As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2020December 9, 2021

Registration No. 333-                    333-______

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

8051 Congress Avenue

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

(561) 995-7670

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Thomas P. Hunt, Esq.

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

8051 Congress Avenue

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

(561) 995-7670

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Kara L. MacCullough, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 2000

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

(954) 765-0500

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box:  ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.   ☐

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in concluding this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ☐

Calculation of Registration Fee

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not consummate the exchange offer until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or exchange these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer, sale or exchange is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, Dated November 5, 2020December 9, 2021

PROSPECTUS

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

Offer to Exchange

$1,500,000,000 3.875%3.125% Senior Notes due 20272029

for

$1,500,000,000 3.875%3.125% Senior Notes due 2027,2029, that have been registered under the Securities Act

SBA Communications Corporation is offering to exchange all of the outstanding unregistered $1,500,000,000 3.875%3.125% Senior Notes due 2027,2029, which we refer to as the “Original Notes,” for registered $1,500,000,000 3.875%3.125% Senior Notes due 2027,2029, which we refer to as the “Exchange Notes.”

Material Terms of the Exchange Offer:

Material Terms of the Exchange Notes:

See the Section entitled “Risk Factors” that begins on page 87 for a discussion of the risks that you should consider prior to tendering your Original Notes in the exchange offer.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Exchange Notes to be distributed in the exchange offer or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                , 2020.2021.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or represent anything about us, our financial results or this offering that is not contained in this prospectus. If given or made, any such other information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. We are not making an offer to exchange Original Notes in any state where the offer is not permitted.

Currently, all of the Original Notes are held in book-entry form at The Depository Trust Company, or DTC. Consequently, no letter of transmittal will be used in connection with the exchange offer. The valid electronic transmission of acceptance through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program, or ATOP, shall constitute delivery of Original Notes in connection with the exchange offer.

There are no guaranteed delivery procedures for the exchange offer.

This prospectus contains summaries of the material terms of certain documents and refers you to certain documents that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission. See “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation by Reference.” Copies of these documents, except for certain exhibits and schedules, will be made available to you without charge upon written or oral request to:

SBA Communications Corporation

8051 Congress Avenue

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Phone (561) 995-7670

Fax (561) 998-3448

In order to obtain timely delivery of such materials, you must request information from us no later than five business days prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date on its cover, and may change after that date. The information in any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus is current only as of the date of any such document. For any time after the cover date of this prospectus, we do not represent that our affairs are the same as described or that the information in this prospectus is correct—nor do we imply those things by delivering this prospectus or issuing Exchange Notes to you.

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. By so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes where such Original Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We agree that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, when used in this prospectus, the terms “SBA,” “SBA Communications,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to SBA Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Capitalized terms used throughout this prospectus and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the section “Description of Notes – Certain Definitions.”

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Prospectus Summary

This prospectus summary should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in, and incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.

SBA Communications Corporation

We are a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure, including tower structures, rooftops and other structures that support antennas used for wireless communications, which we collectively refer to as “towers” or “sites.” Our principal operations are in the United States and its territories. In addition, we own and operate towers in South America, Central America, Canada, and South Africa. Our primary business line is our site leasing business, which contributed 97.7%98.4% of our total segment operating profit for the year ended December 31, 20192020 and 98.6%97.5% of our total segment operating profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021. In our site leasing business, we (1) lease antenna space to wireless service providers on towers that we own or operate and (2) manage rooftop and tower sites for property owners under various contractual arrangements. As of September 30, 2020,2021, we owned 32,72434,072 towers, a substantial portion of which have been built by us or built by other tower owners or operators who, like us, have built such towers to lease space to multiple wireless service providers. Our other business line is our site development business, through which we assist wireless service providers in developing and maintaining their own wireless service networks.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 8051 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33487 and the telephone number is (561) 995-7670. SBA was founded in 1989 and incorporated in Florida in 1997. Our corporate website is www.sbasite.com. The information contained on our website is not part of this prospectus.

Summary of the Exchange Offer

This summary is not a complete description of the Exchange Offer. For a more detailed description of the Exchange Offer, see “The Exchange Offer” in this prospectus.

Risk Factors

Investing in the Exchange Notes involves risks. You should carefully consider the following risks relating to the Exchange Offer and the Exchange Notes, together with the risks and uncertainties discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the information under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20192020 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020,2021, June 30, 20202021 and September 30, 2020,2021, before deciding whether to participate in the Exchange Offer.

In this “Risk Factors” section, the “notes” means both the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

If your Original Notes are not exchanged they will continue to be restricted securities and may become less liquid.

Original Notes that you do not tender, do not properly tender or that we do not accept will, following the Exchange Offer, continue to be restricted securities, and you may not offer to sell them except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities law. We will issue Exchange Notes in exchange for the Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer only following the satisfaction of the procedures and conditions set forth in “The Exchange Offer — Conditions to the Exchange Offer” and “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering.” These procedures and conditions include timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of confirmation of book-entry transfer of your Original Notes and of an agent’s message from DTC, or if applicable, your compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures for tendering your Original Notes.DTC. Therefore, if you want to tender your Original Notes, please allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. Additionally, we are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities of tenders of Original Notes for exchange. If there are defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of Original Notes, we will not accept your Original Notes for exchange unless we decide in our sole discretion to waive such defects or irregularities.

