

 

495

 

1

 

496

Trade and other receivables

 

2,363

 

3,023

 

5,386

Trade and other payables

 

(1,471)

 

(3,646)

 

(5,117)

Provisions for other liabilities and charges

 

(5,272)

 

(527)

 

(5,799)

Lease liabilities

 

(24,028)

 

(10,458)

 

(34,486)

Tax payable

 

(2,809)

 

(625)

 

(3,434)

Deferred tax

 

(15,374)

 

(10,907)

 

(26,281)

Total identifiable net assets acquired

 

57,183

 

34,679

 

91,862

Goodwill

 

36,457

 

11,713

 

48,170

Revenue — post‑acquisition

2,157

 

990

 

3,147

Profit/(loss) — post‑acquisition

3,022

 

(1,358)

 

1,664

Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A.

IHS Netherlands BR B.V. (“IHS BR BV”), a subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited, completed a deal with TIM S.A to acquire a controlling interest in Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. (“I-Systems”) on November 16, 2021. This includes TIM secondary fiber network and assets as well as the provision of fiber optic infrastructure services as an Open Fiber Network Service Provider. Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. will operate under the name of I-Systems. The acquisition is consistent with the Group’s strategy to expand in selected geographic areas.

IHS owns a 51% stake in I-Systems and TIM the remaining 49%. The initial asset base of I-Systems includes TIM’s secondary network infrastructure, covering 3.5 million Fiber-to-the-Home and 3.4 million Fiber-to-the-Cabinet households, resulting in a total of 6.4 million households covered (allowing for 570 thousand homes of overlapping coverage). I-Systems is responsible for the deployment of new secondary fiber infrastructure for TIM, and the operation and maintenance of all such fiber infrastructure. TIM continues as the anchor tenant across the network under a long-term master services agreement. Certain services will be provided to I-Systems by TIM under a Transition Services Arrangement.

Due to the timing of the acquisition, the valuation of the business had not been completed at the time of the publication of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, with the difference between the consideration paid and the book value of assets being provisionally allocated to goodwill. The fair valuation exercise in respect of the identifiable net assets acquired and deferred and contingent elements of consideration has since progressed. Whilst the accounting for the business combination remains incomplete and the amounts recognized in the financial statements for the business combination have been determined only provisionally, adjustments reflecting the updated provisional valuation have been recognised as at the date of acquisition.

The provisional goodwill of $89.8 million arising from the I-Systems acquisition is largely attributable to customer relationships and the entry into a new service offering for IHS. None of the goodwill recognized is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition date, and the amounts of revenue and loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the condensed consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

    

December 31, 2021

Adjustments

December 31, 2021

    

$’000

$’000

$’000

Gross consideration

266,739

(3,373)

263,366

Contingent consideration

5,739

5,739

Less: deferred consideration

(64,474)

(2,366)

(66,840)

Net cash consideration

202,265

202,265

Capital injection*

42,996

42,996

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

  

Network assets

220,950

5,588

226,538

Cash

44,872

44,872

Capital work in progress

3,832

3,832

Software

539

539

Customer related intangible asset

96,997

96,997

Network related intangible asset

35,832

35,832

Trade and other receivables

72,972

2,366

75,338

Trade and other payables

(5,764)

(5,764)

Loans payable

(6,457)

(6,457)

Deferred tax

(47,062)

(47,062)

Total identifiable net assets acquired

330,944

93,721

424,665

Non-controlling interest

162,163

45,923

208,086

Goodwill

140,954

(51,171)

89,783

Revenue — post‑acquisition

n.a.

Profit/(loss) — post‑acquisition

n.a.

* The capital injection relates to a payment made to I-Systems for the issuance of new share capital as part of the acquisition agreement to achieve the agreed shareholding structure post acquisition.

The acquisition accounting was completed in June 2022. As IFRS 3 requires fair value adjustments to be recorded with effect from the date of acquisition, this requires re-presentation of previously reported financial results. The impact on the Statement of Financial Position, and corresponding notes to the financial statements, as at December 31, 2021 is shown below.

As reported

As re-presented

December 31, 2021

Adjustments

December 31, 2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

Property, plant and equipment

1,708,834

5,427

1,714,261

Goodwill

837,374

(49,709)

787,665

Other intangible assets

701,425

129,014

830,439

Trade and other receivables - non-current

69,479

5,575

75,054

Deferred tax liabilities

(118,210)

(45,710)

(163,920)

Non-controlling interest

(173,647)

(44,596)

(218,243)

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

IHS Kuwait Limited

In the 2020 financial year IHS GCC KW Holding Limited (‘IHS GCC KW’), a subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited completed the first two stages of the acquisition of 1,620 towers from Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P. (‘Zain Kuwait’) comprising 1,162 towers. During April and October 2021 IHS GCC KW completed the third and fourth stages of the acquisition of 1,620 towers from Zain Kuwait comprising 67 and 126 towers respectively.

The remaining 265 towers are managed and operated under a Managed Services agreement until such time as these towers can legally be transferred. IHS GCC KW transferred the purchase right to IHS Kuwait Limited for the Construction, Erection and Maintenance of Wired and Wireless Communication and Radar Towers and Stations / With Limited Liability (‘IHS Kuwait’) who operates the towers as a standalone business. As part of the agreement, IHS Kuwait also assumed existing supplier contracts and land leases, allowing it to apply the Group business processes and deliver services immediately after the assignment of the towers.

As part of the agreement, Zain Kuwait subscribed for shares in IHS GCC KW representing 30 per cent of the share capital of IHS GCC KW by issuing a loan note to IHS GCC KW. The acquisition is consistent with the Group’s strategy to expand in selected geographic areas.

The initial transaction completed during 2020 met the definition of a business as defined, and was accounted for as a business combination. The towers acquired in the two stages during 2021 are accounted for as asset acquisitions.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition date of the 193 towers acquired in 2021, and the amounts of revenue and loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the condensed consolidated statement of income/(loss) and other comprehensive income/(loss).

    

2021

$’000

Gross consideration

12,248

Less: consideration received in exchange for a retained 30% interest (by Zain) in IHS GCC KW

(1,837)

Net cash consideration for 70% controlling interest

10,411

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

Towers and tower equipment

7,902

Customer-related assets

5,449

Network-related assets

1,877

Trade and other receivables

872

Trade and other payables

(3,852)

Total identifiable net assets acquired (at 100%)

12,248

Goodwill

Determination of non-controlling interest

Total identifiable net assets acquired (at 100%)

12,248

Shareholder funding provided by the Group and external debt*

(6,124)

6,124

Non-controlling interest portion of above at 30%

1,837

Revenue — post‑acquisition

n.a.

Profit/(loss) — post‑acquisition

n.a.

*This was shareholder funding provided by the Group and recorded as short term liabilities in IHS GCC KW. These funds were loaned to IHS Kuwait to fund the acquisition of the towers from Zain. This short term liability was subsequently replaced by external debt.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

28.Capital commitments and contingent liabilities

28.1Capital commitments

The Group was committed to the purchase of property, plant and equipment of approximately $287.1 million at June 30, 2022 (December 31, 2021: $206.7 million).

28.2Contingent liabilities

The Group has contingent liabilities in respect of legal claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Group reviews these matters in consultation with internal and external legal counsel to make a determination on a case-by-case basis whether a loss from each of these matters is probable, possible or remote.

The Group’s contingent liabilities in respect of litigations and claims amounted to $2.2 million at the end of the reporting period (December 31, 2021: $2.0 million).

Based on legal advice received, claims against the Group are not considered probable, thus no provisions have been made in these financial statements.

29.Events after the reporting period

(a)   IHS Nigeria currency swap transaction

IHS Nigeria entered into two currency swap transactions on July 14, 2022 and July 21, 2022 with a bank with an effective date of July 18, 2022 and July 25, 2022 respectively and maturity date of March 20, 2023. IHS Nigeria exchanged a total principal amount of $25 million for Nigerian Naira at a fixed rate. On maturity IHS Nigeria will settle the transaction with the bank by exchanging Nigerian Naira at a fixed rate for $25 million.

(b)   IHSN UBA Facility

On July 6, 2022 NGN10.0 billion (approximately $24.0 million) was fully drawn down on the IHSN UBA Facility.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the “Risk Factors” section of our annual report on Form 20-F/A for the year ended December 31, 2021 (“Annual Report”), dated August 16, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world, providing our customers, most of whom are leading MNOs, with critical infrastructure that facilitates mobile communications coverage and connectivity for approximately 660 million people in emerging markets, across three regions and ten countries. We are the largest independent multinational emerging-market-only tower operator and one of the largest independent multinational tower operators globally, in each case by tower count. As of June 30, 2022, we operated 39,052 Towers across six countries in Africa, three countries in Latin America and one country in the Middle East. We are the largest tower operator in seven of the ten markets in which we operate and we are the only independent tower operator of scale in five of these markets. Our markets in Latin America are the only ones in which we do not have a leadership position today.

We have a well-defined organic and inorganic expansion strategy designed to grow in existing markets with our existing and new customers and, given the significant global emerging market opportunities in telecommunications infrastructure, enter carefully selected growth oriented markets with compelling underlying fundamentals. Historically, our business has been predominantly focused on Towers, however we have begun complementing this business with additional telecommunications infrastructure offerings for our customers such as fiber connectivity. In 2021, we acquired 1,005 Towers in Brazil pursuant to the Skysites Acquisition, 819 Towers in Brazil and Colombia pursuant to the Centennial Acquisition and also acquired certain fiber assets from TIM Brasil pursuant to the TIM Fiber Acquisition where TIM Brasil will be the anchor tenant on the fiber network. In October 2021, we signed an agreement pursuant to the Egypt Transaction and obtained a license to construct, operate and lease telecom towers in Egypt. In March 2022, we acquired 2,115 Towers pursuant to the GTS SP5 Acquisition. In May 2022, we closed the transaction with MTN South Africa to acquire its tower portfolio comprising of 5,691 Towers and for the provision of power Managed Services to MTN South Africa at over 7,000 additional sites. Each of these acquisitions supports our inorganic growth strategy of expanding into additional regions that meet our investment criteria, which opens up new markets that we believe will provide future organic and inorganic growth opportunities.

Our core business is providing shared telecommunications infrastructure services to MNOs and other customers, who in turn provide wireless voice, data and fiber access services to their end users and subscribers. We provide our customers with opportunities to lease space on existing Towers alongside current Tenants, known as Colocation, to install additional equipment on a Tower or request certain ancillary services, known as Lease Amendments, or to commission the construction of new Towers to the customer’s specifications, known as New Sites. Additionally, we lease space to our customers in secure locations within large building complexes, such as shopping malls, stadiums and airports, which we refer to as in-building solutions, or IBS, or distributed antenna systems, or DAS, as well as provide fiber connectivity. In certain strategic instances, we may also provide Managed Services, such as maintenance, security and power supply for Towers owned by third parties. As of June 30, 2022, our owned and operated tower portfolio supported 57,381 Tenants, with a Colocation Rate of 1.47x.

Our primary customers are the leading MNOs in each of our markets. We also provide infrastructure and services to a number of other communications service providers. Our success in establishing deep customer relationships and operational excellence has enabled us to grow both organically and through 22 transactions, building a footprint that currently covers Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Kuwait.

Reportable Segments

Our operations are organized into four segments, which reflect the way our chief operating decision maker, or CODM, is provided with financial information which aligns to internal regional management organizational reporting lines and responsibilities and the way in which the CODM analyzes performance and allocates resources. Our operating segments

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are Nigeria, which comprises our operations in Nigeria; Sub Saharan Africa, or SSA, which comprises our operations in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia; Latin America, or Latam, which comprises our operations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru; and the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, which comprises our operations in Kuwait and Egypt. Although full operations in Egypt have not commenced, the business has incurred some startup costs.

We use revenue and Segment Adjusted EBITDA to assess the performance of our reportable segments. Segment Adjusted EBITDA is our principal segment measure of profitability.

Our Revenue

We measure revenue in three categories, namely (i) organic, (ii) inorganic and (iii) non-core.

Organic revenue captures the performance of our existing business without the impact of new tower portfolios or businesses acquired since the beginning of the prior year period (except as described below). Specifically, organic revenue captures the impact of (i) new Colocation and Lease Amendments; (ii) changes in pricing including from contractual lease fee escalation, power indexation and foreign exchange resets; (iii) New Site construction; (iv) fiber connectivity and (v) any impact of Churn and decommissioning. In the case of an acquisition of new tower portfolios or businesses, the impact of any incremental revenue after the date of acquisition from new Colocation and Lease Amendments or changes in pricing on the Towers acquired, including from contractual lease fee escalation and foreign exchange resets, is also captured within organic revenue.

Inorganic revenue captures the impact on revenue from existing Tenants of new tower portfolios or businesses that we have acquired since the beginning of the prior period (except as described above). Where tower portfolios or businesses were acquired during the current period under review, inorganic revenue is calculated as the revenue contribution from those acquisitions in their “at acquisition” state (measured as the local currency revenue generated during the first full month following the acquisition) in the current period. This treatment continues for 12 months following acquisition. We acquired an aggregate of 193 Towers and 207 Tenants from Zain Kuwait in April 2021 and October 2021. In April 2021, we acquired a Tower portfolio in Rwanda which added 162 Towers and 283 Tenants. In November 2021, we completed a deal with TIM S.A to acquire a controlling interest in Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. (“I-Systems”), leading to providing certain fiber services with its principal place of business in Brazil. In March 2022, we acquired an aggregate of 2,115 Towers in Brazil, pursuant to the GTS SP5 Acquisition, which added 2,998 Tenants. In May 2022, we completed the MTN South Africa Acquisition, which added 5,691 Towers and 7,017 Tenants from MTN South Africa. We therefore have inorganic revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Non-core captures the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates on the translation of the results of our local operations from their local functional currency into U.S. dollars, which is measured by the difference in U.S. dollars between (i) revenue in local currency converted at the average foreign exchange rate for that period and (ii) revenue in local currency converted at the average foreign exchange rate for the prior period. This foreign currency impact is then partially compensated for in subsequent periods by foreign exchange reset mechanisms, which are captured in organic revenue.

