AT&T (NYSE: T) announced Friday
that it agreed to a sale-leaseback of its remaining domestic
company-owned wireless towers to Peppertree Capital Management, Inc.
Under the terms of the sale, valued at up to $680 million, Peppertree
will purchase more than 1,000 AT&T towers, and AT&T will lease
back capacity on the towers from Peppertree.
The sale is consistent with AT&T’s plans to monetize non-strategic assets as it continues to pay down debt.
Given the company’s confidence in
reaching a net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio in the 2.5x range by the
end of this year, shareholders should expect that share buybacks will be
in the mix in the fourth quarter of 2019, along with continued
de-levering. Continue Reading
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