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Get filing alertsAIFA to acquire 58% of HyalRoute fiber network for $2.31B in stock, issuing 231M shares
Filed May 26, 2026 · Period ending May 22, 2026 · ~1 min read
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AIFA will issue ~231M shares at $10/share to acquire 57.67% of HyalRoute Communication, a Southeast Asian fiber-optic operator with 85,000km of network and $219M 2025 revenue. Transaction values HyalRoute at $4B, a 46-57% discount to 2019 investment bank estimates of $8-10B.
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Shares to Rainman (43.55% stake, $1.74B) vest in three tranches: 10% within 1 month, 60% within 6-12 months, 30% within 3-6 months after second tranche. Lock-ups range 12-36 months. Delays full dilutive impact but extends uncertainty.
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Rainman receives right to appoint two directors once all shares are issued, terminates if ownership falls below 50% of issued shares. Gives seller governance influence proportional to stake.
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Transaction requires AIFA shareholder approval and regulatory clearances including potential HSR antitrust review. Rainman entitled to 1% termination fee ($17.4M) if deal fails within 365 days or due to AIFA breach.
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HyalRoute revenue grew from $120M (2024) to $219M (2025); net income nearly doubled from $60.2M to $108.5M. Independent valuation at $4.3B cites 600%+ increase in fiber asset prices adding ~$2B in value.
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Summary
AIFA disclosed definitive agreements to acquire a controlling 57.67% stake in HyalRoute Communication Group, a Southeast Asian fiber-optic infrastructure operator, for $2.31 billion payable entirely in newly issued common stock. The transaction will issue approximately 231 million shares at a $10 reference price, representing massive dilution that requires shareholder approval.
HyalRoute operates 85,000 kilometers of fiber network across ASEAN countries and owns submarine cable capacity spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe. The company reported $219 million in 2025 revenue and $108.5 million in net income, nearly double the prior year.
The $4 billion valuation represents a 46-57% discount to the $8-10 billion range investment banks estimated for HyalRoute's proposed 2019 NYSE listing, though an independent 2026 valuation appraised the company at $4.3 billion. The staggered share issuance to Rainman—10% within one month, 60% within six to twelve months, and 30% three to six months thereafter—delays the full dilutive impact but extends timing uncertainty. Rainman will receive board representation rights once all shares are issued. Retail holders should watch for the shareholder vote outcome and whether the transaction closes within the 365-day window, as failure triggers a $17.4 million termination fee to Rainman.
Section-by-Section Diff
Event · Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement filed; see Key Changes for terms.
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Pursuant to the Rights Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to acquire from Rainman, and Rainman has agreed to sell to the Company, all of Rainman’s right, title, and interest in, to, and under that certain Agreement of Debts Offset and Share Transfer, dated as of January 6, 2025, by and among Rainman and members of “Party B” signatories thereto (the “Debt-to-Equity Agreement”, and such rights, the “Purchased Rights”). The Purchased Rights include, among other things, creditor rights, equity transfer rights (including the right to receive approximately 43.55% of the equity interests of HyalRoute Communication Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Target”) on a fully diluted basis), property transfer rights, entrustment rights, security interests, and liquidation rights against members of “Party B” signatories thereto.
AIFA is acquiring rights to approximately 43.55% of HyalRoute Communication Group Limited from Rainman Network Ltd. These rights stem from a January 2025 debt-to-equity agreement and include creditor rights, equity transfer rights, property transfer rights, and security interests. The total consideration is $1,742,000,000, payable entirely in 174,200,000 shares of AIFA common stock valued at $10.00 per share, subject to downward adjustment if a third-party valuation of the target comes in below $4 billion.
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On May 22, 2026, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale of Securities Agreement (the “Fair Cheerful SPA”) with Fair Cheerful Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Fair Cheerful”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire from Fair Cheerful, and Fair Cheerful has agreed to sell to the Company, 35,459 ordinary shares of the Target, representing approximately 13.26% of the equity interests of the Target on a fully diluted basis, for an aggregate purchase price of $530,400,000.00. The purchase price is payable entirely by a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing such purchase price by the Reference Price.
AIFA entered into two separate agreements to acquire an additional 14.12% of HyalRoute from minority shareholders. Fair Cheerful Limited is selling 13.26% for $530.4 million, and Yellow River Fiber Optic Ltd is selling 0.86% for $34.4 million. Both purchases are payable in AIFA common stock at the $10.00 reference price, adding approximately 56.48 million shares. Combined with the Rainman transaction, AIFA is acquiring approximately 57.67% of HyalRoute for a total consideration of approximately $2.31 billion in stock.
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The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Rights Purchase Agreement is subject to certain conditions precedent, including, among others: (i) the approval of the Company’s shareholders, (ii) the receipt of all required U.S. and non-U.S. governmental approvals, (iii) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (if applicable), (iv) the absence of any governmental order prohibiting the transactions
The transactions require AIFA shareholder approval and various regulatory clearances including potential HSR antitrust review. The issuance of 231 million shares (approximately 174.2M to Rainman plus 56.48M to minority sellers) represents massive dilution that shareholders must approve. Rainman can also receive a 1% termination fee ($17.42 million) if the deal fails to close within 365 days or due to AIFA's material breach.
