MTN GROUP LIMITED - Update on the IHS Holding Limited transaction and notice of IHS Extraordinary General Meeting results

What this filing means

IHS Holding shareholders have approved MTN's acquisition of the remaining IHS shares at a special general meeting — one of the stated conditions precedent is now satisfied. The catch is that this approval was a scripted step in a deal the market has known about since February, not a fresh re-rating event; the decisive condition still outstanding is regulatory clearance, and the filing gives no timeline for it. The share had a negative CAR-20 of -9.5% over the prior 20 trading days, consistent w…