HighGravityDataCrown Castle — Mar 13, 2025 release
Fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001051470-25-000085
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Expected Transaction closing
“first half of 2026”
Period
No period stated
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
All guidance in this release · 52
Annualized dividend for Q2 FY2025
“approximately $4.25 per share”
Expected Transaction closing
“first half of 2026”
Share repurchase program
“approximately $3.0 billion”
Annualized dividend
“an amount approximating 75% to 80% of AFFO excluding amortization of prepaid rent”
Annualized dividend (post-Transaction target)
“approximating 75% to 80% of AFFO excluding amortization of prepaid rent”
Target leverage
“6.0-6.5x”
Target leverage for the long term
“6.0-6.5x”
Loss to be recognized upon classification of… for Q1 FY2025
“approximately $800 million”
Estimated total loss on Fiber segment sale for FY2025
“between $700 million and $900 million”
Total loss related to Fiber segment, inclusi… for FY2025
“between $700 million and $900 million”
Site rental billings for FY2025
“$3,885 to $3,915”
Amortization of prepaid rent for FY2025
“$80 to $110”
Straight-lined revenues for FY2025
“($15) to $15”
Other revenues for FY2025
“$15 to $15”
Site rental revenues for FY2025
“$3,987 to $4,032”
Site rental costs of operations for FY2025
“$987 to $1,032”
Services and other gross margin for FY2025
“$70 to $100”
Net income (loss) for FY2025
“$65 to $345”
Net income (loss) per share-diluted for FY2025
“$0.15 to $0.79”
Adjusted EBITDA for FY2025
“$2,755 to $2,805”
Depreciation, amortization and accretion for FY2025
“$678 to $773”
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations for FY2025
“($830) to ($590)”
FFO for FY2025
“$1,610 to $1,640”
AFFO for FY2025
“$1,770 to $1,820”
AFFO per share for FY2025
“$4.06 to $4.17”
Discretionary capital expenditures for FY2025
“$185 to $185”
Discretionary capital expenditures from disc… for FY2025
“$920 to $1,020”
Core leasing activity contribution at outloo… for FY2025
“$110 million”
Sprint Cancellations for FY2025
“$205 million”
Straight-line site rental revenues (vs FY2024) for FY2025
“approximately $145 million to $175 million lower than full year 2024”
Prepaid rent amortization (decrease) for FY2025
“approximately $50 million to $80 million”
Impact from change in other billings for FY2025
“$0”
Core leasing – prior definition for FY2025
“$110”
Prepaid rent additions for FY2025
“approximately $40 million”
Prepaid rent additions from discontinued ope… for FY2025
“approximately $350 million”
Consolidated site rental billings growth, ex… for FY2025
“4.5%”
Core leasing activity for FY2025
“$105 to $115”
Escalators for FY2025
“$90 to $100”
Non-renewals for FY2025
“$(35) to $(25)”
Other billings for FY2025
“$0 to $0”
Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings… for FY2025
“$160 to $190”
Non-renewals associated with Sprint Cancella… for FY2025
“$(205) to $(205)”
Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings for FY2025
“$(45) to $(15)”
Site rental revenues as a percentage of prio… for FY2025
“(5.1)%”
Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings… for FY2025
“4.5%”
Organic growth in towers, excluding the impa… for FY2025
“4.5%”
Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings… for FY2025
“(0.8)%”
Discretionary capital expenditures less prep… for FY2025
“$145 to $145”
Interest expense on debt obligations for FY2025
“$970 to $1,010”
Amortization of deferred financing costs and… for the long term
“$20 to $30”
Capitalized interest for FY2025
“$(15) to $(5)”
Interest expense and amortization of deferre… for FY2025
“$982 to $1,027”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
… earlier in the release
COMPANY CONCLUDES STRATEGIC REVIEW WITH AGREEMENT TO SELL FIBER SEGMENT The Company announced today that management has signed a definitive agreement to sell all of its Fiber segment, together with certain supporting assets and personnel, with EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund ("EQT") acquiring the small cells business and Zayo Group Holdings Inc. ("Zayo") acquiring the fiber solutions business ("Transaction") for $8.5 billion in aggregate, subject to customary closing adjustments. The Transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to certain closing conditions and required government and regulatory approvals. Crown Castle currently expects to use the cash proceeds from the Transaction to repay existing indebtedness and fund anticipated share repurchases, positioning the Company to maintain an investment grade credit rating while instituting a share repurchase program of approximately $3.0 billion in conjunction with the closing of the Transaction. The Company's Board of Directors will ultimately determine how to use such cash proceeds. As previously announced in December 2023, Crown Castle’s Board of Directors established a Fiber Review Committee to conduct a strategic and operating review of the Company’s small cells and fiber solutions businesses, with the goal of enhancing shareholder value. In consultation with its financial, legal and strategic advisors, the Fiber Review Committee, the Company’s Board of Directors and Company management conducted a comprehensive review of a broad range of potential options. Based on that review and after assessing offers from financial and strategic buyers that proposed a variety of transaction structures, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of
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