Because we anticipate that most holders of Original Notes will elect to exchange their Original Notes, we expect that the liquidity of the market for any Original Notes remaining after the completion of the Exchange Offer will be substantially limited. Any Original Notes tendered and exchanged in the Exchange Offer will reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes outstanding. Following the Exchange Offer, if you do not tender your Original Notes you will not have any further registration rights, and your Original Notes will continue to be subject to certain transfer restrictions. Accordingly, the liquidity of the market for the Original Notes could be adversely affected.

If an active trading market does not develop for the Exchange Notes, you may be unable to sell the Exchange Notes or to sell them at a price you deem sufficient.

The Exchange Notes are a new issue of securities for which there is currently no public trading market. We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that an active market will develop upon completion of the Exchange Offer or, if it develops, that such market will be sustained, or as to the liquidity of any market. If an active market does not develop or is not sustained, the market price and the liquidity of the Exchange Notes may be adversely affected. In addition, the liquidity of the trading market for the Exchange Notes, if it develops, and the market price quoted for the Exchange Notes, may be adversely affected by many factors, including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, our operating results, financial performance and prospects, the prospects for companies in our industry generally, the market for similar securities, and the overall securities market. These factors could be exacerbated in an illiquid market. It is possible that any market for the Exchange Notes will be subject to disruptions which may have a negative effect on the holders of the Exchange Notes, regardless of our operating results, financial performance or prospects.

The Exchange Offer may be cancelled or delayed.

The consummation of the Exchange Offer is subject to, and conditional upon, the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions discussed under “The Exchange Offer — Conditions to the Exchange Offer”. We may, at our option and in our sole discretion, waive any such conditions. Even if the Exchange Offer is completed, the Exchange Offer may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the Exchange Offer may have to wait longer than expected to receive their Exchange Notes during which time those holders of the Original Notes will not be able to effect transfers of their Original Notes tendered for exchange.

Our board of directors has not made a recommendation as to whether you should tender your Original Notes in exchange for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, and we have not obtained a third-party determination that the Exchange Offer is fair to holders of our Original Notes.

Our board of directors has not made, and will not make, any recommendation as to whether holders of Original Notes should tender their Original Notes in exchange for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. We have not retained, and do not intend to retain, any unaffiliated representative to act solely on behalf of the holders of the Original Notes for purposes of negotiating the terms of the Exchange Offer, or preparing a report or making any recommendation concerning the fairness of the Exchange Offer. Therefore, if you tender your Original Notes, you may not receive more than or as much value as if you chose to keep them. Holders of Original Notes must make their own independent decisions regarding their participation in the Exchange Offer.

Some holders may need to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

If you exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, you may be deemed an underwriter and may be deemed to have received restricted securities and, if so, will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. Any broker-dealer that (i) exchanges its Original Notes in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes or (ii) resells Original Notes that were received by it for its own account in the Exchange Offer may also be deemed to have received restricted securities and will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction by that broker-dealer. Our obligation to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part effective is limited. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that a current prospectus will be available at all times to broker-dealers wishing to resell their Exchange Notes.

Risks Related to the Notes

We have a substantial level of indebtedness which may have an adverse effect on our business or limit our ability to take advantage of business, strategic or financing opportunities.

We have, and will continue to have, a significant amount of indebtedness. Our substantial level of indebtedness increases the possibility that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay the principal, interest or other amounts due on our indebtedness. As a consequence of our indebtedness, (1) demands on our cash resources may increase, (2) we are subject to restrictive covenants that further limit our financial and operating flexibility, and (3) we may choose to institute self-imposed limits on our indebtedness based on certain considerations including market interest rates, our relative leverage and our strategic plans. For example, as a result of our substantial level of indebtedness and the uncertainties arising in the credit markets and the U.S. economy:

These restrictions could have a material adverse effect on our business by limiting our ability to take advantage of financing, new tower development, mergers and acquisitions, share repurchases, or other opportunities and to satisfy our REIT distribution requirements. Furthermore, subject to certain restrictions under our existing indebtedness and the Indenture, we may incur significant additional indebtedness in the future, some of which may be secured debt.

In addition, fluctuations in market interest rates or changes in central bank monetary policy may increase interest expense relating to our floating rate indebtedness, which we expect to incur under our Senior Credit Agreement, including the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2018 Term Loan, and may make it difficult to refinance our existing indebtedness at a commercially reasonable rate or at all. There is no guarantee that the future refinancing of our indebtedness will have fixed interest rates or that interest rates on such indebtedness will be equal to or lower than the rates on our current indebtedness.

The notes are effectively subordinated to our secured indebtedness.

Although the notes are designated senior notes, they are effectively subordinated to our secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, the assets that secure debt ranking senior or equal in right of payment to the notes will be available to pay obligations on the notes only after any secured debt has been repaid in full from these assets. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the notes then outstanding.

