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Crown Castle's Small Cell & Venue business

private/EQT Active Core Infrastructureprivate

EQT completes acquisition of Crown Castle's Small Cell business; Arium Networks launches

Closedhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

Consideration
AnnouncedMay 1, 2026
Days outstanding77d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    May 1, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote

No shareholder vote required for this transaction.


Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

No advisor data on record for this deal.


Sources

EQT Active Core Infrastructure completed its acquisition of Crown Castle's Small Cell & Venue business, with the combined entity launching as Arium Networks, a standalone digital infrastructure platform. Arium Networks operates a portfolio of over 100,000 on-air or under-contract small cells across 43 states serving the three largest U.S. mobile network operators. The transaction was announced in March 2025, with closing completed by May 2026.

Item id: 0ee6c8d7-317c-470c-8f16-29937aab571f · ingested May 1, 2026