Notes to the Group financial statements | Note 17
for the year ended 31 December 2010
 

          December
2010
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      December
2009
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17.   ASSETS CLASSIFIED AS HELD FOR SALE                
    Property, plant and equipment – Network assets     825        
          825        
   

Scancom Limited (MTN Ghana) announced on 6 December 2010 that it has concluded a transaction with American Tower Company (ATC) which involves the sale of up to 1 876 of MTN Ghana’s existing BTS sites to TowerCo Ghana for an agreed purchase price of approximately USD428,3 million. 2% of the shareholding in TowerCo Ghana will be held by local non-controlling shareholders and the remaining 98% by TowerCo Ghana’s holding company. ATC will hold a 51% stake in TowerCo Ghana’s holding company, with the remaining 49% stake held by MTN Dubai Limited. MTN Ghana will be the anchor tenant, on commercial terms, on each of the towers being sold. The transaction is expected to close in 2011, subject to customary closing conditions.