As of September 30, 2020,November 5, 2021, SBA had secured debt of approximately $7.5$9.0 billion of indebtedness outstanding, consisting of (1) $6.7 billion of Tower Securities and (2) its guarantee of amountsthe $2.3 billion due under the Senior Credit Agreement. SBA’s guarantee is secured by its pledge of all of the outstanding stock of Telecommunications. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the notes then outstanding.

The Indenture restricts, but does not prohibit, us or our restricted subsidiaries from incurring substantially more debt, all of which could be senior to the notes. This increased leverage could increase the business and financial risks associated with our future operations.

The Indenture restricts, but does not prohibit, us or our restricted subsidiaries from incurring substantially more debt in the future. Any additional indebtedness that we incur may rank equal to the notes and may be secured. The notes are our senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with our existing and future senior unsecured debt, including the 2016 Senior Notes and the 20172020 Senior Notes. Consequently, if we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the notes, the holders of that debt will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of the notes, and the holders of the 2016 Senior Notes and the 20172020 Senior Notes, any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up to which we may be subject.

us and/or our restricted subsidiaries. Borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement, including the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2018 Term Loan, and the Tower Securities are secured, and as a result, are effectively senior to the notes. These borrowings may have the effect of reducing your ability to receive the full amount of principal, interest and additional interest, if any, that is due under the notes. The Revolving Credit Facility provides SBA Senior Finance II with the ability to borrow up to $1.25$1.5 billion, based upon its consolidated financial ratio and subject to compliance with the covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement. In addition, the Senior Credit Agreement permits SBA Senior Finance II, without the consent of the other lenders, to request that one or more lenders provide SBA Senior Finance II with increases in the Revolving Credit Facility or additional term loans provided that after giving effect to the proposed increase in Revolving Credit Facility commitments (assuming the Revolving Credit Facility commitments, as increased, were fully drawn) or incremental term loans, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA would not exceed 6.5x. Furthermore, any refinancing of the Tower Securities or other incurrence of additional debt, including the incurrence of additional secured debt such as another securitization or issuance of Tower Securities, could increase the business and financial risks associated with our future operations.

If any of the future indebtedness that we incur is incurred by any of our subsidiaries, then it will be effectively senior in right of payment to the notes and the holders of that future debt will be entitled to be paid in full before the holders of the notes with any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up of us and/or our restricted subsidiaries.

The notes are structurally subordinated to all obligations of our existing and future subsidiaries.

The notes are our obligations and are not guaranteed by any of our operating subsidiaries. As a result, the notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries, including liabilities of any subsidiaries we may form or acquire in the future. Furthermore, our right to receive any assets of any of our subsidiaries upon liquidation or reorganization, and, as a result, the right of the holders of the notes to participate in those assets, will also be effectively subordinated to the claims of that subsidiary’s creditors. In addition, the Indenture, subject to some limitations, permits these subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness and does not contain any limitation on the amount of other liabilities, such as trade payables, that may be incurred by these subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2020,November 5, 2021, our subsidiaries had $7.5$9.0 billion of indebtedness outstanding.outstanding, consisting of (1) $6.7 billion of Tower Securities and (2) $2.3 billion under the Senior Credit Agreement.

The notes are the obligations of SBA, and are not guaranteed by its subsidiaries, however the operations of SBA are conducted through, and substantially all of its consolidated assets are held by, its subsidiaries.

SBA is a holding company whose only significant asset is the outstanding capital stock of Telecommunications. Amounts borrowed under the Senior Credit Agreement, including the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2018 Term Loan are secured by a first lien on the capital stock of Telecommunications. Furthermore, substantially all of SBA’s cash flows from operations are generated by its subsidiaries and they will use such cash flows to repay their current and future indebtedness prior to distributing any excess funds to SBA to service the obligations due on the 2016 Senior Notes, the 20172020 Senior Notes and the notes. Accordingly, SBA’s ability to service its debt, including payments of principal, interest and additional interest, if any, on the notes, depends on the results of operations of its subsidiaries and upon the ability of such subsidiaries to provide SBA with cash, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise, to pay amounts due on the obligations of SBA, including the notes.

SBA’s subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to make payments on the notes or to make any funds available for that purpose. In addition, dividends, loans or other distributions to SBA from such subsidiaries may be subject to contractual and other restrictions and are subject to other business considerations, including the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement, the mortgage loan underlying the Tower Securities and the indenturesindenture governing the 2016 Senior Notes and the 20172020 Senior Notes.

We expect that we will need to refinance a large portion of our indebtedness prior to the maturity of the notes. In the event we are not able to refinance or repay such indebtedness, we may not be able to access the cash flow from all of our towers and we may need to take certain actions to service our debt obligations.