The organic and non-core components of our revenue cannot be considered independently from each other in assessing, for instance, what the impact on organic revenue would have been in the absence of change in the foreign exchange rate. In fact, the periodic (quarterly, semi-annually or annually) nature of our reset mechanisms is such that there is a delay between the period during which a change in foreign exchange rate occurs and the next contractual reset occurs.

Foreign exchange resets are generally included in MLAs where lease fees are linked to currencies other than the local currency (for example, MLAs in Nigeria with U.S. dollar components). MLAs with foreign exchange resets typically contain a mechanism for determining the foreign exchange rate for a set period at which the lease fee linked to the non-local currency (such as U.S. dollar) is translated into local currency and invoiced to the customer. In such cases, the foreign exchange rate determined by this mechanism is reset monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually.

The foreign exchange resets function such that the portion of lease fees that is linked to U.S. dollars and the portion of lease fees that is linked to local currency are fixed in local currency for the contractual period between reset dates (for example, for a period of one year if the reset is annual). As a result, in the event of a devaluation, there is a delay between the timing of the devaluation and the next contractual reset.

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During the period between the date of the devaluation and the date of the reset, all of our revenues (i.e., both those revenues that are contractually linked to the U.S. dollar and those that are contractually linked to local currency) would reflect the new, devalued foreign exchange rate. When the reset is effected, the amount relating to the portion of the lease fees linked to the U.S. dollar, which is invoiced in local currency, is adjusted upward.

In addition, the conversion rates included in our MLAs may also be different from the rates at which our financial results are translated into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

This has resulted in a situation where there are differing exchange rates in the market and we are required to regularly monitor and evaluate which exchange rate is most appropriate to apply in the translation of the Naira books of our Nigerian operations to U.S. dollars for our consolidated group reporting purposes. The determination of which is the most appropriate rate to use at the relevant time we produce financial information will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, availability and liquidity in the market generally. The foreign exchange rate that we determine to be the most appropriate for the translation of our results for group reporting purposes may also differ from the conversion rates contained within our contracts.

In 2020, we reached an agreement with some of our Key Customers in Nigeria to update the reference exchange rate in our contracts to the prevailing market rate available on Bloomberg (which has typically been aligned to the NAFEX rate), should similar circumstances arise again (or continue to exist where there is a divergence between the applicable market rate or translation rates for our financial results and the exchange rates reflected in our contracts with customers, or a divergence between the prevailing market rate on Bloomberg and other exchange rates in the market, including NAFEX), there is no guarantee that we will be able to renegotiate these contracts or enter into new contracts to fully protect against such foreign exchange risks. In addition, other measures taken by the relevant authorities and/or the CBN may further impact the rates available in the market, and we may need to consider such measures for the purposes of our accounts.

During the second quarter of 2022 we amended and extended a contract for a further five years with a Key Customer in Nigeria.

Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our financial condition and results of operations have been, and will continue to be, affected by a number of important factors, including the following:

New Colocation and Lease Amendments

Colocation and Lease Amendments are key drivers of incremental organic revenue in telecommunications infrastructure sharing. Colocation involves adding new tenants to existing sites, where the addition of an incremental tenant to an existing site can introduce a full additional lease fee. Lease Amendments involve adding additional equipment or providing certain ancillary services at existing sites for existing Tenants and for a recurring lease fee. Examples of Lease Amendments include an existing customer taking more space on a tower, adding equipment for new technologies, such as 3G, 4G/LTE or 5G, adding additional microwave transmission or fiber infrastructure services, as well as certain ancillary services. A Lease Amendment typically increases revenue by a proportionally lower amount than a Colocation given such equipment typically consumes less space and power than a Colocation. However, gross margin contribution of a Lease Amendment is generally comparable to a Colocation.

Colocation and Lease Amendments improve overall gross margins, operating margins and cash flow given the limited incremental cost to deliver such services. Typically, the main incremental cost to deliver Colocation or Lease Amendments is $6,000 to $10,000 in one-off augmentation capital expenditure. Additionally, in our African markets, the main incremental ongoing cost for Colocation and Lease Amendments is power cost for the additional equipment or services. We continually seek to increase Colocation and Lease Amendments for our existing sites through an active sales and marketing process. Our sites that are either at or near structural capacity can also be strengthened to meet future leasing capacity with relatively minor capital investments.

The demand for Colocation and Lease Amendments from MNOs is driven by multiple telecommunications industry characteristics within our individual markets. These characteristics include the MNOs’ need for greater network coverage and network density due to existing capacity-constrained networks, a desire to improve quality-of-service, increasing

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subscriber demand for wireless voice and data services requiring a denser network than is the case for voice services, as well as changes in and the development of technologies in those markets.

Contractual lease fee escalation and foreign exchange resets

Our MLAs generally contain annual inflation-linked escalation provisions under which the underlying lease fees, and therefore our revenue, may increase each year. These contractual escalators are typically linked to the consumer price index, or CPI, of the country of operation and/or the United States, depending on the underlying currency denomination of the lease fee. Lease fee components priced in local currency typically have escalators linked to local CPI applied annually for the subsequent 12 months. Lease fee components priced in U.S. dollars typically have escalators linked to U.S. CPI applied annually for the subsequent 12 months. Our MLAs with certain customers are subject to fixed, capped or floored escalators.

Our MLAs sometimes contain a portion of lease fees which are linked to power indexation metrics including diesel and electricity prices.

Foreign exchange resets are generally included in MLAs where lease fees are linked to currencies other than the local currency (for example, MLAs in Nigeria with U.S. dollar components). For further discussion on these foreign exchange resets, please refer to “— Our Revenue.”

New Site construction

New Site construction is a key driver of incremental organic revenue through the customer revenue we invoice from the date the New Site becomes ready for service. New Site construction is also a component of discretionary capital expenditure. Building New Sites requires capital expenditure, principally including materials for the tower, power equipment, land lease fees or land purchase fees, tower construction activities, including civil work, transportation and labor, as well as ongoing operational expenditures for site operation and maintenance. Therefore, construction of New Sites increases our capital expenditures and cost of sales. We pursue construction of New Sites as a key strategy in growing our tower portfolio and providing future capacity for Colocation and Lease Amendments. We do not engage in speculative building and only construct New Sites after obtaining a commitment for a long-term lease with an initial tenant and, in general, if we are aware of, or believe there is, commercial potential for Colocation.

Demand for New Sites from MNOs is typically driven by multiple telecommunications industry characteristics within our individual markets. These characteristics include the MNOs’ need for greater network coverage and network density due to existing capacity-constrained networks, a desire to improve quality-of-service, increasing subscriber demand for wireless voice and data services requiring a denser network than is the case for voice services, as well as changes in and the development of technologies in those markets. For example, we often see an increase in demand for New Sites as new technology is rolled out in markets, such as 3G or 4G.

New Sites constructed consist primarily of ground-based towers, but can also include in-building solutions / distributed antenna systems, rooftop towers and cells-on-wheels. These New Sites always begin operations with at least a single Tenant, with Colocation and Lease Amendments expected at future dates. The average cost to build a New Site in our African and Middle East markets is typically in the range of between $75,000 and $105,000, while in Latin America the cost is typically in the range of between $40,000 and $75,000 depending on the market of operation and specification of the tower.

Consequently, the construction of New Sites has a positive effect on revenue, and as Colocation and Lease Amendments occur on the tower, we expect to drive incremental organic revenue and have a positive effect on gross margins and operating margins.

Churn

Churn refers to the loss of tenancies when services provided by us are terminated, a Tenant does not renew its contract or we have ceased recognizing revenue on a site in any particular period. For example, a Tenant may churn if the relevant MLA or SLA is not renewed at the end of its term, the customer ceases operations or switches to a competing tower company. Other than a customer churning at the end of the term of its MLA or SLA, our MLAs generally contain limited

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termination clauses. Certain of our customer agreements also contain a contractual right to churn a limited number of sites each year without penalty.

We experienced net Churn in the six months ended June 30, 2022 of 307 Tenants. The Churn that we have historically experienced from our Key Customers has been limited.

Decommissioning

In connection with the acquisition of portfolios of sites, we rationalize our portfolio where we have multiple towers in close proximity to each other. Where economically and commercially viable, we migrate Tenants from one tower onto a nearby tower as an additional Colocation and then subsequently decommission the empty site. Decommissioning spend is a component of discretionary capital expenditure. While the decommissioning of towers offsets our overall growth in the number of towers, it allows us to eliminate cost of sales and ongoing maintenance capital expenditures at the decommissioned towers. The retained sites benefit from lease fees relocated from the decommissioned site and generally only experience a marginal increase in cost of sales due to increased power consumption. The spend associated with decommissioning a site is approximately between $20,000 to $30,000. Since the beginning of 2018, we have decommissioned 245 Towers, and we continue to review our portfolio for further decommissioning opportunities.

Acquisitions of tower portfolios

The acquisition of tower portfolios and businesses from MNOs and independent tower companies results in incremental inorganic revenue during the period in which the acquisitions occur. Acquisitions of tower portfolios result in the immediate increase in the size of our overall portfolio and help expand our footprint in existing and new markets. Once towers are acquired, we receive revenue from the Tenants and Lease Amendments on such sites and we are responsible for future capital expenditures and costs of sales related to the sites. As we acquire new portfolios of towers, we may incur additional administrative expenses, particularly from acquisitions in new markets, which may impact our operating margins.

Currency exchange rate

Our operations are conducted by subsidiaries in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Kuwait, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, and the functional currency of our operating subsidiaries are the Nigerian Naira (₦), West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), Zambian Kwacha (ZMW), South African Rand (ZAR), Rwandan Franc (RWF), Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD), Brazilian Real (BRL), Colombian Peso (COP), and Peruvian Sol (PEN), respectively. A foreign currency transaction is translated into the functional currency using the exchange rate prevailing at the date of the transaction (or the date of valuation where an item is re-measured). The foreign exchange gain or loss resulting from (i) the settlement of such transaction or (ii) the translation of a monetary asset or liability denominated in a foreign currency is recognized at the exchange rate at period end in the statement of income and comprehensive income.

Our operating subsidiaries’ financial results are then translated into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes. Income and expenses are translated at the monthly average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the rate on the dates of the transactions). Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate at period end.

As a result of the translations described above, our results are impacted by fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. During the six month period ended June 30, 2021, we experienced depreciation of the NGN, RWF, XAF and XOF currencies compared to the U.S. dollar, being the primary reason for net foreign exchange losses of $41.9 million reflected in financing costs. During the six month period ended June 30, 2022 we experienced depreciation of the XAF, XOF, RWF and NGN currencies and experienced an appreciation of the ZMW and BRL, being the primary reasons for net foreign exchange losses of $25.0 million in the period.

The reduction of foreign currency reserves in Nigeria, among other factors, led to a depreciation of the Naira NAFEX rate against the U.S. dollar from ₦410.3 to $1.00 as of January 1, 2021 to ₦435.0 to $1.00 as of December 31, 2021. The BRL also depreciated against the U.S. dollar, from BRL5.2 to $1.00 as of January 1, 2021 to BRL5.6 to $1.00 as of December 31, 2021. For the period January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, the Naira NAFEX rate appreciated against the U.S. dollar from ₦435.0 to $1.00 to ₦424.9 and the BRL also appreciated against the U.S. dollar from BRL5.6 as of January 1, 2022 to BRL5.3 as of June 30, 2022. The rate of Naira NAFEX of ₦435.0 to $1.00 only occurred during the first few days of 2022, the average for the period January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 of the Naira NAFEX was ₦418.1 to $1.00.

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Multiple foreign exchange markets with different exchange rates

In Nigeria, there are multiple exchange rates available and/or referenced by the applicable banking authorities. Where such differences exist, we may be required to change the exchange rate applied to the translation of the local currency books of our operating subsidiaries to U.S. dollars for our consolidated group reporting purposes. Where multiple official exchange rates exist, we assess the appropriate rate to use in accordance with the requirements of IFRS in translating foreign operations or foreign transactions. In determining the appropriate rate, we assess factors such as access to those rates in the future in order to meet payments or make dividends in the appropriate currency. In determining whether it is appropriate to move from one official rate to another, we consider the available rates in official markets for settlement of transactions.

For example, during 2017, CBN introduced a new foreign exchange window, which includes the NAFEX rate. This resulted in the use of several different official exchange rates in the market, leading us to assess that the NAFEX rate was the most appropriate exchange rate to apply in translating foreign currency transactions in our Nigerian businesses and in translating Naira amounts for group reporting purposes from December 31, 2017 onwards. As of May 31, 2021, the CBN ceased publishing what was the CBN rate, although with limited impact on us given that the NAFEX rate was the most widely used rate at this time. The CBN now publishes the NAFEX rate on its website.

As a result of switching to the NAFEX rate for translation of U.S. dollar denominated balances in our Nigerian subsidiaries and for consolidation purposes at December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, prior to the agreements that we reached with certain of our Key Customers in Nigeria to update the reference exchange rate in our contracts to the prevailing market rate available on Bloomberg, the rate used for translating our results for group reporting purposes had historically been higher than the conversion rates contained within our contracts in Nigeria. Most significantly, our contracts with MTN Nigeria previously contained clauses which determined that a portion of the lease fee paid to IHS Towers was based on a pre-agreed U.S. dollar lease fee converted into Naira at the time of invoicing at the prevailing CBN rate. On July 23, 2020, we amended these contracts with MTN Nigeria so that, among other things, the reference foreign exchange rate for converting the U.S. dollar portion of the lease fees into Naira was changed to the prevailing USD exchange rate of NAFEX, defined within the contracts with a reference to the USD/Naira rate published by Bloomberg. The effective date of the agreement with MTN Nigeria is April 1, 2020. However, the agreement with MTN Nigeria was concluded in July 2020 and, as such, the financial impact of any amendments to billing in the second quarter of 2020 resulting from the agreement were reflected in our results for the third quarter of 2020.

