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AT&T’s Sale Leaseback Unlocks $850M

January 31, 2025 – SLB Capital Advisors shared perspectives with CFO Dive with respect to AT&T’s $850M sale leaseback

SLB Capital Advisors’ Managing Partner Scott Merkle shared perspectives with CFO Dive with respect to AT&T’s $850M sale leaseback

“AT&T’s $850 [million] deal demonstrates how the sale leaseback enabled a large, storied company to maintain control of certain critical central office operations while unlocking value that was heretofore trapped on the balance sheet,” Merkle said in a statement shared with CFO Dive.

“AT&T utilized a particularly creative structure where they will provide an income stream to the acquirer, while at the same time participating in future redevelopment revenues from the properties.”

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