We anticipate that we will need to refinance a significant amount of our indebtedness prior to the maturity of the notes in 2027.2029. As of September 30, 2020,November 5, 2021 (as adjusted for the redemption of the 2016 Notes on November 8, 2021), we had an aggregate of $10.2$9.7 billion of indebtedness outstanding that had an initial or anticipated maturity date prior to the maturity of the notes, including the following:

The Revolving Credit Facility provides SBA Senior Finance II with the ability to borrow up to $1.25$1.5 billion, based upon its consolidated financial ratio and subject to compliance with the covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement. Furthermore, SBA Senior Finance II may elect to increase the Revolving Credit Facility or incur additional term loans under the Senior Credit Agreement. If not earlier terminated by SBA Senior Finance II, the Revolving Credit Facility will terminate on, and SBA Senior Finance II will repay all amounts outstanding on or before April 11, 2023.July 7, 2026.

To the extent that the mortgage loan components corresponding to the Tower Securities are not fully repaid by their respective anticipated repayment dates, the interest rate of each such component will increase by the greater of (i) 5% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the sum of (x) the ten-year U.S. treasury rate plus (y) the credit-based spread for such component (as set forth in the mortgage loan agreement) plus (z) 5%, exceeds the original interest rate for such component. Furthermore, if any of the Tower Securities are not fully repaid by their respective anticipated repayment dates, then the excess cash flow from the towers owned by the borrowers under the Tower Securities will be trapped by the trustee and applied to repay principal of such Tower Securities and then to pay the additional interest described above.

From time to time, we may engage in additional securitizations. We have the ability to add additional assets to our special purpose vehicles.

Due to the potential volatility of the credit markets, we cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance all of our outstanding debt on terms as favorable as our current debt, on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to refinance our debt, we would not be able to repay the amounts outstanding from cash flows from operations and we might need to sell certain assets or lines of business, or issue Class A common stock or securities convertible into Class A common stock to fulfill our debt obligations. If implemented, these actions could negatively impact our business or dilute our existing shareholders.

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not SBA were insolvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, whether the notes would be subordinated to SBA’s other debt. Among other things, the measure of insolvency for these purposes will vary depending on the law of the jurisdiction being applied in any such proceeding. In general, however, a court would deem an entity insolvent if:

We are subject to similar financial and other restrictive covenants and are required to maintain certain financial ratios under the Senior Credit Agreement, including (1) a ratio of Consolidated Net Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA (in each case, calculated in accordance with the Senior Credit Agreement) not to exceed 6.5x for any fiscal quarter and (2) a ratio of Annualized Borrower EBITDA to Annualized Cash Interest Expense (calculated in accordance with the Senior Credit Agreement) of not less than 2.0x for any fiscal quarter.

Although we may enter intohave used interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain “forward-looking statements.” These statements concern expectations, beliefs, projections, plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020,2021, and in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, the following:

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We wish to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect our actual results and could cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The most important factors that could prevent us from achieving our goals, and cause the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements and the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

Each of the forward-looking statements included in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein speak only as of the date on which that statement is made. We will not update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which the statement is made.

Use of Proceeds

The Exchange Offer is intended to satisfy our obligations under the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Original Notes. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer.

In consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes as contemplated by this prospectus, we will receive the Original Notes in like principal amount. The Original Notes surrendered and exchanged for Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled and cannot be reissued.

Selected Financial Data

The following table sets forth our selected historical consolidated financial data. The financial data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The financial data as of December 31, 2015, 2016, and 2017 and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The financial data as of September 30, 2020 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 has been derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You should read the information set forth below in conjunction with our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes to those consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 2017, 2018 and 2019 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020, which are both incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

The terms of the Exchange Notes will be identical in all material respects to the terms of Original Notes, except that the Exchange Notes will have been registered under the Securities Act and will be issued free from any covenant regarding registration, including the payment of special interest upon a failure to complete the Exchange Offer by a certain date. The Exchange Notes will evidence the same debt as the Original Notes and will be issued under the Indenture and be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as the Original Notes being exchanged. As of the date of this prospectus, $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes are outstanding.

In connection with the issuance of the Original Notes, we arranged for the Original Notes purchased by qualified institutional buyers and those sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act to be issued and transferable in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC, acting as depositary. Except as described under “Book-Entry Settlement and Clearance,” Exchange Notes will be issued in the form of a global note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and each beneficial owner’s interest in it will be transferable in book-entry form through DTC. See “Book-Entry Settlement and Clearance.”

Holders of Original Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the Exchange Offer. Original Notes that are not tendered for exchange or are tendered but not accepted in connection with the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding and be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, but certain registration and other rights under the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement will terminate and holders of the Original Notes will generally not be entitled to any registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreements.Agreement. See “— Consequences of Failures to Properly Tender Original Notes in the Exchange Offer.”

We shall be considered to have accepted validly tendered Original Notes if and when we have given oral (to be followed by prompt written notice) or written notice to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the Exchange Notes from us.

If any tendered Original Notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events described in this prospectus or otherwise, we will return the Original Notes, without expense, to the tendering holder promptly after the Expiration Date for the Exchange Offer.

Holders who tender Original Notes will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or transfer taxes on exchange of Original Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer, except as described under “—Fees and Expenses” and “—Transfer Taxes”.