In 2020, the CBN rate that was used as the reference foreign exchange rate for determining the majority of our lease fees subject to the relevant reset mechanism was an average of ₦352.6 to $1.00, while the NAFEX rate used for our accounts was an average of ₦382.0 to $1.00. As a result, our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 of $1,403 million, was negatively impacted by the reduction in our lease fees received from MTN of approximately $19 million, as a result of using the CBN exchange rate as the reference exchange rate rather than the NAFEX exchange rate.

For further discussion on the impact of this change in exchange rates, please refer to “— Our Revenue.”

Maintenance of sites

We incur capital expenditure in relation to the maintenance of our towers, which is non-discretionary in nature and required in order for us to optimally run our portfolio and to perform in line with our service level agreements with customers. Maintenance capital expenditure includes the periodic repair and replacement of fixtures and fittings of existing sites and fiber equipment and power equipment at existing sites. A large component of maintenance capital expenditure is for the replacement and servicing of generators and batteries at our sites, which may decrease, should the grid availability in our markets improve. Maintenance capital expenditure per Tower is typically in the range of $2,000 to $7,000 per year in our African and Middle East markets.

In addition to this corrective maintenance capital expenditure, maintenance costs are also incurred in cost of sales where these relate to preventive maintenance that includes the replacement of spare parts and routine checks. Maintenance capital expenditure in Latin America is typically lower given the current scope of maintenance required on Towers.

Typically, when we acquire a tower portfolio, it may be necessary to refurbish the newly acquired Towers in order to bring them to the standard of the rest of our portfolio.

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Refurbishment capital expenditures typically involve the deployment of a suitable power system for that site, repairs to the site or improvements to the site structure in order to be in line with our safety obligations, and adaptations to site security and monitoring abilities. Refurbishment capital expenditures are one-off in nature, following which those sites should then have normalized maintenance capital expenditure requirements related to the maintenance of sites as described above. Refurbishment capital expenditure is a component of discretionary capital expenditure since it is typically considered in conjunction with the acquisition of tower portfolios. The capital expenditure associated with refurbishment varies from market to market and tower to tower.

Cost and consumption of diesel

Power is our largest single operating expense and, in particular, diesel pricing typically has the largest impact on changes in our operating expense. The largest impact is in our Nigerian operations due to low power grid availability in that country. Fluctuations in the price of oil and foreign exchange effects have a direct correlation to the price of diesel that we pay to suppliers in our markets. Falling oil prices will lower our costs, with the degree of reduction dependent on both foreign exchange effects (given that we can pay for diesel in local currencies) and our diesel requirements. In the case of rising oil prices and the associated cost of diesel, we benefit in limited situations from power indexation clauses in some of our MLAs, which provide pass-through provisions in relation to increased diesel prices and conversely falling diesel prices. However, as the majority of our contracts do not have such pass-through provisions, we remain exposed to diesel price volatility, which may result in substantial increases in our operating costs and reduced profits if prices rise significantly and/or we are unable to enter into adequate cost pass-through arrangements. In Nigeria, to help mitigate against fluctuations in the price of diesel, we bulk buy diesel from time to time to take advantage of suitable pricing. Furthermore, we have been reducing our overall diesel consumption through targeted investment in power system solutions to provide power to sites more efficiently, including the use of hybrid and solar systems.

Due to the current volatility in oil prices largely as a result of the current situation between Russia and Ukraine, the Brent Crude price has increased significantly over the last twelve months from an average of $69/bbl in the three month period ending June 30, 2021 to an average of $114/bbl in the three month period ending June 30, 2022.

Cost of ground leases

The majority of towers we own and operate are on land that we lease from individual landlords. Ground lease fees are generally paid in advance for a one, five, or ten-year portion of the overall duration of the lease, with typically pre-agreed lease fee increases of between 5% and 40% or variable increases for each subsequent three, five or ten-year period. As we roll out additional sites, we are often required to either enter into leases with new landlords, which we endeavor to do under similar terms to those of our existing leases, or acquire the land.

Customer concentration

A significant portion of our revenue in each of our markets of operation is derived from a small number of customers who usually constitute some of the largest MNOs in those markets. In particular, in the three months ended June 30, 2022, revenue from our top three MNO customers, considered in each of our individual markets of operation, collectively accounted for 96.0% of our consolidated revenue, with MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria accounting for 51.3% and 13.2%, respectively, of our consolidated revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Market volatility

We and our customers operate in various international markets, particularly in emerging markets such as in Africa. As a result, we are exposed to economic, political and other uncertainties prevailing in such markets, particularly Nigeria, which is our largest market of operation.

For example, in addition to the currency exchange rate and other factors noted above, our business has been negatively impacted by previous recession in Nigeria brought on by low oil prices, and the tensions between the “Anglophone” and “Francophone” regions of Cameroon.

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID 19 outbreak and resulting measures taken by the federal and state governments in the countries where we operate to contain the virus have required some changes to how we operate (for example travel restrictions, increased working from home, practicing social distancing, increased hygiene measures and enhanced risk and contingency planning). During the current period however, and during the period after June 30, 2022 the financial impact on our business has not been significant as our operational teams were allowed to fulfil their responsibilities and visit sites even when local travel restrictions were in place.

However, in addition to the already known effects, the macroeconomic uncertainty causes disruption to economic activity and it is unknown what the longer-term impact on our business may be. The remaining duration of this pandemic remains uncertain but is expected to continue to impact the way we run our business, in particular, in relation to office working and the ability to travel internationally without restriction.

Key Financial and Operational Performance Indicators

We believe that revenue growth, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, non-discretionary capital expenditure, Recurring Levered Free Cash Flow (“RLFCF”), and Return Adjusted EBITDA, the number of Towers in our portfolio and Colocation Rate are key measures to assess our financial and operational performance. These measures demonstrate our ability to grow and generate strong positive cash flows over time. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, non-discretionary capital expenditure, RLFCF and Return Adjusted EBITDA are not measures defined by IFRS. The most directly comparable IFRS measure to Adjusted EBITDA and Return Adjusted EBITDA is our profit/ (loss) for the period. The most directly comparable IFRS measure to RLFCF is cash flows from operations. Adjusted EBITDA Margin, RLFCF and Return Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly referenced measures used by other companies. As a result, investors should not consider these performance measures in isolation from, or as a substitute analysis for, our results of operations as determined in accordance with IFRS.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

We believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are useful to investors and are used by our management for measuring profitability and allocating resources, because they exclude the impact of certain items that have less bearing on our core operating performance such as interest expense and taxes. We believe that utilizing Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin allows for a more meaningful comparison of operating fundamentals between companies within our industry by eliminating the impact of capital structure and taxation differences between the companies.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as profit/(loss) for the period, before income tax expense/(benefit), finance costs and income, depreciation and amortization, impairment of withholding tax receivables, business combination transaction costs, impairment of property, plant and equipment and related prepaid land rent on the decommissioning of sites, net (profit)/loss on sale of assets, share-based payment (credit)/expense, insurance claims, listing costs and certain other items that management believes are not indicative of the core performance of our business.

We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue for the applicable period, expressed as a percentage.

Non-discretionary capital expenditure

Non-discretionary capital expenditure is non-revenue generating in nature and relates to capital expenditure required to run ordinary course operations, including the delivery of our contracted service level agreements to customers.

It consists primarily of maintenance capital expenditure, as well as routine corporate capital expenditure, being primarily spending on information technology infrastructure.

Recurring Levered Free Cash Flow

We believe that it is important to measure the free cash flows we have generated from operations, after accounting for the cash cost of funding and recurring capital expenditure required to generate those cash flows. In this respect, we monitor RLFCF which we define as cash flows from operating activities, before certain items of income or expenditure that

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management believes are not indicative of the core performance of our business (to the extent that these items of income and expenditure are included within cash flow from operating activities), and after taking into account loss allowances on trade receivables, impairment of inventory, net working capital movements, net interest paid or received, revenue withholding tax, income taxes paid, lease payments made, maintenance capital expenditures, and routine corporate capital expenditures.

The table below shows our RLFCF reconciliation from the nearest IFRS measure (Cash from operations) for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

Cash from operations

 

216,800

 

190,632

 

383,407

 

392,218

Net movement in working capital

 

22,158

 

35,539

 

91,109

 

46,454

Net (loss allowance)/reversal of loss allowance on trade receivables

 

(668)

 

36,632

 

1,800

 

36,620

Impairment/(reversal of impairment) of inventory

 

 

176

 

(138)

 

176

Income taxes paid

 

(23,903)

 

(15,049)

 

(40,002)

 

(19,386)

Withholding tax(a)

 

(27,837)

 

(29,992)

 

(55,981)

 

(57,842)

Lease and rent payments made

 

(25,514)

 

(24,810)

 

(50,101)

 

(45,175)

Net interest paid(b)

 

(46,683)

 

(7,019)

 

(97,653)

 

(70,996)

Business combination transaction costs

 

5,679

 

4,713

 

14,039

 

5,948

Listing costs

 

 

2,914

 

 

4,035

Other costs(c)

8,153

514

10,193

Other income(d)

 

(2,501)

 

(1,269)

 

(2,521)

 

(1,269)

Maintenance capital expenditure(e)

 

(29,195)

 

(26,408)

 

(68,787)

 

(55,736)

Corporate capital expenditures(f)

 

(799)

 

(307)

 

(1,087)

 

(557)

RLFCF

87,537

173,905

174,599

244,683

Non controlling interest

(750)

(520)

(3,769)

(934)

RLFCF excluding non-controlling interest

86,787

173,385

170,830

243,749

(a)Withholding tax primarily includes amounts withheld by customers and amounts paid on bond interest in Nigeria which is paid to the local tax authority. The amounts withheld by customers may be recoverable through an offset against future corporate income tax liabilities in the relevant operating company.
(b)Represents the aggregate value of interest paid and interest income received.
(c)Other costs for the six months ended June 30, 2022 included professional costs related to SOX implementation costs. Other costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 relates to non-recurring professional costs related to financing and aborted transaction costs.
(d)Other income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 relates to a tax indemnity receipt from a seller relating to a prior acquisition. Other income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 relates to the remeasurement of the liability for contingent consideration on the Skysites Acquisition for a portion thereof not paid to the sellers, as the conditions were not met post acquisition.
(e)We incur capital expenditures in relation to the maintenance of our towers and fiber equipment, which is non-discretionary in nature and required in order for us to optimally run our portfolio and to perform in line with our service level agreements with customers. Maintenance capital expenditures includes the periodic repair, refurbishment and replacement of tower, power equipment at existing sites and fiber equipment to keep such assets in service.
(f)Corporate capital expenditures, which are non-discretionary in nature, consist primarily of routine spending on information technology infrastructure.
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Return Adjusted EBITDA

We believe that it is important to measure the effectiveness of our capital allocation strategy. This allows us to quantify how well we generate income relative to the capital we have invested in our business. We monitor the returns generated from capital we have deployed across the business.

We measure our return on invested capital by looking at Return Adjusted EBITDA for the period, which we define as Adjusted EBITDA further adjusted for lease payments made and amortization of prepaid site rent, less revenue withholding tax, income taxes paid, maintenance capital expenditures and routine capital expenditures, as a function of gross property, plant and equipment, gross intangibles and gross goodwill, as of the end of the period. Management uses this metric in order to measure the effectiveness of our capital allocation strategy, in a manner similar to metrics calculated by peers in the industry. Return Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure defined by IFRS, and other companies may calculate Return Adjusted EBITDA or return on invested capital, differently. As a result, investors should not consider Return Adjusted EBITDA in isolation from, or as a substitute analysis for, our results of operations as determined in accordance with IFRS.

