Close the acquisition of towers from Airtel Tanzania in stages
Delivered after the deadline (4 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 1 Nov 2021
- Due
- 31 Dec 2021
- Delivered
- 4 Jan 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“the Airtel Tanzania transaction will close in stages starting in the fourth quarter of this year.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company announced the transaction would close in stages starting in Q4 2021, but the initial closing occurred on January 4, 2022, which is after the stated deadline.
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A SBA Communications 10-K filed 2022-03-01
“In June 2021, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with a non-affiliated partner for the purpose of acquiring towers in Tanzania from Airtel Tanzania PLC which closed on January 4, 2022” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +7.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (28 Feb 2022 to 3 Mar 2022). What this measures
Checked 19 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Airtel Tanzania tower acquisition
- Where
- Tanzania
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- Medium
- Depends on
- Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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