Vantage Towers AG
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Prospectus dated March 8, 2021 Prospectus for the public offering in the Federal Republic of Germany of 88,888,889 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value (Namensaktien ohne Nennbetrag) from the holdings of the Existing Shareholder, of 22,222,222 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value (Namensaktien ohne Nennbetrag) from the holdings of the Existing Shareholder, with the number of shares to be actually placed with investors subject to the exercise of an Upsize Option upon the decision of the Existing Shareholder, in agreement with the Joint Global Coordinators, on the date of pricing, and of 13,333,333 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value (Namensaktien ohne Nennbetrag) from the holdings of the Existing Shareholder in connection with a possible over-allotment, and at the same time for the admission to trading on the regulated market (regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with simultaneous admission to the sub- segment of the regulated market with additional post-admission obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) of 505,782,265 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value (Namensaktien ohne Nennbetrag) (existing share capital), each such share with a notional value of EUR 1.00 in the Company’s share capital and full dividend rights as of April 1, 2020 of Vantage Towers AG Düsseldorf, Germany Price Range: EUR 22.50 – EUR 29.00 International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): DE000A3H3LL2 German Securities Code (Wertpapierkennnummer, WKN): A3H 3LL Common Code: 230832161 Ticker Symbol: VTWR Joint Global Coordinators BofA Securities Morgan Stanley UBS Joint Bookrunners Barclays Berenberg BNP PARIBAS Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs Jefferies TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. SUMMARY OF THE PROSPECTUS . S-1 II. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DES PROSPEKTS . S-8 1 RISK FACTORS . 1 1.1 Risks Related to the Group’s Business and Industry . 1 1.2 Legal, Regulatory and Tax Risks . 13 1.3 Risks Related to the Group’s Separation from Vodafone . 16 1.4 Risks Related to the Shares and the Listing . 20 2 GENERAL INFORMATION . 23 2.1 Responsibility for the Contents of this Prospectus . 23 2.2 Purpose of this Prospectus . 24 2.3 Validity of this Prospectus . 24 2.4 Forward-Looking Statements . 24 2.5 Presentation of Financial Information . 25 2.6 Non-IFRS Measures on a Combined Basis and Alternative Performance Measures on a Pro Forma Basis . 30 2.7 INWIT Public Disclosure . 32 2.8 Cornerstone Financial Information . 32 2.9 Negative Numbers and Rounding . 32 2.10 Note on Currency . 32 2.11 Sources of Market Data . 33 2.12 Documents Available for Inspection . 34 2.13 Time Specifications . 35 2.14 Enforcement of Civil Liabilities . 35 3 REORGANIZATION . 36 3.1 German Reorganization . 38 3.2 The Acquisition of the Towers Business (Other than the German Towers Business) by the Company from VEBV . 39 3.3 Change of the Legal Form of the Company . 42 3.4 Acquisition of the Remaining 38% of Vantage Towers Greece by CTHC . 42 4 THE OFFERING . 43 4.1 Subject Matter of the Offering . 43 4.2 Price Range, Offer Period, Offer Price and Allotment and Payment . 44 4.3 Expected Timetable for the Offering . 45 4.4 Information on the Shares . 46 4.5 Identification of Target Market . 47 4.6 Transferability of Shares and Lock-Up . 47 4.7 Existing Shareholder . 48 4.8 Allotment Criteria . 48 4.9 Cornerstone Investment . 48 4.10 Irrevocable Investment . 48 4.11 Stabilization Measures, Over-Allotments and Greenshoe Option . 48 4.12 Lock-Up Agreement and Limitations on Disposal . 49 4.13 Admission to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Commencement of Trading . 50 4.14 Designated Sponsors . 50 4.15 Interests of Parties Participating in the Offering . 51 5 PROCEEDS OF THE OFFERING AND COSTS OF THE OFFERING AND LISTING 52 6 REASONS FOR THE OFFERING AND LISTING AND USE OF PROCEEDS . 53 7 DILUTION . 54 8 DIVIDEND POLICY . 55 8.1 General Provisions Relating to Profit Allocation and Dividend Payments . 55 8.2 Dividend Policy . 56 9 CAPITALIZATION, INDEBTEDNESS AND STATEMENT ON WORKING CAPITAL 57 9.1 Capitalization . 57 9.2 Indebtedness . 58 9.3 Indirect and Contingent Indebtedness . 58 9.4 Statement on Working Capital . 58 i Page 9.5 No Significant Change . 58 10 UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION . 60 10.1 Introduction . 60 10.2 Historical Financial Information Included in the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information . 61 10.3 Basis of Preparation . 62 10.4 Pro Forma Assumptions . 63 10.5 Pro Forma Consolidated Income Statement of the Group for the Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2020 . 66 10.6 Pro Forma Consolidated Income Statement of the Group for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2020 . 73 10.7 Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Financial Position of the Group as of December 31, 2020 . 82 10.8 Examination Report . 83 11 NON-IFRS MEASURES ON A COMBINED BASIS . 85 11.1 Summary . 85 11.2 Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures . 86 11.3 Segmental Non-IFRS Measures on a Combined Basis . 88 11.4 Reconciliations of Segmental Non-IFRS Measures on a Combined Basis . 89 12 ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ON A PRO FORMA BASIS . 92 12.1 Summary . 92 12.2 Reconciliation of Alternative Performance Measures on a Pro Forma Basis . 93 12.3 Segmental Alternative Performance Measures on a Pro Forma Basis . 96 12.4 Reconciliations of Segmental Alternative Performance Measures on a Pro Forma Basis 97 12.5 Consolidated Income Statements of the Group on a Pro Forma Basis by Segment . 99 12.6 Revenue Breakdown by Customer for the Twelve Months ended March 31, 2020 on a Pro Forma Basis . 104 13 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS . 105 13.1 Overview . 105 13.2 Overview of the Group’s Combined Financial Performance . 105 13.3 The Vantage Towers Condensed Combined Interim Financial Statements . 106 13.4 Segment Reporting . 108 13.5 The Vantage Towers Business Model . ..