The following is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Return Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS measure, which is profit/ (loss) for the periods presented:

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

(Loss)/profit

 

(177,497)

 

105,659

 

(162,378)

 

76,606

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

16,970

 

25,298

 

33,225

 

40,013

Finance costs(a)

 

260,897

 

82,589

 

379,914

 

154,621

Finance income(a)

 

(3,895)

 

(67,780)

 

(45,667)

 

(17,282)

Depreciation and amortization

 

114,840

 

94,740

 

222,680

 

183,925

Impairment of withholding tax receivables(b)

 

12,932

 

17,593

 

27,717

 

32,684

Business combination transaction costs

 

5,679

4,713

 

14,039

 

5,948

Net (reversal of impairment)/impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land (c)

 

(3,514)

 

2,093

 

(1,331)

 

2,813

Net loss/(gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

13,617

 

(1,574)

 

13,784

 

(1,538)

Share-based payment expense(d)

 

2,051

 

3,491

 

5,625

 

4,682

Insurance claims(e)

 

(466)

 

(1,614)

 

(1,616)

 

(5,402)

Listing costs

 

 

2,914

 

 

4,035

Other costs(f)

 

 

8,153

 

514

 

10,193

Other income(g)

(2,501)

(1,269)

(2,521)

(1,269)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

239,113

 

275,006

 

483,985

 

490,029

Lease and rent payments made

 

(25,514)

 

(24,810)

 

(50,101)

 

(45,175)

Amortization of prepaid site rent

 

2,357

 

2,484

 

4,225

 

4,346

Withholding tax(b)

 

(27,837)

 

(29,992)

 

(55,981)

 

(57,842)

Income taxes paid

 

(23,903)

 

(15,049)

 

(40,002)

 

(19,386)

Maintenance capital expenditures(h)

 

(29,195)

 

(26,408)

 

(68,787)

 

(55,736)

Corporate capital expenditures(i)

 

(799)

 

(307)

 

(1,087)

 

(557)

Return Adjusted EBITDA

 

134,222

 

180,924

 

272,252

 

315,679

Gross property, plant and equipment(j)

 

3,607,734

 

2,986,648

 

3,607,734

 

2,986,648

Gross intangibles

 

1,413,479

 

933,791

 

1,413,479

 

933,791

Gross goodwill

 

954,347

 

750,750

 

954,347

 

750,750

(a)Finance costs consist of interest expense and loan facility fees on borrowings, the unwinding of the discount on our decommissioning liability and lease liability, realized and unrealized net foreign exchange losses arising from financing arrangements and net realized and unrealized losses from valuations of financial instruments. Finance income consists of interest income from bank deposits, realized and unrealized net foreign exchange gains arising from financing arrangements and net realized and unrealized gains from valuations of financial instruments.
(b)Withholding tax primarily represents amounts withheld by customers in Nigeria and paid to the local tax authority. The amounts withheld may be recoverable through an offset against future corporate income tax liabilities in the relevant
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operating company. Revenue withholding tax receivables are reviewed for recoverability at each reporting period end and impaired if not forecast to be recoverable.
(c)Represents non-cash charges related to the impairment of property, plant and equipment and related prepaid land rent on the decommissioning of sites.
(d)Represents credits and expense related to share-based compensation, which vary from period to period depending on timing of awards and changes to valuation inputs assumptions.
(e)Represents insurance claims included as non-operating income.
(f)Other costs for the six months ended June 30, 2022 included professional costs related to SOX implementation costs. Other costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 relates to non-recurring professional costs related to financing and aborted transaction costs.
(g)Other income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 relates to a tax indemnity receipt from a seller relating to a prior acquisition. Other income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 relates to the remeasurement of the liability for contingent consideration on the Skysites Acquisition for a portion thereof not paid to the sellers, as the conditions were not met post acquisition
(h)We incur capital expenditures in relation to the maintenance of our towers and fiber equipment, which is non- discretionary in nature and required in order for us to optimally run our portfolio and to perform in line with our service level agreements with customers. Maintenance capital expenditures includes the periodic repair, refurbishment and replacement of tower, power equipment at existing sites and fiber equipment to keep such assets in service.
(i)Corporate capital expenditures, which are non-discretionary in nature, consist primarily of routine spending on information technology infrastructure.
(j)Excludes the cost of right-of-use assets resulting from leases accounted for under IFRS 16.

Towers

We measure the number of towers in our portfolio at a given time by counting the number of towers that we own or operate with at least one Tenant. The number of towers in our portfolio excludes towers for which we provide Managed Services. We have historically increased the number of towers in our portfolio through a combination of building New Sites, along with the acquisition of towers from MNOs and an independent tower company. Rationalizing the portfolio through decommissioning towers reduces the number of towers we own and operate.

Colocation Rate

We define Colocation Rate as the average number of Tenants per tower that we own or operate across our tower portfolio at a given point in time, excluding Managed Services. Colocation Rate is an important metric for assessing utilization and capacity on existing Towers. Our Colocation Rate is a key driver of our Adjusted EBITDA Margin, as the addition of further Tenants increases revenue for a proportionally smaller increase in power, our primary variable cost per site. Colocation is achieved at a relatively low incremental capital expense and is also attractive to our customers as it provides them with shorter deployment times for their equipment compared to New Site alternatives.

Explanation of key line items in the historical consolidated statements of income

Revenue

Our revenue is derived from fees paid by our customers for services from our Colocation business and its ancillary managed services. The Colocation business involves the lease of space on our owned and operated towers, which are shared by various MNOs and other communication service providers. A portion of Colocation arrangements for the rental of space on the towers and other assets on tower sites, on which the use of space is dependent, is within the scope of IFRS 16 “Leases”. A portion of Colocation arrangements for the provision of services and energy charges is within the scope of IFRS 15 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” as a provision of service. Revenue from leasing arrangements is recognized on a straight-line basis over the current lease term of the related lease agreements, when collectability is reasonably assured. We also derive revenue from non-lease services, which includes maintenance, security and power supply for Towers owned by third parties. Non-lease revenues are recognized when control of the services is transferred to the customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those services. Such revenue is recognized

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in the accounting period in which the services are rendered. We assess the probability that defaulting customers will not settle amounts billed and accordingly treat any component that we deem may not be collected as variable consideration, contingent upon the receipt of funds from the customer, an event that is not wholly within our control.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales consists of power generation (including diesel costs), which after depreciation, is our largest single cost item, ground lease rental, tower repairs and maintenance, depreciation and amortization in relation to sites and fiber equipment and right of use assets, staff costs and other costs directly related to the provision of services to customers and other site related costs, such as security services, regulatory permits and license costs, insurance, including for customer and network related assets. Depreciation of a tower is calculated using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 10 to 20 years. Depreciation of alarms, batteries and generators are also calculated using the straight-line method over a range of estimated useful lives between three and five years, depending on the equipment. Right of use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the remaining estimated useful life of the tower and the lease term.

Administrative expenses

Administrative expenses are costs not directly related to provision of services to customers, but which support our business as a whole. These overhead expenses primarily consist of administrative staff costs (including key management compensation), office rent and related property expenses, insurance, travel costs, professional fees, depreciation and amortization of administrative assets and right of use assets where such assets are leased, net loss or gains from sale of assets, allowance for trade and other receivables and other sundry costs. Administrative expenses also includes other corporate overhead expenses related to our acquisition efforts and costs associated with new business initiatives.

Loss allowance on trade receivables

We account for our trade receivables credit risk by appropriately providing for expected credit losses. Loss allowance on trade receivables represents the expected loss from non-payment of amounts due from customers in accordance with the accounting standards applicable to each period. The loss allowance is determined based on our policy for evaluating expected credit losses and any subsequent impairment taking into account historical loss rates, the available information on a customer’s financial position and forward-looking macroeconomic data.

Other income

Other income includes proceeds from insurance claims.

Finance costs and income

Finance costs consist of interest expense and loan facility fees on borrowings, the unwinding of the discount on our decommissioning liability and lease liability, realized and unrealized net foreign exchange losses arising from financing arrangements and net realized and unrealized losses from valuations of financial instruments. Finance income consists of interest income from bank deposits, realized and unrealized net foreign exchange gains arising from financing arrangements and net realized and unrealized gains from valuations of financial instruments.

Taxation

Taxation consists of income tax, education tax and deferred taxes. Income tax is calculated at the domestic tax rate applicable to profits in our respective countries of business. Current and deferred tax is recognized on taxes that are regarded as taxes on corporate income under relevant IFRS accounting standards. This includes Nigerian education tax, which arises at the rate of 2.5% (2021: 2%) on taxable profits determined on a basis similar to income tax.

Deferred income tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, including tax losses carried forward, arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements, but only to the extent that the realization of the related tax benefits are expected to be met through the reversal of taxable temporary differences and that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized. As of December 31, 2021, in Nigeria and certain other jurisdictions that have taxable losses brought forward or arising in the present period, deferred tax assets in respect of those losses are recognized only to the extent they are

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forecast to be applied against (i) the reversal of taxable temporary differences, or (ii) additional forecast future taxable income over a five-year period.

Results of Operations

The table below shows our consolidated results of operations for the three month and six month periods ended June 30 2022 and 2021.

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Revenue

 

467,683

 

401,919

 

913,815

 

763,569

Cost of sales

 

(270,655)

 

(210,847)

 

(521,244)

 

(400,040)

Administrative expenses

 

(102,852)

 

(85,206)

 

(193,414)

 

(153,247)

Net (loss allowance)/reversal of loss allowance on trade receivables

 

(668)

 

36,632

 

1,800

 

36,620

Other income

 

2,967

 

3,268

 

4,137

 

7,056

Operating profit

 

96,475

 

145,766

 

205,094

 

253,958

Finance income

 

3,895

 

67,780

 

45,667

 

17,282

Finance costs

 

(260,897)

 

(82,589)

 

(379,914)

 

(154,621)

(Loss)/profit before income tax

 

(160,527)

 

130,957

 

(129,153)

 

116,619

Income tax expense

 

(16,970)

 

(25,298)

 

(33,225)

 

(40,013)

(Loss)/profit for the period

 

(177,497)

 

105,659

 

(162,378)

 

76,606

Revenue

Our revenue was $467.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $401.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased by $65.8 million, or 16.4%, which includes organic growth of $39.8 million, or 9.9%. Organic growth was driven primarily by escalations, lease amendments, power indexation and foreign exchange resets, as well as new sites and new colocations. During the second quarter of 2022, revenue of $5.7 million was not recognized as a result of a decrease in revenue recognition for a Key Customer due to a delay in payments. Revenue for the second quarter of 2021 included a non-recurring amount of $24.2 million that impacts the comparison between performance in the second quarter of 2021 and 2022. Aggregate inorganic revenue growth was $34.9 million, or 8.7%, for the three month period ended June 30, 2022. The increase was partially offset by the non-core impact of negative movement in foreign exchange rates of $8.9 million, or 2.2%.

Our revenue was $913.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $763.6 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased by $150.2 million, or 19.7%, which includes organic growth of $117.4 million, or 15.4%. Organic growth was driven primarily by escalations, lease amendments, power indexation and foreign exchange resets, as well as new sites and new colocations. During the six month period ended June 30, 2022, revenue of $5.7 million was not recognized as a result of a decrease in revenue recognition for a Key Customer due to a delay in payments. Revenue for the six month period ended June 30, 2021 included a non-recurring amount of $24.2 million. Aggregate inorganic revenue growth was $54.2 million or 7.1% for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. The increase was partially offset by the non-core impact of negative movement in foreign exchange rates of $21.3 million, or 2.8%.

Refer to the revenue component of the segment results section of this discussion and analysis for further details.

The net increase in Towers is 8,845 year on year, and includes 126 Towers from the fourth closing of the Kuwait Acquisition, 2,115 towers from the GTS SP5 Acquisition and 5,691 Towers from the MTN South Africa Acquisition in South Africa; resulting in total Towers of 39,052 at June 30, 2022. We added 11,894 net new Tenants in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, resulting in total Tenants of 57,381 and a Colocation Rate of 1.47x at June 30, 2022. Of the Tenant additions for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, an aggregate of 140 Tenants were added from the fourth closing of the Kuwait Acquisition, 2,998 tenants were added from the GTS SP5 Acquisition and 7,017 Tenants were added from the MTN South Africa Acquisition, resulting in total tenants of 57,381 at June 30, 2022. In the six month period ended June 30, 2022, we added 9,192 Lease Amendments, resulting in total Lease Amendments of 30,670 at June 30, 2022.

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Our net increase in Towers and Tenants for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, includes the impact of the start of a rationalization program agreed with a Key Customer, which resulted in the rationalization of 129 Towers and a total of 85 Tenants. We expect that a further 209 Towers in Nigeria will be rationalized over the coming quarters, as part of this program, which is expected to result in efficiencies for our portfolio.

Cost of Sales

Our cost of sales were $270.7 million and $521.2 million for three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 respectively, compared to $210.8 million and $400.0 million for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2021.

The table below shows our cost of sales for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Tower repairs and maintenance

 

21,460

 

16,451

 

43,257

 

36,653

Power generation

 

104,698

 

66,705

 

192,254

 

114,681

Short term site rental

 

5,967

 

2,003

 

8,976

 

3,960

Short term other rent

 

464

 

1,085

 

1,303

 

2,250

Vehicle maintenance and repairs

 

577

 

426

 

1,034

 

1,127

Site regulatory permits

 

7,009

 

7,574

 

18,041

 

15,650

Security services

 

9,946

 

9,143

 

19,338

 

18,419

Insurance

 

1,229

 

1,043

 

2,397

 

2,084

Staff costs

 

7,927

 

6,277

 

15,210

 

13,452

Travel costs

 

833

 

2,931

 

1,241

 

3,936

Professional fees

 

620

 

635

 

1,903

 

1,365

Depreciation

 

97,491

 

83,636

 

192,739

 

161,590

Amortization

 

14,504

 

8,307

 

22,150

 

16,559

Net (reversal of impairment)/impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent

 

(3,514)

 

2,093

 

(1,331)

 

2,813

Other

 

1,444

 

2,538

 

2,732

 

5,501

 

270,655

 

210,847

 

521,244

 

400,040

The increase in cost of sales of $59.8 million, or 28.4% in the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2021, is primarily due to increased costs related to tower repairs and maintenance, power generation, aggregate depreciation and amortization, site rental and staff costs. This year-on-year increase is partially offset by decreases in travel costs, impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent and other costs.

Power generation increased by $38.0 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a year-on-year cost increase in our Nigeria segment driven by year-on-year increases in the U.S. Dollar denominated cost of diesel of 96.8% and overall consumption increase of 5.2%. The year-on-year increase in diesel price is primarily driven by the current situation between Ukraine and Russia.

Aggregate depreciation and amortization increased by $20.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022. This is primarily due to a year-on-year increase in depreciation and amortization for our SSA, Latam, and MENA segments of $3.2 million, $22.1 million and $1.0 million respectively, due to an increase in our total asset base. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in depreciation and amortization of $6.3 million for our Nigerian segment.

Tower repairs and maintenance and site rentals increased in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2021, by $5.0 million and $4.0 million respectively, primarily due to an increase in Tower count.

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Impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent resulted in a reversal for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 of $3.5 million, a decrease of $5.6 million, primarily resulting from a year on year decrease of $4.5 million in our Nigeria segment.

Other cost of sales line items decreased in aggregate by $3.3 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a decrease in costs related to regulatory permits, travel costs and other rental costs.

The increase in cost of sales of $121.2 million, or 30.3% in the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2021, is primarily due to increased costs related to tower repairs and maintenance, power generation, site rental, aggregate depreciation and amortization, site regulatory permits and staff costs. This year-on-year increase is partially offset by decreases in travel costs, impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent and other costs.

Power generation increased by $77.6 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a year-on-year cost increase in our Nigeria segment driven by year-on-year increases in the U.S. Dollar denominated cost of diesel and overall consumption of 93.5% and 11.2% respectively. The year-on-year increase in overall consumption is primarily driven by increased Tenant and Lease Amendments activity and increase in diesel price is largely driven by the current situation between Ukraine and Russia.

