Crown Castle Completes Sale of Its Australian Subsidiary


HOUSTON, May 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) (“Crown Castle”) announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Australian subsidiary (“CCAL”) to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately A$2.0 billion in cash (“Transaction”), or approximately US$1.6 billion assuming an exchange rate of 0.80 US dollars to 1.0 Australian dollar.  CCAL is 77.6% owned by Crown Castle.  Crown Castle will receive net proceeds of approximately US$1.3 billion after accounting for its ownership interest, repayment of intercompany debt owed to it by CCAL and estimated transaction fees and expenses.  Crown Castle expects to use the net proceeds from the Transaction to finance its previously announced acquisition of Sunesys and for general corporate purposes.

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