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

The “Expiration Date” for the Exchange Offer is 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on [20 business days after commencement], unless extended by us in our sole discretion, in which case the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date and time to which the Exchange Offer are extended.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion:

If we amend the Exchange Offer in a manner that we consider material, we will disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement, and we will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of five to ten business days, as required by law.

If we determine to extend, amend or terminate the Exchange Offer, we will publicly announce this determination by making a timely release through an appropriate news agency prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the scheduled Expiration Date.

During any extension, all Original Notes previously tendered will remain subject to the Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by us only upon expiration of the Exchange Offer, unless validly withdrawn. If we terminate the Exchange Offer, we will promptly return any Original Notes deposited, pursuant to the Exchange Offer as required by Rule 14e-1(c) of the Exchange Act.

Interest on the Exchange Notes

The Exchange Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.875%3.125% per annum from the most recent date to which interest on the Original Notes has been paid. Interest will be payable semiannually on February 151 and August 151 of each year.

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Exchange Offer, or any extension of the Exchange Offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to exchange any Exchange Notes for any Original Notes and we may terminate the Exchange Offer or, at our option, modify, extend or otherwise amend the Exchange Offer, if any of the following conditions exist on or prior to the Expiration Date:

(a) challenges the making of the Exchange Offer or the exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes under the Exchange Offer or might, directly or indirectly, be expected to prohibit, prevent, restrict or delay consummation of, or might otherwise adversely affect in any material manner, the Exchange Offer or the exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes under the Exchange Offer; or

(b) in our reasonable judgment, could materially adversely affect our (or our subsidiaries’) business, condition (financial or otherwise), income, operations, properties, assets, liabilities or prospects or materially impair the contemplated benefits to us of the Exchange Offer or the exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes under the Exchange Offer;

The foregoing conditions are for our sole benefit and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, in our absolute discretion. Any determination made by us concerning an event, development or circumstance described or referred to above will be conclusive and binding.

If any of the foregoing conditions are not satisfied, we may, at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date:

Effect of Tender

Any tender by a holder, and our subsequent acceptance of that tender, of Original Notes will constitute a binding agreement between that holder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer described in this prospectus. The participation in the Exchange Offer by a tendering holder of Original Notes will constitute the agreement by that holder to deliver good and marketable title to the tendered Original Notes, free and clear of any and all liens, restrictions, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or rights of any kind of third parties.

Absence of Dissenters’ Rights

Holders of the Original Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Procedures for Tendering

If you hold Original Notes and wish to have those notes exchanged for Exchange Notes, you must validly tender (or cause the valid tender of) your Original Notes using the procedures described in this prospectus.

Holders of Original Notes who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer at or prior to the Expiration Date, may tender their Original Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “— Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” below.

The procedures by which you may tender or cause to be tendered Original Notes will depend upon the manner in which you hold the Original Notes, as described below.

Original Notes Held with DTC by a DTC Participant

Pursuant to authority granted by DTC, if you are a DTC participant that has Original Notes credited to your DTC account and thereby held of record by DTC’s nominee, you may directly tender your Original Notes as if you were the record holder. Accordingly, references herein to record holders include DTC participants with Original Notes credited to their accounts. Within two business days after the date of this prospectus, the Exchange Agent will establish accounts with respect to the Original Notes at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer.

Tenders of Original Notes will be accepted only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 thereafter. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. Holders who tender less than all of their Original Notes must continue to hold Original Notes in at least the minimum authorized denomination of $2,000 principal amount.

Any DTC participant may tender Original Notes by effecting a book-entry transfer of the Original Notes to be tendered in the Exchange Offer into the account of the Exchange Agent at DTC and electronically transmitting its acceptance of the Exchange Offer through DTC’s ATOP procedures for transfer before the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer, unless the holder has strictly complied with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.Offer. No letter of transmittal will be used in connection with the Exchange Offer. The valid electronic transmission of acceptance through ATOP shall constitute delivery of Original Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer.

DTC will verify each acceptance transmitted to it, execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC and send an agent’s message to the Exchange Agent. An “agent’s message” is a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the Exchange Agent and forming part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgement from a DTC participant tendering Original Notes that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Exchange Offer and that we may enforce the agreement against the participant. DTC participants following this procedure should allow sufficient time for completion of the ATOP procedures prior to the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer.

An agent’s message, and any other required documents, must be transmitted to and received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer at its address set forth on page 32. Delivery of these documents to SBA or DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

Original Notes Held Through a Nominee by a Beneficial Owner

Currently, all of the Original Notes are held in book-entry form and can only be tendered by following the procedures described under “— Procedures for Tendering — Original Notes Held with DTC by a DTC Participant”. However, any beneficial owner whose Original Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender on the owner’s behalf if it wishes to participate in the Exchange Offer. You should keep in mind that your intermediary may require you to take action with respect to the Exchange Offer a number of days before the Expiration Date in order for such entity to tender Original Notes on your behalf at or prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer.