Aggregate depreciation and amortization increased by $36.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. This is primarily due to a year-on-year increase in depreciation and amortization for our SSA, Latam, and MENA segments of $1.3 million, $38.0 million and $1.8 million respectively, due to an increase in our total asset base. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in depreciation and amortization of $4.4 million for our Nigeria segment.

Site regulatory permits, tower repairs and maintenance and site rentals increased in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2021, by $2.4 million, $6.6 million and $5.0 million respectively, primarily due to an increase in tower count.

Impairment of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land rent resulted in a reversal for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 of $1.3 million, a decrease of $4.1 million, primarily resulting from a year on year decrease of $2.6 million in our Nigeria segment.

Other cost of sales line items decreased in aggregate by $3.0 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to a decrease in costs related to travel and other rental costs

Administrative Expenses

Our administrative expenses were $102.9 million and $193.4 million for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to $85.2 million and $153.2 million for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The table below shows our administrative expenses for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

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Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Facilities, short term rental and upkeep

 

8,863

 

6,622

 

16,891

 

12,261

Depreciation

 

2,282

 

2,011

 

4,391

 

4,191

Amortization

 

563

 

786

 

3,400

 

1,585

Travel costs

 

4,182

 

1,662

 

6,659

 

3,497

Staff costs

 

31,718

 

25,037

 

61,849

 

48,345

Key management compensation

 

3,968

 

1,751

 

8,323

 

3,689

Share‑based payment expense

 

2,051

 

3,491

 

5,625

 

4,682

Professional fees

 

10,150

 

17,753

 

18,470

 

28,091

Business combination transaction costs

 

5,679

 

4,713

 

14,039

 

5,948

Impairment of withholding tax receivables

 

12,932

 

17,593

 

27,717

 

32,684

Net loss/(gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

13,617

 

(1,574)

 

13,784

 

(1,538)

Operating taxes

 

138

 

1,122

 

341

 

1,221

Other

 

6,709

 

4,239

 

11,925

 

8,591

 

102,852

 

85,206

 

193,414

 

153,247

Administrative expenses for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 increased by $17.6 million, or 20.7%, which was primarily due to an increase in staff costs, rent and facilities costs, travel costs, aggregate depreciation and amortization and net loss from disposal of property, plant and equipment, partially offset by a decrease in professional fees and impairment of withholding tax receivables.

Staff cost increased by $6.7 million to $31.7 million charge in the three month period ended June 30, 2022 from $25.0 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2021 due to a combination of increased headcount in Group functions including our shared service center, the impact of acquired operations and post-IPO recurring listed company costs.

Rent and facilities costs increased by $2.2 million to $8.9 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, from $6.6 million in the three month ended June 30, 2021. Travel costs increased year-on-year for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, by $2.5 million, owing to increased travel in the current year period following easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment increased by $15.2 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, primarily resulting from a year on year increase of $13.8 million in our Nigeria segment after completing an assessment of assets verification during the three month period ended June 30, 2022, resulting in a disposal of assets creating a net loss.

Administrative expenses for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 increased by $40.2 million, or 26.2%, which was primarily due to an increase in staff costs, rent and facilities costs, travel costs, business combination transaction cost, aggregate depreciation and amortization and net loss from disposal of property, plant and equipment, partially offset by a professional fees impairment of withholding tax receivables.

Staff cost increased by $13.5 million to $61.8 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2022 from $48.3 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2021 due to a combination of increased headcount in Group functions including our shared service center and the impact of acquired operations.

Rent and facilities costs increased by $4.6 million to $16.9 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2021, from $12.3 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Travel costs and business combination transaction costs increased year-on-year for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, by $3.2 million and $8.1 million, respectively, owing to increased travel and business combination activity in the current period.

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment increased by $15.3 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, primarily resulting from a year on year increase of $13.6 million in our Nigeria segment after completing an assessment of assets verification that took place in the second quarter 2022, resulting in disposal of assets creating a net loss

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Loss Allowance on Trade Receivables

We had a net loss of allowance for trade receivables of $0.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a reversal allowance for trade receivables of $36.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, a year-on-year negative movement of $37.3 million. During the three month period ended June 30, 2021, we collected a portion of an amount previously provisioned and experienced improved collections in respect of one Key Customer, which resulted in a one-off reversal of the loss allowance on trade receivables in respect of that customer totaling $36.5 million, which was not repeated in the three month period ended June 30, 2022.

We had a net reversal of the allowance for trade receivables of $1.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a net reversal of the allowance for trade receivables of $36.6 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, a year-on-year negative movement of $34.8 million. Refer to explanation discussed above.

Other Income

Other income decreased by $0.3 million year-on-year, at $3.0 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $3.3 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. The year-on-year decrease resulted from a decrease in insurance claim income of $1.1 million offset by an increase in other income of $0.8 million where within the three month period ended June 30, 2022 includes a non-recurring $2.5 million income in relation to a tax indemnity receipt from a seller relating to a prior acquisition.

Other income decreased by $2.9 million year-on-year, at $4.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $7.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021. The year-on-year decrease resulted from a decrease in insurance claim income of $3.8 million offset by an increase in other income of $0.8 million where within the six month period ended June 30, 2022 includes a non-recurring $2.5 million income in relation to a tax indemnity receipt from a seller relating to a prior acquisition.

Net Finance Income/Costs

Our net finance costs were $257.0 million and $334.2 million for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2022, respectively compared to $14.8 million and $137.3 million for the three month an six month period ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The table below shows our net finance costs for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

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Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Interest income—bank deposits

3,888

 

1,369

7,016

 

2,352

Net foreign exchange gain on derivative instruments—unrealized

 

15,288

 

Net foreign exchange gain on derivative instruments—realized

7

 

 

12,504

Net foreign exchange gain arising from financing – unrealized

 

32,452

38,651

 

Fair value gain on embedded derivative in revenue contract

4,133

2,426

Fair value gain on embedded options

14,538

3,895

 

67,780

45,667

 

17,282

Interest expenses—third party loans

59,567

 

38,887

114,678

 

78,857

Unwinding of discount on decommissioning liability

1,434

 

1,139

2,667

 

2,024

Interest and finance charges paid/payable for lease liabilities

12,252

 

7,182

21,812

 

14,370

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing—unrealized

73,188

 

 

6,004

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing—realized

53,905

 

19,312

63,678

 

35,874

Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments—unrealized

2,114

 

3,374

 

6,200

Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments—realized

14,357

1,130

Fair value loss on embedded options

53,330

 

162,330

 

7,148

Fees on loans and financial derivatives

5,107

 

1,712

10,245

 

4,144

260,897

 

82,589

379,914

 

154,621

Net finance costs

257,002

 

14,809

334,247

 

137,339

Net finance costs increased by $242.2 million, or 1,635.4%, in the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to a net increase of $140.2 million in net foreign exchange loss arising from financing, an increase in interest expense of $20.7 million, an increase in interest and finance charges and of fees on loans and financial derivatives of $5.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, and unfavorable fair value movements on embedded options within the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes and a decrease in gain of fair value of embedded derivative in revenue contract of $67.9 million and $4.1 million, respectively. The increase in net finance cost was partially offset by increase in interest income of $2.5 million.

The net foreign exchange loss arising from financing was $127.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a net foreign exchange gain of $13.1 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2021. The year-on-year increase in net foreign exchange loss of $140.2 million is primarily due to changes in exchange rates, predominantly between the Nigeria Naira, BRL, XOF, XAF and RWF against the U.S. dollar. This arises on commercial bank and related party loans denominated in U.S. dollars at the subsidiary level as a result of loan revaluations in local functional currency at period ends.

The year-on-year aggregate increase of $5.1 million in finance charges for lease liabilities and unwinding of discount on decommissioning liabilities for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 results primarily from an increase in the number of Towers, from acquisitions and from New Sites, for which we have entered into ground leases and to which the decommissioning liabilities relate.

Other significant year-on-year increases in net finance costs for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 includes a loss related to the fair valuation on embedded options within the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes of $67.9 million, which results primarily from decreases in the market value of the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and the 2028 Notes which decreases the value of the call options, and from an increase in loan and financial derivative fees of $3.4 million.

Net finance costs increased by $196.9 million, or 143.4%, in the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to an net increase of $16.8 million in net foreign exchange loss arising from financing, an increase in interest expense of $35.8 million, an increase in interest and finance charges of $7.4 million and unfavorable fair value movements on embedded options within the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes of $155.2 million. The increase in net finance cost was partially offset by increase in interest income of $4.7 million.

The net foreign exchange loss arising from financing was $25.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a net foreign exchange loss of $41.9 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2021. The year-on-year

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increase in net foreign exchange loss of $16.8 million is primarily due to changes in exchange rates, predominantly between the Nigeria Naira, XOF, XAF and RWF against the U.S. dollar. This arises on commercial bank and related party loans denominated in U.S. dollars at the subsidiary level as a result of loan revaluations in local functional currency at period ends.

The year-on-year aggregate increase of $7.4 million in finance charges for lease liabilities and unwinding of discount on decommissioning liabilities for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 results primarily from an increase in the number of Towers, from acquisitions and from new sites, for which we have entered into ground leases and to which the decommissioning liabilities relate.

Other significant year-on-year increases in net finance costs for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 includes a loss related to the fair valuation on embedded options within the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes of $155.2 million, which results primarily from decreases in the market value of the 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and the 2028 Notes which decreases the value of the call options, as well as an increase in loss of loan and financial derivative fees of $6.1 million.

Income Tax Expense/(Benefit)

Our current income tax expense was $22.5 million and $52.0 million for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to a current income tax expense of $24.7 million and $46.2 million for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

We had a deferred income tax benefit of $5.5 million and $18.7 million for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to deferred income tax expense of $0.6 million and deferred income tax benefit of $6.2 million for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The table below shows our income tax expense for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Current taxes on income

 

22,539

 

24,731

 

52,008

 

46,200

Deferred income tax credit

 

(5,569)

 

567

 

(18,783)

 

(6,187)

Total tax expense

 

16,970

 

25,298

 

33,225

 

40,013

The year-on-year decrease in current income tax expense for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 of $2.2 million, is primarily due to decreases in current income tax expense in our Nigeria and SSA segments, which decreased by $2.2 million and $3.3 million respectively, offset by an increase of $3.2 million for the Latam segment.

The year-on-year increase of $6.1 million in deferred tax benefit, resulting in a deferred tax benefit of $5.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a deferred tax expense of $0.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, results mainly from a decrease in deferred tax expense in our Nigeria segment of $7.2 million. The larger deferred tax credit in our Nigeria segment for the current period relates primarily to a reduction in the recognition of deferred tax liabilities, principally as a consequence of movements in timing differences on property, plant and equipment and embedded derivatives.

The year-on-year increase in current income tax expense for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 of $5.8 million, is primarily due to increases in current income tax expense in our Latam segments, which increased by $3.8 million and an increase in the Group’s uncertain tax position by $2.2 million.

The year-on-year increase of $12.6 million in deferred tax benefit, resulting in a deferred tax benefit of $18.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to a deferred tax benefit of $6.2 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, results mainly from an increase in deferred tax benefit in our Nigeria and SSA segments of $13.9 million, $1.8 million respectively, offset by an increased deferred expense of $3.0 million in Group entities. The larger deferred tax credit in our Nigeria segment for current year results primarily to a reduction in the recognition of deferred tax liabilities,

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principally as a consequence of movements in timing differences on property, plant and equipment and embedded derivatives.

Profit or loss for the Period

Our loss for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 was $177.5 million compared to a profit of $105.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, a change of $283.2 million for the period. The decrease in profit mainly resulted from an increase in cost of sales, administrative expenses, loss allowance on trade receivables, net finance cost and decrease in other income and offset by increase in revenue and decrease in taxation.

Our loss for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 was $162.4 million compared to a profit of $76.6 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, a change of $239.0 million for the period. The decrease in profit mainly resulted from an increase in cost of sales, administrative expenses, loss allowance of trade receivables, net finance cost and decrease in other income partially offset by an increase in revenue and decrease in taxation.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We generally fund our operations, which include operating expenses and debt service requirements (principal and interest payments), through cash flow from operating activities. We have historically funded acquisitions and other investments in our business, including large scale New Site construction and site improvements, from a combination of external equity raised from shareholders, long-term debt financings and internally generated cash from operations. External equity funding was raised at the IHS Holding Limited level, where it was held in U.S. dollars until required by operating subsidiaries or for acquisitions. As and when operating subsidiaries required these funds, the funding was allocated through intercompany loans to those subsidiaries. The proportion of intercompany loans to equity is unique to each operation and determined by commercial funding requirements, local taxation and corporate legislation.

As of June 30, 2022, we had $837.3 million of total liquidity, which was equal to our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $567.3 million and availability under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below; see “— Indebtedness” for more information) of $270.0 million. Our centralized treasury team supervises our cash management. Our cash and cash equivalents are generated within our operating subsidiaries and held either locally or up streamed to IHS Holding Limited (or intermediaries thereof). As a holding company, our only source of cash to pay our obligations will be distributions with respect to our ownership interests in our subsidiaries or repayment of intercompany loans from (i) the net earnings and cash flow generated by these subsidiaries and (ii) any excess funds from the refinancing of operating company debt financings.

We believe that our available liquidity and cash from operations will be sufficient to satisfy our operating expenses, debt service, capital expenditure requirements and organic growth strategies for the next 12 months. However, our ability to satisfy our operating expenses, debt service, capital requirements and growth strategies will depend on our future performance, which is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report.

