SBA Communications closes $3.5 billion senior notes offering, refinances bank debt
SBA Communications closed a $3.5 billion offering of senior unsecured notes due 2030, 2031 and 2033 on July 23, 2026, and used the proceeds to repay in full its senior secured term loan and revolver borrowings. It also entered a new $2.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility maturing July 23, 2031, and terminated its prior $2.0 billion revolver and $2.3 billion term loan. For shareholders, the filing shows a change in the company's debt structure and interest rates, with the new notes structurally subordinated to liabilities of its SBA Telecommunications LLC subsidiary.
Key points
- Notes: $1.35 billion at 4.875% due 2030, $1.35 billion at 5.150% due 2031, and $800.0 million at 5.450% due 2033, with interest paid semi-annually starting January 15, 2027.
- Net proceeds repaid in full the senior secured term loan and outstanding revolver borrowings under the prior credit agreement dated January 25, 2024.
- New $2.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility matures July 23, 2031, with an option to request up to $1.0 billion in increases.
- The notes are not guaranteed by SBA Telecommunications LLC or its subsidiaries, so they are structurally subordinated to those entities' liabilities.
The filing
Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 24, 2026.
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