Representations, Warranties, Acknowledgements and Undertakings

By tendering Original Notes through the submission of an electronic acceptance instruction in accordance with the requirements of ATOP, a tendering holder of Original Notes:

We have agreed that, subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreements,Agreement, the prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer who acquired the Original Notes for its own account as a result of market making or other trading activities (a “participating broker-dealer”) in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes, where such Original Notes were acquired by such participating broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for a period ending 90 days after the Expiration Date or, if earlier, when all such Exchange Notes have been disposed of by such participating broker-dealer. In that regard, each participating broker-dealer, by tendering such Original Notes through the submission of an electronic acceptance instruction in accordance with the requirements of ATOP, agrees that, upon receipt of notice from us of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in the prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes the prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the occurrence of certain other events specified in the Registration Rights Agreements,Agreement, such participating broker-dealer will suspend the sale of Exchange Notes pursuant to the prospectus until we have amended or supplemented the prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and have furnished copies of the amended or supplemented prospectus to the participating broker-dealer or we have given notice that the sale of the Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be. If we give such notice to suspend the sale of the Exchange Notes, it shall extend the 90-day period referred to above during which participating broker-dealers are entitled to use the prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when participating broker-dealers shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to permit resales of the Exchange Notes or to and including the date on which we have given notice that the sale of Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be.

By tendering Original Notes through the submission of an electronic acceptance instruction in accordance with the requirements of ATOP, a tendering holder of Original Notes also acknowledges that the Exchange Offer is being made by us based upon our understanding of an interpretation by the staff of the SEC as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof, without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that: (1) such holders are not affiliates of us within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (2) such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business; (3) such holders are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of such Exchange Notes and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes and (4) such holders are not broker-dealers tendering Original Notes that have been acquired from us for their own account. However, the staff of the SEC has not considered the Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action letter, and there can be no assurance that the staff of the SEC would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as in other circumstances. If a holder of Original Notes is an affiliate of us, acquires the Exchange Notes other than in the ordinary course of such holder’s business or is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder could not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction.

Miscellaneous

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, and acceptance and withdrawal of tendered Original Notes will be determined by us in our absolute discretion, which determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all tendered Original Notes determined by us not to be in proper form or not to be tendered properly or any tendered Original Notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive, in our absolute discretion, any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Original Notes, whether or not waived in the case of other Original Notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer will be final and binding on all parties.

Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Original Notes must be cured within the time we determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Original Notes, neither we, the Exchange Agent nor any other person will be under any duty to give that notification or shall incur any liability for failure to give that notification. Tenders of Original Notes will not be deemed to have been made until any defects or irregularities therein have been cured or waived.

In addition, we reserve the right, as set forth above under the caption “— Conditions to the Exchange Offer”, to terminate any Exchange Offer.

No letter of transmittal will be used in connection with the Exchange Offer. The valid electronic transmission of acceptance through ATOP shall constitute delivery of Original Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer at or prior to the Expiration Date, you may nevertheless effect a tender of your Original Notes if:

Withdrawal of Tenders

Tenders of Original Notes in the Exchange Offer may be validly withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

Transfer Taxes

You will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with the tender of Original Notes in the Exchange Offer unless you instruct us to issue Exchange Notes, or request that Original Notes not tendered or accepted in the Exchange Offer be returned, to a person other than the tendering holder. In those cases, you will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer taxes.

Accounting Treatment

The Exchange Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Original Notes as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the completion of the Exchange Offer.

Consequences of Failures to Properly Tender Original Notes in the Exchange Offer

Issuance of the Exchange Notes in exchange for the Original Notes under the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of an agent’s message from DTC through ATOP and confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Original Notes, and all other required documents. Therefore, holders of the Original Notes desiring to tender such Original Notes in exchange for Exchange Notes should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. We are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities of tenders of Original Notes for exchange. Original Notes that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted by us will, following completion of the Exchange Offer, continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon transfer thereof under the Securities Act, and, upon completion of the Exchange Offer, certain registration rights under the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement will terminate.

Description of Notes

General

We issued the Original Notes under the Base Indenture, dated as of February 4, 2020, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 26, 2020,January 29, 2021, between SBA and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Set forth below is a description of the specific terms of the notes. This description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this “Description of Notes” to the “notes” includes the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes.

As used in this “Description of Notes” section, the word “SBA” or “SBA Communications” refers to SBA Communications Corporation and not to any of its Subsidiaries.

On February 4, 2020,January 29, 2021, SBA Communications issued $1,000,000,000$1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875%3.125% Senior Notes due 20272029 under the Base Indenture. On May 26, 2020, SBA Communications issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 under the Supplemental Indenture. The 2020-1 Senior Notes and the 2020-2 Senior Notes have the same terms, except for a different issue date and issue price. The 2020-1 Senior Notes and the 2020-2 Senior Notes are treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. The notes accrue interest from the Issue Date at a rate of 3.875%3.125%. The interest on the notes is payable semiannually on February 151 and August 15.1. The notes mature on February 15, 2027.1, 2029. You may request copies of the Indenture at our address set forth under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Brief Description of the Notes

The notes:

SBA Communications has covenanted that it will offer to repurchase the notes under the circumstances described in the Indenture upon:

The Indenture also contains covenants with respect to the following:

In addition, certain covenants will be suspended during any period in which the notes have an investment grade rating from each of Moody’s and S&P and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing.