If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operating activities in the future, we may have to obtain additional financing. If we obtain additional capital by issuing equity, the current interests of our existing shareholders will be diluted. If we incur additional indebtedness, that indebtedness may contain significant financial and other covenants that may significantly restrict our operations. There can be no assurance that such financing will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Additionally, we continuously review our funding and maturity profile. As part of this review, we regularly explore opportunities in the global bond markets to try and ensure that we are well positioned to avail ourselves of any refinancing opportunities, including for our 2027 Notes and our other facilities.

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Statements of cash flows

    

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

2022

    

2021

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Net cash generated from operating activities

 

191,314

174,000

339,417

369,395

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(617,546)

(168,357)

(1,117,696)

(331,634)

Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities

547,188

8,051

489,301

(46,268)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

120,956

13,694

(288,978)

(8,507)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

508,609

545,396

916,488

585,416

Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash

(62,267)

(17,446)

(60,212)

(35,265)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

567,298

541,644

567,298

541,644

Net cash generated from operating activities

Net cash generated from operating activities increased by $17.3 million year-on year in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, to $191.3 million, from $174.0 million in the prior year comparative period. The year-on-year increase is primarily due to increase in cash from operations of $26.2 million mainly due to changes in working capital, offset by an increase in cash outflows for income tax payment of $8.9 million.

Net cash generated from operating activities decreased by $30.0 million year-on year in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, to $339.4 million, from $369.4 million in the prior year comparative period. The year-on-year decrease is primarily due to increase in cash outflow for income tax payment of $20.6 million and a decrease in cash from operations of $8.8 million due to changes in working capital.

Net cash used in investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $449.2 million, to $617.6 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, from $168.4 million in the prior year comparative period. This is primarily due to an increase in cash consideration paid for business combinations, net of cash acquired of $307.9 million, an increase of aggregate capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment (including advance payments) and intangible assets of $70.7 million, a decrease in insurance claims received of $4.8 million and an increase of net short term deposit of $66.3 million, partially offset by interest income received of $2.5 million. The year-on-year increase in consideration paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired is for the MTN South Africa Acquisition. The year-on-year increase in capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment (including advance payments) is described in more detail in the segmental review below.

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $786.1 million, to $1,117.7 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, from $331.6 million in the prior year comparative period, primarily due to an increase in cash consideration paid for business combinations, net of cash acquired of $548.1 million, an increase of aggregate capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment (including advance payments) and intangible assets of $93.5 million, a decrease in insurance claims received of $10.2 million and an increase of net short term deposit of $136.5 million, partially offset by interest income received of $4.7 million. The year-on-year increase in consideration paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired is for the GTS SP5 Acquisition and MTN South Africa Acquisition. The year-on-year increase in capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment (including advance payments) is described in more detail in the segmental review below.

Net cash used in/generated from financing activities

Net cash generated from financing activities increased by $539.1 million, to net cash used in financing activities of $547.2 million in the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $8.1 million in the prior year comparative period. The year-on-year increase in cash inflow is primarily due to an increase in net loans received and repaid from third parties of $597.6 million.

This year-on-year increase in cash inflow was partially offset due to an increase in cash outflow from interest paid to third parties of $42.2 million, an increase on fees on loans and derivative instruments of $2.8 million and an increase of $13.1

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million in cash outflow from aggregate losses paid and deposits made and received on non-deliverable forward derivative instruments.

Net cash generated from financing activities increased by $535.6 million, to net cash used in financing activities of $489.3 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to negative net cash used in financing activities of $46.3 million in the prior year comparative period. The year-on-year increase in cash inflow is primarily due to an increase in net loans received and repaid from third parties of $627.6 million.

This year-on-year increase in cash inflow was partially offset due to an increase in cash outflow from interest paid to third parties of $31.3 million, an increase on fees on loans and derivative instruments of $1.2 million, an increase in net payment of principal and interest of lease liabilities of $4.0 million and increase of $55.5 million cash outflow from aggregate losses paid and deposits made and received on non-deliverable forward derivative instruments.

Segment Results

Revenue:

Revenue for each of our reportable segments was as follows for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

Three months ended

    

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

    

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

Nigeria

321,125

296,610

24,515

 

8.3

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

94,902

83,940

10,962

 

13.1

%

Latam

42,780

14,227

28,553

 

200.7

%

MENA

8,876

7,142

1,734

 

24.3

%

Total revenue

467,683

401,919

65,764

 

16.4

%

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

    

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

Nigeria

 

641,781

557,863

 

83,918

 

15.0

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

180,530

167,110

 

13,420

 

8.0

%

Latam

 

74,013

24,730

 

49,283

 

199.3

%

MENA

 

17,491

13,866

 

3,625

 

26.1

%

Total revenue

 

913,815

 

763,569

 

150,246

 

19.7

%

Nigeria

Revenue for our Nigeria segment increased by $24.5 million, or 8.3%, to $321.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $296.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Year-on-year revenue for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 increased organically by $30.9 million, or 10.4%, driven by an increase in escalations, lease amendments, power indexation and foreign exchange resets, as well as new sites and new colocations. During the second quarter of 2022, revenue of $5.7 million was not recognized as a result of a decrease in revenue recognition for a Key Customer due to a delay in payments. Revenue for the three month period ended June 30, 2021 includes $24.2 million of non-recurring items that impact the comparison between performance in the second quarter of 2021 and 2022. Aggregate increases of $30.9 million in organic revenue were partially offset by the impact of negative movements in the Naira to U.S. dollar foreign exchange rate of $6.4 million or 2.2%. Year on year, within our Nigeria segment, Tenants increased by 1,083, including 511 from new sites, offset by 10 churned, while lease amendments increased by 9,062.

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Revenue for our Nigeria segment increased by $83.9 million, or 15.0%, to $641.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $557.9 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021. Year-on-year revenue for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 increased organically by $101.4 million, or 18.2%, driven by an increase in escalations, lease amendments, power indexation and foreign exchange resets, as well as new sites and new colocations. During the six month period ended June 30, 2022, revenue of $5.7 million was not recognized as a result of a decrease in revenue recognition for a Key Customer due to a delay in payments. Aggregate increases of $101.4 million in organic revenue was partially offset by the impact of negative movements in the Naira to U.S. dollar foreign exchange rate of $17.5 million or 3.1%. Year on year, within our Nigeria segment, Tenants increased by 1,083, including 511 from new sites, offset by 10 churned, while lease amendments increased by 9,062.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Revenue for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment increased by $11.0 million, or 13.1%, to $94.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $83.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased organically by $3.9 million, or 4.6%, driven by escalations, new sites and colocation. Revenue for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment also grew inorganically in the period by $10.7 million from the completion of the MTN South Africa Acquisition. Revenue in the period was partially offset by the year-on-year negative impact of movements in foreign exchange rates of $3.6 million or 4.3%. Year on year, within our Sub-Saharan Africa segment, Tenants increased by 6,610, including 205 from new sites and 7,017 from the MTN South Africa acquisition in the second quarter of 2022, partially offset by 806 churned, while lease amendments increased by 130.

Revenue for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment increased by $13.4 million, or 8.0%, to $180.5 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $167.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased organically by $6.9 million, or 4.1%, driven by escalations, new sites and colocation. Revenue for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment also grew inorganically in the period by $12.1 million, $1.4 million from the acquisition of a tower portfolio in Rwanda in April 2021, $10.7 million from the completion of the MTN South Africa Acquisition. Revenue in the period was partially offset by the year-on-year negative impact of movements in foreign exchange rates of $5.5 million or 3.3%. Year on year, within our Sub-Saharan Africa segment, Tenants increased by 6,610, including 205 from new sites and 7,017 from the MTN South Africa Acquisition in the first half of 2022, partially offset by 806 churned, while lease amendments increased by 130.

Latam

Revenue for our Latam segment increased by $28.6 million, or 200.7%, to $42.8 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $14.2 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased organically by $4.0 million, or 27.9%, primarily driven through contractual CPI reset mechanisms. Revenue for our Latam segment grew inorganically in the period by $23.3 million, or 163.8%, which primarily includes the impact of 2,115 Towers and 2,998 Tenants added through the GTS SP5 Acquisition, which closed on March 17, 2022, as well as revenue from our fiber business, I-Systems. Revenue also increased by $1.8 million, or 7.3% as a result of the positive impact of movements in foreign exchange rates. Year on year, within our Latam segment, Tenants increased by 3,969, including 395 from new sites, and 2,998 from our GTS SP5 Acquisition in the first quarter of 2022.

Revenue for our Latam segment increased by $49.3 million, or 199.3%, to $74.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $24.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue increased organically by $7.4 million, or 30.0%, primarily driven through contractual CPI reset mechanisms. Revenue for our Latam segment grew inorganically in the period by $40.0 million, or 161.9%, which primarily includes the impact of 602 Towers and 705 Tenants added through the Centennial Acquisition in Brazil in April 2021 and 2,115 Towers and 2,998 Tenants added through the GTS SP5 Acquisition, which closed on March 17, 2022, as well as revenue from our deal with TIM S.A to acquire a controlling interest in Fiberco Soluções de Infraestrutura S.A. (“I-Systems”) on November 16, 2021. Revenue also increased by $1.8 million, or 7.3% as a result of the positive impact of movements in foreign exchange rates. Year on year, within our Latam segment, Tenants increased by 3,969, including 395 from new sites, and 2,998 from our GTS SP5 Acquisition in the first half of 2022.

MENA

Revenue for our MENA segment increased by $1.7 million, or 24.3%, to $8.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $7.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue in our MENA segment for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 increased organically by $1.0 million or 13.5%, and grew inorganically in the

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period by $0.9 million, or 12.6%. Year on year, within our MENA segment, Tenants increased by 232, including 91 from new sites, and 140 from the fourth phase of the Kuwait Acquisition closing.

Revenue for our MENA segment increased by $3.6 million, or 26.1%, to $17.5 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $13.9 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021. Revenue in our MENA segment for the three month period ended June 30, 2022, increased organically by $1.7 million or 12.1%, and grew inorganically in the period by $2.1 million, or 15.0%. Year on year, within our MENA segment, Tenants increased by 232, including 91 from new sites, and 140 from the fourth phase of the Kuwait Acquisition closing.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA:

Segment Adjusted EBITDA, our key profitability measure used to assess the performance of our reportable segments, for each of our reportable segments was as follows for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

Three months ended

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

    

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

 

Nigeria

183,698

240,267

(56,569)

(23.6)

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

52,927

 

46,048

 

6,879

 

14.9

%

Latam

 

30,904

 

10,406

 

20,498

 

197.1

%

MENA

 

4,170

 

3,095

 

1,075

 

34.7

%

Other

 

(32,586)

 

(24,810)

 

(7,776)

 

(31.3)

%

Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA

 

239,113

 

275,006

 

(35,893)

 

(13.1)

%

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

    

$'000

$'000

$'000

%  

 

 

Nigeria

 

386,717

420,191

 

(33,474)

 

(8.0)

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

99,926

94,667

 

5,259

 

5.6

%

Latam

 

53,017

17,875

 

35,142

 

196.6

%

MENA

 

7,788

6,152

 

1,636

 

26.6

%

Other

 

(63,463)

(48,856)

 

(14,607)

 

(29.9)

%

Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA

 

483,985

 

490,029

 

(6,044)

 

(1.2)

%

Nigeria

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Nigeria segment was $183.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $240.3 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, a decrease of $56.6 million, or 23.5%. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflects the increase in cost of sales resulting from higher power generation of $37.1 million in 2022, partially offset by the increases in revenue discussed above. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2021 also included the $24.2 million non-recurring revenue noted above as well as an additional non-recurring $36.5 million reversal in costs in administrative expenses, therefore Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2021 included a total non-recurring amount of $60.7 million that impacts the comparison between performance in the second quarter of 2021 and 2022.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Nigeria segment was $386.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $420.2 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, a decrease of $33.5 million, or 8.0%.The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflects the increase in cost of sales resulting from higher power generation of $74.5 million in 2022, partially offset by the increases in revenue discussed above. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2021 also included the $24.2 million non-recurring revenue noted above as well as an additional non-recurring $36.5 million reversal in costs in administrative expenses, therefore Adjusted EBITDA for the first half of 2021 included a total non-recurring amount of $60.7 million that impacts the comparison between performance in the first half of 2021 and 2022.

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment was $52.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $46.0 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $6.9 million or 14.9%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in aggregate revenue of $11.0 million. This is offset by increase in maintenance, diesel and security costs within cost of sales of $1.4 million, $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively, and an increase of administrative expenses within Segment Adjusted EBITDA of $0.4 million.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment was $99.9 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $94.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $5.3 million. The increase is primarily due to an increase in aggregate revenue of $13.4 million. This is offset by increase in maintenance, diesel and security costs within cost of sales of $1.4 million, $1.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively, and an increase of administrative expenses included within Segment Adjusted EBITDA of $1.3 million.

Latam

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Latam segment was $30.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $10.4 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $20.5 million, or 197.1%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in revenue explained above, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales included within Segment Adjusted EBITDA of $4.2 million as a result of increase in tower repairs and maintenance and site rental, and an increase in administrative expenses of $2.7 million mainly as a result of an increase in staff costs.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our Latam segment was $53.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $17.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $35.1 million, or 196.6%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in revenue explained above, partially offset by an increase in site rental and maintenance within cost of sales of $5.3 million and $2.3 million, respectively and an increase in administrative expenses of $5.2 million mainly as a result of an increase in staff costs.

MENA

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our MENA segment was $4.2 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $3.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1.1 million, or 34.7%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in revenue explained above, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales of $0.6 million and an increase in administrative expenses included within Segment Adjusted EBITDA of $0.1 million.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA for our MENA segment was $7.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $6.2 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1.6 million, or 26.6%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in revenue explained above, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales of $1.3 million, and an increase in administrative expenses included within Segment Adjusted EBITDA of $0.7 million.

