American Tower (AMT) Said to Be Lead Bidder on Royal KPN Tower Sale

November 5, 2012 3:58 PM EST
American Tower (NYSE: AMT) ticked-higher recently, but are still lower on the session amid chatter the it might be in a deal to acquire tower assets from Dutch telecom Royal KPN.

Bloomberg notes that American Tower won a bidding war, which included private equity firms like EQT Partners AB, TDF Group, and Antin Infrastructure. In total, the deal is valued at somewhere between €300 million and €400 million.

Negotiations are ongoing and could fall apart before anything final in announced next week.

American Tower is down 0.4 percent into the close.


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