SBA Communications is a holding company with no operations or assets other than the capital stock of Telecommunications. The operations of SBA Communications are conducted through its Subsidiaries and, therefore, SBA Communications depends on the cash flow of its Subsidiaries to meet its obligations, including its obligations under the notes. The notes are SBA Communications’ senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with SBA Communications’ existing and future senior unsecured debt, including the 2016 Senior Notes and the 20172020 Senior Notes. The holders of the 2016 Senior Notes and the 20172020 Senior Notes will be entitled to share ratably with the Holders of the notes any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up of SBA Communications. The notes are not secured and thus are effectively subordinated to any of SBA Communications’ existing and future secured debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt, including its guarantee of the 2018 Term Loan and borrowings incurred under the Revolving Credit Facility. SBA’s Subsidiaries are not guarantors of the notes, and the notes are effectively subordinated to all Indebtedness and other liabilities of its Subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2020,November 5, 2021, SBA’s Subsidiaries had $7.5$9.0 billion of Indebtednessindebtedness outstanding, consisting of the(1) $6.7 billion of Tower Securities and (2) $2.3 billion under the 2018 Term Loan.Senior Credit Agreement. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility provides SBA Senior Finance II with the ability to borrow up to $1.25$1.5 billion, based upon its consolidated financial ratio and subject to compliance with the covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement. Any right of SBA Communications to receive assets of any of its Subsidiaries upon the liquidation or reorganization of the Subsidiaries, and the consequent right of the Holders of the notes to participate in those assets, will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that Subsidiary’s creditors, except to the extent that SBA Communications is itself recognized as a creditor of such Subsidiary. If SBA Communications is recognized as a creditor of such Subsidiary, the claims of SBA Communications would still be subordinate in right of payment to any security interest in the assets of that Subsidiary and any Indebtedness of that Subsidiary senior to that held by SBA Communications. The provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement also contain restrictions on the ability of those Subsidiaries to dividend or distribute cash flow or assets to SBA Communications.

Concurrently with the issuance of the 20202021 Senior Notes, SBA Communications designated all then existing Foreign Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries. Consequently, all of SBA’s Subsidiaries are Restricted Subsidiaries. However, under certain circumstances, SBA Communications will be able to designate current or future Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries generally are not subject to the restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.

Principal, Maturity and Interest

The notes will mature on February 15, 2027.1, 2029. The Indenture allows SBA Communications to issue an unlimited principal amount of notes in addition to the notes, subject to compliance with the covenant entitled “Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—The notes are structurally subordinated to all obligations of SBA Communications’ existing and future subsidiaries.”

Interest on the notes accrues from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from February 4, 2020,January 29, 2021, the issue date of the 2020-12021 Senior Notes. Interest is computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Accrued interest on the 2020-2 Senior Notes was required to be paid by the purchasers of the 2020-2 Senior Notes from February 4, 2020, the issue date of the 2020-1 Senior Notes, to, but excluding May 26, 2020, the issue date of the 2020-2 Senior Notes.

The notes are not guaranteed by our Subsidiaries.

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

If a Holder has given wire transfer instructions to SBA Communications, SBA Communications will make all payments of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on that Holder’s notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on the notes will be made at the office or agency of the paying agent and registrar for the notes within the City and State of New York unless SBA Communications elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their address set forth in the register of Holders.

Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes

The trustee under the Indenture will initially act as the paying agent and registrar for the notes. SBA Communications may change the paying agent or registrar under the Indenture without prior notice to the Holders of the notes, and SBA Communications or any of its Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or registrar under the Indenture.

Transfer and Exchange

A Holder may transfer or exchange notes for other notes with the same terms and principal amount in accordance with the Indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. SBA Communications is not required to transfer or exchange any notes selected for redemption. In addition, SBA Communications is not required to transfer or exchange any notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.

Optional Redemption

Prior to February 15, 20231, 2024. At any time prior to February 15, 2023,1, 2024, the notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of SBA Communications, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, to, the redemption date.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any note on any redemption date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such redemption date of (1) the redemption price of such note at February 15, 20231, 2024 (such redemption price being set forth in the table below), plus (2) all required interest payments due on such note through February 15, 20231, 2024 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate on such redemption date plus 50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of such note.

“Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such statistical release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to February 15, 2023;1, 2024; provided, however, that if the

Equity clawback. During the period after the date of original issuance of the notes until February 15, 2023,1, 2024, SBA Communications may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes originally issued at a redemption price of 103.875%103.125% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed on the redemption date plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by SBA Communications; provided that:

Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at SBA Communications’ discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.

On or after February 15, 20231, 2024. On or after February 15, 2023,1, 2024, SBA Communications may redeem all or a part of the notes upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices expressed as percentages of principal amount set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 151 of the years indicated below:

In connection with any optional redemption of the notes, any such redemption may, at SBA Communications’ discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. If a redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the applicable redemption notice shall describe such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in SBA Communications’ discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, without the requirement of an additional notice period to the Holders, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed.