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Capital Expenditure:

Capital expenditure for each of our reportable segments was as follows for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

    

Three months ended

June 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

    

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

Nigeria

 

83,212

 

54,698

 

28,514

 

52.1

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

30,554

 

12,335

 

18,219

 

147.7

%

Latam

 

30,708

 

8,285

 

22,423

 

270.6

%

MENA

 

2,038

 

570

 

1,468

 

257.5

%

Other

 

257

 

161

 

96

 

59.6

%

Total capital expenditure

 

146,769

 

76,049

 

70,720

 

93.0

%

    

Six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

Change

    

Change

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

 

Nigeria

 

163,534

 

137,002

 

26,532

 

19.4

%

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

43,356

 

16,148

 

27,208

 

168.5

%

Latam

 

51,801

 

15,741

 

36,060

 

229.1

%

MENA

 

4,443

 

824

 

3,619

 

439.2

%

Other

 

639

 

555

 

84

 

15.1

%

Total capital expenditure

 

263,773

 

170,270

 

93,503

 

54.9

%

Nigeria

Capital expenditure for our Nigeria segment was $83.2 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $54.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $28.5 million, or 52.1%. The increase in capital expenditure mainly related to an increase in new site capital expenditure, augmentation capital expenditure and other capital expenditure of $16.2 million, $1.4 million and $14.3 million respectively. The overall increase in capital expenditure is partially offset by decreases in fiber business capital expenditure and maintenance capital expenditure of $3.5 million and $1.7 million respectively.

Capital expenditure for our Nigeria segment was $163.5 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $137.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $26.5 million, or 19.4%. The increase in capital expenditure mainly related to an increase in new site capital expenditure, augmentation capital expenditure, maintenance capital expenditure, purchase of land for new or existing sites and other capital expenditure of $2.4 million, $3.3 million, $2.6 million, $3.4 million and $30.0 million respectively. The overall increase in capital expenditure is partially offset by decrease in fiber business capital expenditure $15.3 million.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital expenditure for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment was $30.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $12.3 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $18.2 million, or 147.7%. The year-on-year increase is primarily due to an increase of $11.9 million related to renewal of license fee in Cameroon and refurbishment capital expenditure of $8.8 million due to the MTN South Africa Acquisition, and an increase in new site capital expenditure of $1.3 million of which $1.7 million relates to Zambia.

Capital expenditure for our Sub-Saharan Africa segment was $43.4 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $16.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $27.2 million, or 168.5%. The year-on-year increase is primarily due to an increase of $11.9 million related to renewal of a license fee in Cameroon and

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refurbishment capital expenditure of $8.9 million, and an increase in new site capital expenditure of $5.0 million of which $4.4 million relates to Zambia.

Latam

Capital expenditure for our Latam segment was $30.7 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $8.3 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $22.4 million, or 270.8%. The increase is primarily due to the deal with TIM S.A to acquire a controlling interest I-Systems on November 16, 2021 which led to fiber business capital expenditure of $15.4 million and maintenance capital expenditure increased by $6.8 million, partially offset by a net decrease in new sites capital expenditure of $1.0 million.

Capital expenditure for our Latam segment was $51.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $15.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $36.1 million, or 229.2%. The increase is primarily due to the deal with TIM S.A to acquire a controlling interest I-Systems on November 16, 2021 which led to an increase in fiber business capital expenditure of $27.5 million and maintenance capital expenditure of $10.3 million, partially offset by a net decrease in new sites capital expenditure of $3.8 million. Augmentation capital expenditure and refurbishment capital expenditure have also increased by $1.0 million each.  

MENA

Capital expenditure for our MENA segment was $2.0 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $0.6 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1.5 million, or 257.5%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in new site capital expenditure in Kuwait of $2.9 million,  offset by a decrease of $2.1 million in other capital expenditure.

Capital expenditure for our MENA segment was $4.4 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2022 compared to $0.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $3.6 million, or 439.2%. The increase is primarily due to an increase in new site capital expenditure and refurbishment capital expenditure in Kuwait of $3.8 million and $0.7 million respectively, offset by a decrease in other capital expenditure of $1.1 million.

Indebtedness

Approximate U.S. dollar equivalent values for non-USD denominated facilities stated below are translated from the currency of the debt at the relevant exchange rates on June 30, 2022.

IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility

IHS Holding Limited entered into an amendment and restatement agreement dated June 2, 2021 with Citibank Europe Plc, UK Branch as facility agent, or the RCF Amendment and Restatement Agreement, which amended and restated the $225.0 million revolving credit facility agreement dated March 30, 2020, or the Original IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility and, as amended and restated under the RCF Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility, between, amongst others, IHS Holding Limited, Citibank, N.A., London Branch as global coordinator, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division), Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch and Standard Chartered Bank Dubai International Financial Centre Branch, regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, as mandated lead arrangers, Citibank Europe Plc, UK Branch, as facility agent, and the financial institutions listed therein as the original lenders. The Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility was amended and restated to align with the proposed amendments to the indenture governing the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes, as set forth in a consent solicitation statement dated June 14, 2021.

The commitments under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility were subsequently increased to $270.0 million, pursuant to an increase confirmation entered into by IHS Holding Limited and RMB International (Mauritius Limited) on July 23, 2021, and a further increase confirmation between IHS Holding Limited and the Royal Bank of Canada that became effective on October 14, 2021.

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The Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility was further amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated September 29, 2021, which amended certain terms to align with the amendments made to the Senior Credit Facilities pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities Amendment and Restatement Agreement (in each case as defined below).

The Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility is denominated in U.S. dollars and is governed by English law. Each of IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., IHS Netherlands NG1 B.V., IHS Towers NG Limited, IHS Netherlands NG2 B.V., Nigeria Tower Interco B.V., INT Towers Limited and IHS Nigeria are guarantors under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility.

The interest rate per annum applicable to loans made under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility is equal to a compounded reference rate based on SOFR (calculated on a five Risk-Free Rate, or RFR, banking day lookback), and a credit adjustment spread plus a margin of 3.00% per annum. IHS Holding Limited also pays certain other fees and costs, including fees for undrawn commitments, fees for utilization and fees to the agents.

Funds borrowed under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility can be applied towards general corporate purposes including, but not limited to, the financing of (a) New Site programs and (b) the repayment of indebtedness (including interest and fees on that indebtedness).

Subject to certain conditions, IHS Holding Limited may voluntarily prepay its utilizations and/or permanently cancel all or part of the available commitments under the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility by giving five RFR banking days’ prior notice, or in any case any such shorter period as the majority lenders may agree). In addition to voluntary prepayments, the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility requires mandatory cancellation, and if applicable, prepayment in full or in part in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) with respect to any lender, if it becomes unlawful for such lender to perform any of its obligations under the IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility; and (ii) upon the occurrence of a change of control as defined in the credit agreement governing the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility.

The credit agreement governing the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility contains customary information undertakings, affirmative covenants and negative covenants (including, without limitation, a negative pledge), in each case subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve-outs). The covenants include an interest cover ratio (the ratio of EBITDA for the relevant period to interest expense for the relevant period) and a leverage ratio (the ratio of net financial debt for the relevant period to EBITDA in respect of that relevant period) as financial covenants. These financial covenants are tested quarterly (except where compliance is required at any time and where testing is required upon incurrence) in arrear based on the previous 12 months, by reference to the financial statements delivered and/or each compliance certificate delivered. The credit agreement governing the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility contains customary events of default (subject in certain cases to agreed grace periods, thresholds and other qualifications).

The Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility will terminate in March 2023.  IHS Holding Limited has the right to request an extension of the termination date for successive 12 month periods, up to and including March 2025.

As of June 30, 2022, the Restated IHS Holding Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn and had $270.0 million in available borrowing capacity, which could be increased to up to $300.0 million.

IHS Holding Bridge Facility

IHS Holding Limited entered into a $500 million bridge facility agreement dated August 10, 2021, or the IHS Holding Bridge Facility, with, amongst others, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch and Standard Chartered Bank, as mandated lead arrangers and original lenders, Standard Chartered Bank, as facility agent and the financial institutions. The IHS Holding Bridge Facility is denominated in U.S. dollars and is governed by English law. Funds borrowed under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility can be applied only toward certain acquisitions listed therein.

The IHS Holding Bridge Facility was amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated September 29, 2021, which amended certain terms to align with the corresponding terms of the Restated Senior Credit Facilities pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities Amendment and Restatement Agreement (in each case as defined below).

The IHS Holding Bridge Facility was set to terminate 12 months from the signing date of the IHS Holding Bridge Facility (being August 10, 2021), unless extended for a period of six months after the original termination date on the request of

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71


IHS Holding Limited. In May 2022, IHS Holding exercised its option to extend the termination date for a period of six months after its original termination date to February 10, 2023.

The interest rate per annum applicable to loans made under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility is equal to a compounded reference rate based on SOFR (calculated on a five RFR banking day lookback) and a credit adjustment spread plus a margin. IHS Holding Limited also pays certain other fees and costs, including fees for undrawn commitments, arrangement fees and fees to the facility agent.

Subject to certain conditions, IHS Holding Limited may voluntarily prepay its utilizations and/or permanently cancel all or part of the available commitments under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility by giving five RFR Banking Days’ notice in accordance with the terms of the IHS Holding Bridge Facility, or such shorter period as the majority lenders may agree. In addition to voluntary prepayments, the IHS Holding Bridge Facility requires mandatory cancellation, and if applicable, prepayment in full or in part in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) with respect to any lender, if it becomes unlawful for such lender to perform any of its obligations under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility; (ii) upon the occurrence of a change of control and (iii) disposal proceeds, acquisition claims and takeout financing and equity issuance proceeds as defined in the credit agreement governing the IHS Holding Bridge Facility.

The credit agreement governing the IHS Holding Bridge Facility contains customary information, undertakings, affirmative covenants and negative covenants (including, without limitation, a negative pledge) in each case, subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve-outs. The IHS Holding Bridge Facility includes an interest cover ratio (the ratio of EBITDA for the relevant period to interest expense for the relevant period) and a leverage ratio (the ratio of net financial debt for the relevant period to EBITDA in respect of that relevant period) as financial covenants. These financial covenants are tested quarterly in arrear based on the previous 12 months, ending on each relevant financial quarter date, by reference to the annual or quarterly (as applicable) financial statements delivered and/or each compliance certificate delivered. The credit agreement governing the IHS Holding Bridge Facility also contains customary events of default (subject in certain cases to agreed grace periods, thresholds and other qualifications).

In May 2022, the total commitments under the IHS Holding Bridge Facility were reduced by $38.6 million. As of June 30, 2022, $280 million of the IHS Holding Bridge Facility was drawn.

IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes

On September 18, 2019, our wholly owned subsidiary, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., issued $500.0 million of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), and $800.0 million of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”, and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes”).

On July 31, 2020, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. issued an additional $140.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2027 Notes and an additional $10.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2025 Notes, resulting in an aggregate principal amount of $510.0 million of 2025 Notes and $940 million of 2027 Notes., guaranteed by IHS Netherlands NG1 B.V., IHS Netherlands NG2 B.V., Nigeria Tower Interco B.V., IHS Nigeria, IHS Towers NG Limited and INT Towers, and (since June 22, 2021) IHS Holding Limited. The issuance of the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes was part of a refinancing transaction (that also included the Senior Credit Facilities, as described below). The 2025 notes were subsequently redeemed upon the successful issuance by IHS Holding of $500.0 million 5.625% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $500.0 million 6.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” together with the 2026 notes, the “IHS Holding Limited Notes”).

On June 22, 2021, pursuant to a successful consent solicitation, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. effected certain amendments to the indenture governing the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes to, among other things, expand the “restricted group” to encompass IHS Holding Limited and all of IHS Holding Limited’s subsidiaries (which would then be subject to the covenants and events of default under the indenture governing the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes) and to make certain other consequential changes to the negative covenants and restrictions resulting from the larger group structure.

The 2027 Notes mature on September 18, 2027. The 2027 Notes pay interest semi-annually and the principal is repayable in full on maturity. At any time prior to September 18, 2022, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. may redeem up to 40% of the 2027 Notes at a redemption price equal to 108.000% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, to the redemption date, so long as at least 50% of the aggregate original principal amount of the applicable series of 2027 Notes remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption. In addition, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. may redeem all or a part of the 2027 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the

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principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium. On or after September 18, 2022, 2023 or 2024, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. may redeem all or a part of the 2027 Notes at 104.000%, 102.000% and 100.000%, respectively.

The indenture governing the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes contains customary negative covenants and restrictions, including, but not limited to, our ability to: incur or guarantee additional indebtedness and issue certain preferred stock; make certain restricted payments and investments, including dividends or other distributions; create or incur certain liens; enter into agreements that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends; transfer or sell certain assets; merge or consolidate with other entities and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. Additionally, the indenture provides the flexibility to substitute IHS Holding Limited, or any parent holding company of IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., as the issuer of the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes upon a qualifying initial public offering, subject to certain conditions.

IHS Holding Limited Notes

On November 29, 2021, IHS Holding Limited issued $500.0 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $500.0 million of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes", and together with the 2026 Notes, the “IHS Holding Limited Notes”), which are guaranteed by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., IHS Netherlands NG1 B.V., IHS Netherlands NG2 B.V., Nigeria Tower Interco B.V., IHS Nigeria Limited, IHS Towers NG Limited and INT Towers Limited.

At any time prior to November 29, 2023 for the 2026 Notes and November 29, 2024 for the 2028 Notes, IHS Holding Limited may redeem up to 40% of the notes at a redemption price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes and 106.250% of the principal amount of the 2028 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, to the redemption date, so long as at least 50% of the aggregate original principal amount of the applicable series of IHS Holding Limited Notes remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption. In addition, IHS Holding Limited may redeem all or a part of the IHS Holding Limited Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium. On or after November 29, 2023, 2024 or 2025, IHS Holding Limited may redeem all or a part of the 2026 Notes at 102.81250%, 101.40625% and 100.00000%, respectively. On or after November 29, 2024, 2025 or 2026, IHS Holding Limited may redeem all or a part of the 2028 Notes at 103.1250%, 101.5625% and 100.0000%, respectively.