Event · Item 3.02 — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Unregistered equity securities sale disclosed; details incorporated by reference from Item 1.01.
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The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
The company disclosed an unregistered sale of equity securities under Item 3.02. The filing does not provide details in this section, instead incorporating information from Item 1.01 by reference. Without access to Item 1.01, the specifics of the transaction—such as the type of securities sold, the number of shares or units, the purchaser(s), the consideration received, and the exemption relied upon—cannot be determined from this excerpt.
Event · Exhibit 99.1
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the Company has entered into a package of transaction definitive agreements to acquire an aggregate 57.67% controlling interest in HyalRoute Fiber-Optic Communication Group (“HyalRoute”). ... Based on an overall valuation of US $4.0 billion for HyalRoute, the total consideration for the acquisition of a 57.67% controlling interest is US $2.3068 billion, payable entirely through the issuance of newly issued AGAE common shares. For purposes of calculating the number of consideration shares, the issuance price is uniformly set at a reference price of US $10.00 per share.
AIFA signed definitive agreements to acquire a controlling 57.67% stake in HyalRoute, a Southeast Asian fiber-optic infrastructure company, for $2.3068 billion. The consideration will be paid entirely in newly issued AIFA common stock at a reference price of $10.00 per share, implying issuance of approximately 230.68 million shares. The transaction values HyalRoute at $4.0 billion total.
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HyalRoute owns a pan-ASEAN fiber-optic network totaling approximately 85,000 kilometers, including approximately 35,000 kilometers of completed fiber-optic network in the Philippines. In Cambodia, HyalRoute owns approximately 23,000 kilometers of fiber-optic network, achieving 100% coverage across all 25 provinces and municipalities. ... As an official consortium member of the AAE-1 submarine cable system, HyalRoute Group owns 1,700 Gbps of capacity in submarine cable resources spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, with a total length of approximately 25,000 kilometers.
HyalRoute operates approximately 85,000 kilometers of fiber-optic network across ASEAN countries (Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand) and owns 1,700 Gbps of submarine cable capacity spanning 25,000 kilometers across Asia, Africa, and Europe. The company holds a 35-year telecommunications license in Cambodia and owns the Cambodia landing station, described as a critical node for cross-border optical transmission.
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Based on partially audited reports and financial statements for the period from 2016 through 2025, HyalRoute Communication Group Limited demonstrated strong operating performance prior to its proposed New York Stock Exchange listing filing. Its revenue increased from approximately US $200 million in 2016 to approximately US $355 million in 2019. During this period, the company maintained strong profitability, with EBITDA reaching approximately US $268 million in 2019. ... Revenue increased from approximately US $120 million in 2024 to approximately US $219 million in 2025, while net income increased from approximately US $60.2 million in 2024 to approximately US $108.5 million in 2025.
HyalRoute's revenue grew from $200 million in 2016 to $355 million in 2019 with EBITDA of $268 million in 2019. After pandemic-related declines, revenue recovered from $120 million in 2024 to $219 million in 2025, while net income nearly doubled from $60.2 million to $108.5 million over the same period.
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According to a recent valuation report issued by independent third-party valuation firm Pinetree Advisory and Valuation Limited, using a cross-check methodology based on the market approach and income approach, HyalRoute Group’s appraised value is US $4.3 billion. Over the past year, prices of physical fiber-optic assets have increased by more than 600%, while the revaluation of physical asset value has added nearly US $2.0 billion in value. The current valuation represents more than 30% potential recovery upside compared with HyalRoute Group’s US $3.3 billion valuation in the 2024 Hurun Global Unicorn Index. It also represents an approximately 46% to 57% discount to the US $8.0 billion to US $10.0 billion valuation range estimated by Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley at the time of HyalRoute Group’s proposed NYSE listing application in 2019.
An independent valuation firm appraised HyalRoute at $4.3 billion, citing a 600%+ increase in fiber-optic asset prices over the past year that added nearly $2.0 billion in value. The $4.0 billion transaction valuation represents a 46% to 57% discount to the $8.0-$10.0 billion range estimated by investment banks for HyalRoute's proposed 2019 NYSE listing.
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HyalRoute Group is developing a compute center in ASEAN using the latest 2026-generation silicon photonics co-packaged optics (CPO) architecture. The center is expected to deploy NVIDIA Vera Rubin flagship GPU clusters, with FP8 compute capacity of up to 400 PFLOPS, combined with a fully silicon photonics-based high-speed CPO interconnect network and immersion liquid cooling system, with target PUE as low as 1.08–1.10. The center is designed to support trillion-parameter large-model training and inference, with optical resource utilization expected to exceed 90%.
HyalRoute is developing an AI compute center in ASEAN featuring NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU clusters with 400 PFLOPS capacity, silicon photonics interconnects, and immersion cooling targeting 1.08-1.10 PUE. The facility is designed for trillion-parameter AI model training and inference with over 90% optical resource utilization.
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