The indenture governing the IHS Holding Limited Notes contains customary negative covenants and restrictions, including, but not limited to, our ability to: incur or guarantee additional indebtedness and issue certain preferred stock; make certain restricted payments and investments, including dividends or other distributions; create or incur certain liens; enter into agreements that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends; transfer or sell certain assets; merge or consolidate with other entities and enter into certain transactions with affiliates

We used the proceeds of the issuance of the IHS Holding Limited Notes to redeem the entire principal amount of the 2025 Notes including any accrued and unpaid interest, pay the redemption premium for the 2025 Notes and fees and expenses related to the offering of the IHS Holding Limited Notes, and for general corporate purposes. The IHS Holding Limited Notes pay interest semi-annually and the principal is repayable in full on maturity.

Senior Credit Facilities

IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., IHS Nigeria, IHS Towers NG Limited, INT Towers and IHS Holding Limited entered into an amendment and restatement agreement dated September 29, 2021 with Ecobank Nigeria Limited as agent, or the Senior Credit Facilities Amendment and Restatement Agreement, which amended and restated the facilities agreement dated September 3, 2019, or the Original Senior Credit Facilities, and, as amended and restated under the Senior Credit Facilities Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Restated Senior Credit Facilities, between, among others, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. as holdco and guarantor, and, IHS Nigeria, IHS Towers NG Limited and INT Towers as borrowers and guarantors, each of IHS Netherlands NG1 B.V., IHS Nigeria, IHS Netherlands NG2 B.V., IHS Towers NG Limited, Nigeria Tower Interco B.V. and INT Towers as guarantors, Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division), Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, FirstRand Bank Limited (London Branch) (acting through its Merchant Bank division) and Standard Chartered Bank, as mandated lead arrangers, Ecobank Nigeria Limited as agent and the financial institutions listed therein as the original lenders. The Restated Senior Credit Facilities was amended and restated to align with the amendments to the indenture governing the 2027 Notes (as defined above) issued by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., as set forth in a consent solicitation statement dated June 14, 2021, and to add IHS Holding Limited as a guarantor. The Restated Senior Credit Facilities were entered into as part of a wider refinancing exercise (that also included the issuance of the IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. Notes, as described above) of our Nigeria group debt. The Restated Senior Credit Facilities are governed by English law. The Restated Senior Credit Facilities

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also include customary negative and financial covenants that limit certain activities of IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., IHS Nigeria, IHS Towers NG Limited and INT Towers. This facility was fully drawn down in 2019.

The interest rate per annum applicable to loans made under the Restated Senior Credit Facilities is equal to: (a) in relation to the U.S. dollar facility, prior to a rate switch date, LIBOR (subject to a zero floor) plus a margin of 4.25% per annum (subject to a margin ratchet where the level of margin may be increased (up to a maximum of 4.50)% or decreased subject to certain tests, including the relevant leverage ratio of the IHS Holding Limited Group) and, after a rate switch date for U.S. dollars, is equal to a compounded reference rate based on SOFR (calculated on a five day RFR banking day lookback) and a credit adjustment spread plus the margin; and (b) in relation to the Naira facility, NIBOR (subject to a zero floor) plus a margin of 2.50% per annum. IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. also pays certain other fees and costs, including fees for undrawn commitments, management fees, participation fees and fees to the agent.

The U.S. dollar facility had an original principal amount of $110.0 million, and the Naira facility had an original principal amount of ₦141.3 billion (approximately $333.0 million). As of June 30, 2022, the U.S. dollar facility and the Naira facility had $82.5 million and ₦106.0 billion (approximately $249.5 million) outstanding, respectively.

Funds borrowed under the Restated Senior Credit Facilities were to be applied towards, inter alia, refinancing certain indebtedness of INT Towers, general corporate and working capital purposes, and funding a partial settlement of intercompany loans.

Each facility under the Restated Senior Credit Facilities will terminate on the date falling 60 months after the date of the first utilization of that facility. The Restated Senior Credit Facilities will be repayable in instalments. Subject to certain conditions, IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. and the borrowers may voluntarily prepay utilizations and/or permanently cancel all or part of the available commitments under the Restated Senior Credit Facilities by giving five business days’ prior notice (or such shorter period as the majority lenders may agree). In addition to voluntary prepayments, the Restated Senior Credit Facilities requires mandatory cancellation, and if applicable, prepayment in full or in part in certain circumstances.

IHS (Nigeria) Limited Facility

In March 2022, IHS (Nigeria) Limited entered into a credit agreement for NGN 16.1 billion (approximately $37.9 million), with Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited, or the IHSN RMB Facility. The IHSN RMB Facility is governed by Nigerian law and is guaranteed by each of IHS Holding Limited, INT Towers Limited and IHS Towers NG Limited. The applicable interest rate is 12.5% per annum and funds borrowed under the facility are to be applied towards general corporate purposes. The IHSN RMB Facility will terminate in March 2023 and was fully drawn down in April 2022.

On May 13, 2022, IHS (Nigeria) Limited entered into a credit agreement for NGN 10.0 billion (approximately $23.5 million), with United Bank for Africa Plc, or the IHSN UBA Facility. The IHSN UBA Facility is governed by Nigerian law and is guaranteed by each of IHS Holding Limited, INT Towers Limited and IHS Towers NG Limited. The applicable interest rate is 15.0% per annum and funds borrowed under the facility are to be applied towards working capital requirements. The IHSN UBA Facility will terminate in July 2023 and, as of June 30, 2022, this facility was fully available.

IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility

On June 30, 2015, IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. entered into a credit agreement with Citibank Côte d’Ivoire, Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire, Société Genérale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Standard Chartered Bank, as amended and restated on August 11, 2017, split into one tranche with a total commitment of €52.0 million (approximately $54.8 million), or the IHS Côte d’Ivoire Euro Tranche, and one tranche with a total commitment of XOF 44.6 billion (approximately $71.4 million), or the IHS Côte d’Ivoire XOF Tranche, collectively the IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility. The IHS Cote d’Ivoire S.A. Facility is guaranteed by IHS Holding Limited. The IHS Côte d’Ivoire Euro Tranche was issued at an interest rate of 3.75% plus EURIBOR, (subject to a zero floor), and the IHS Côte d’Ivoire XOF Tranche was issued at an interest rate of 6.00%. The IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility contains customary information and negative covenants and requires IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. to observe certain customary affirmative covenants, subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve-outs. The covenants include that IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. maintain specified net debt to EBITDA ratios and interest coverage ratios, each as defined in the IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility. This facility was fully drawn down in 2017.

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The IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Facility was amended and restated on June 15, 2022 (with effect from June 16, 2022) in order to, among other amends, extend the termination date to June 2024 and amend the applicable interest rates. The interest rate on the IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. Euro Tranche was reduced to 3.00% plus EURIBOR and the interest rate on the IHS Côte d’Ivoire S.A. XOF Tranche was reduced to 5.00%.

IHS Zambia Limited Facility

On December 23, 2020, IHS Zambia Limited entered into a common terms agreement with the International Finance Corporation and Standard Chartered Bank, with a total commitment of $95.0 million, or the IHS Zambia Limited Facility, split into two different facilities, the first facility for an aggregate commitment representing $75.0 million, or the IFC Facility, and the second facility for an aggregate commitment representing $20.0 million, or the SCB Facility. The IHS Zambia Limited Facility was amended and restated on February 13, 2021.

The IHS Zambia Limited Facility is guaranteed by IHS Holding Limited. As of March 4, 2021, the IHS Zambia Limited Facility was fully utilized. The IHS Zambia Limited Facility was issued at an interest rate of 5.0% plus LIBOR (subject to a zero floor). The IHS Zambia Limited Facility contains customary information and negative covenants and requires IHS Zambia Limited to observe certain customary affirmative covenants, subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve-outs. The covenants include that IHS Zambia Limited maintain specified net debt to EBITDA ratios and interest coverage ratios, each as defined in the IHS Zambia Limited Facility. The respective facilities comprising the IHS Zambia Limited Facility will terminate in December 2027.

IHS Kuwait Facility

On April 19, 2020, IHS Kuwait Limited entered into a credit agreement with Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P and Mashreq Bank PSC, Kuwait Branch, with a total commitment of KWD equivalent of $85.0 million, or the IHS Kuwait Limited Facility. The IHS Kuwait Limited Facility was issued at an interest rate of 2.00% plus 3 Month KIBOR. The IHS Kuwait Limited Facility contains customary information and negative covenants and requires IHS Kuwait Limited to observe certain customary affirmative covenants, subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve outs. The covenants include that IHS Kuwait Limited maintain specified net debt to EBITDA ratios, a debt service cover ratio and restrict capital expenditures to levels established within the credit agreement, each as defined in the IHS Kuwait Limited Facility. The IHS Kuwait Limited Facility will terminate in April 2029. As at June 30, 2022, KWD20.9 million (approximately $67.8 million) of this facility was drawn down. The proceeds of the drawdown were used to reduce the cash funded investment in the acquisition by IHS, which was funded entirely with cash at the initial closing, as well as for general corporate purposes.

IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. Facilities

On May 21, 2021, IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda entered into a credit agreement with Itaú Unibanco S.A., with a total commitment of BRL 300.0 million (approximately $57.2 million), or the Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility. The Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility is guaranteed by IHS Brasil Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. and contains customary information and negative covenants. The covenants include that IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda maintains specified net debt to EBITDA and interest cover ratios. The Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility was issued at an interest rate of 3.65% (assuming a 252-day calculation basis) plus CDI. The Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility contains restrictions on the total debt allowed, dividends, intercompany loans and capital reductions. The Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility will terminate in May 2029. This facility was fully drawn down in May 2021. In December 2021, the Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility was assigned to IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. following an internal corporate reorganization, pursuant to which IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda and Skysites Holding S.A. merged into IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. (the surviving entity).

On June 28, 2021, IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda entered into a credit agreement with Banco do Brasil S.A., with a total commitment of BRL 100.0 million (approximately $19.1 million), or the Banco do Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda Facility. The Banco do Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda Facility is guaranteed by IHS Brasil — Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. and contains customary information and negative covenants. The covenants include that IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda maintains specified net debt to EBITDA and interest cover ratios. The Banco do Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda Facility was issued at an interest rate of 3.65% (assuming a 252-day calculation basis) plus CDI. The Banco do Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda Facility contains restrictions on the total debt allowed, dividends, intercompany loans and capital reductions. The Banco do Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda Facility will terminate in May 2029. This facility was fully drawn down in June 2021. In December 2021, the Itaú IHS Brasil Participacoes Limitada Facility was assigned to IHS Brasil

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- Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. following an internal corporate reorganization, pursuant to which IHS Brasil Participacoes Ltda and Skysites Holding S.A. merged into IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. (the surviving entity).

On April 18, 2022, IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A. entered into a credit agreement with Itau Unibanco S.A. for BRL 495.0 million (approximately $94.3 million), or the IHS Brasil GTS Facility. The IHS Brasil GTS Facility is guaranteed by Skysites Americas S.A., IHS Centennial Brasil Torres de Telecomunicacoes Ltda and IHS SP Locacao de Infraestrutura Ltda and contains customary information and negative covenants. The covenants require IHS Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas S.A to maintain specified net debt to EBITDA and interest cover ratios and contain restrictions on the total debt allowed, dividends, intercompany loans and capital reductions. The IHS Brasil GTS Facility was issued at an interest rate of CDI plus a margin of 3.05% (assuming a 252-day calculation basis). The IHS Brasil GTS Facility will terminate in April 2028 and was fully drawn down in April 2022.

IHS South Africa Facility

On May 26, 2022, IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited (“IHS South Africa”) entered into a ZAR3,470.0 million (approximately $215.1 million) facility agreement, or the IHS South Africa Facility, with, amongst others, ABSA Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Banking division), Investec Bank Limited (acting through its (acting through Its Corporate and Institutional Banking division), Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank (South Africa) Limited, as mandated lead arrangers, and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Banking division) as agent. The IHS South Africa Facility is governed by South African law and funds borrowed under the facility were partly applied toward the payment of consideration owed pursuant to the MTN South Africa Acquisition and can also be applied toward capital expenditure and general corporate purposes.  

The IHS South Africa Facility was issued at an interest rate of 2.75% plus 3 Month JIBAR. The credit agreement governing the facility contains customary information and negative covenants, as well as requirements for IHS South Africa to observe certain customary affirmative covenants (subject to certain agreed exceptions and materiality carve-outs) and maintain specified net debt to EBITDA ratios and interest coverage ratios.

The IHS South Africa Facility will terminate in May 2029. As of June 30, 2022, ZAR 3,400.0 million (approximately $210.7 million) of this facility has been drawn.

Letter of Credit Facilities

As of June 30, 2022, IHS Nigeria has utilized ₦9.3 billion ($21.9 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates during 2023 and their interest rates range from 6.00% to 9.00%. These letters of credit are utilized to fund capex and operational expenditure (“opex”).

As of June 30, 2022, INT Towers Limited has utilized ₦23.5 billion ($55.3 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates over 2022 and 2023 and their interest rates range from 6.00% to 9.00%. These letters of credit are utilized to fund capex and opex.

As of June 30, 2022, Global Independent Connect Limited has utilized ₦2.1billion ($4.9 million) through funding under agreed letters of credit. These letters mature at various dates over 2022 and 2023 and their interest rates range from 6.00% to 9.00%. These letters of credit are utilized to fund capex and opex.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates

The preparation of our financial information requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

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Our critical accounting policies are described under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates” in our Annual Report and the notes to the audited financial statements in our Annual Report. There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates from those discussed in our Annual Report.

Refer to note 3 to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements that appear elsewhere in this report for further detail.

For a summary of all of our significant accounting policies, see note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Recent accounting pronouncements

New standards and interpretations not yet adopted are also disclosed in note 2.4 to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

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