Selection and Notice

If less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee under the Indenture will select notes for redemption as follows:

No notes of $2,000 of principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional and, at SBA Communications’ discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied.

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the notes, each Holder of such notes will have the right to require SBA Communications to repurchase all or any part, equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, of such Holder’s notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”). The offer price in any Change of Control Offer will be payable in cash and will be 101% of the aggregate principal amount of any notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on such notes, (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, unless SBA Communications has exercised its right to redeem all of the notes as described above under “—Optional Redemption,” SBA Communications will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such notes on the date specified in the notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.

On the Change of Control Payment Date for the notes, SBA Communications will, to the extent lawful:

The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such notes, and the trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each Holder a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided that the new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

The Change of Control Triggering Event provisions described above will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. SBA Communications will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to any Change of Control Offer. If the provisions of any of the applicable securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, SBA Communications will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue of the compliance.

The Change of Control Triggering Event purchase feature is a result of negotiations between SBA Communications and the initial purchasers. Management has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control Triggering Event, although it is possible that SBA Communications would decide to

contained in the covenants described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” “—Certain Covenants—Liens” and “—Certain Covenants—Sale and Leaseback Transactions.” Such restrictions can only be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of such notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in the covenants, however, the Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the notes protection in the event of certain highly leveraged transactions.

The Indebtedness of SBA’s Subsidiaries limits SBA Communications’ access to the cash flow of those Subsidiaries and will, therefore, restrict SBA Communications’ ability to purchase any notes. The terms of such Indebtedness, with certain exceptions, provide that the occurrence of certain change of control events with respect to SBA Communications constitutes a default under such Indebtedness. In the event that a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs at a time when SBA’s Subsidiaries are prohibited from making distributions to SBA Communications to purchase notes, SBA Communications could cause its Subsidiaries to seek the consent of the holders of such Indebtedness to allow the distributions or could attempt to refinance the Indebtedness that contains the prohibition. If SBA Communications does not obtain a consent or repay such Indebtedness, SBA Communications will remain prohibited from purchasing notes. In this case, SBA Communications’ failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such Indebtedness. Future Indebtedness of SBA Communications and its Subsidiaries may contain prohibitions on the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event or require the Indebtedness to be repurchased if a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs. Moreover, the exercise by the Holders of their right to require SBA Communications to repurchase the notes could cause a default under such Indebtedness, even if the Change of Control Triggering Event itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on SBA Communications. Finally, SBA Communications’ ability to pay cash to the Holders of notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event may be limited by SBA Communications’ then existing financial resources, including its ability to access the cash flow of its Subsidiaries. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes— We may not be able to purchase the notes upon a change of control triggering event, which would result in a default under our debt instruments and would adversely affect our business and financial condition.”

Holders of the notes will be effectively subordinated to all of SBA’s Subsidiaries’ indebtedness and obligations which may also be accelerated as a result of a Change of Control. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases.

SBA Communications will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by SBA Communications and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. In addition, notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, SBA Communications will not be obligated to make a Change of Control Offer in the event it has exercised its rights to redeem all of the outstanding notes as provided under “—Optional Redemption.” A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control and conditioned upon such Change of Control Triggering Event if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer. The provisions under the Indenture relating to SBA Communications’ obligation to make an offer to repurchase the notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding.

The definition of Change of Control includes phrases relating to the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the assets of SBA Communications and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a developing body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is

Asset Sales

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

For purposes of clause (3) above only, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, SBA Communications or the Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds to:

provided that in the case of clauses (3), (4), (5) and (6) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as SBA Communications or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within nine months after the end of the 365-day period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled, terminated or otherwise not consummated during such period for any reason, then any such unapplied Net Proceeds shall upon such event constitute Excess Proceeds.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, SBA Communications may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraphs (whether by election or the passage of time) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $35.0 million, SBA Communications will be required to make an offer to all Holders of the notes, and all holders of other pari passu Indebtedness of SBA Communications containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture relating to the notes with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds from any Asset Sale, to purchase the maximum principal amount of the notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness of SBA Communications that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (an “Asset Sale Offer”). The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be payable in cash and will be 100% of the principal amount of any notes and pari passu Indebtedness, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Each Asset Sale Offer will be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture and the other pari passu Indebtedness of SBA Communications. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, SBA Communications may use the remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes and the other pari passu Indebtedness of SBA Communications tendered into the Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will select the notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of the Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

SBA Communications will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to any Asset Sale Offer. If the provisions of any of the applicable securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, SBA Communications will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue of the compliance.

then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this prospectus will be suspended:

During any period that the foregoing covenants have been suspended, SBA Communications’ board of directors may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the rating assigned to the notes by either such rating agency should subsequently decline to below Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P, respectively (or if either such agency ceases to rate the notes, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating organization), the foregoing covenants will be reinstituted as of and from the date of such rating decline. Calculations under the reinstated “Restricted Payments” covenant will be made as if the “Restricted Payments” covenant had been in effect since the Issue Date except that no default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a Restricted Payment made while that covenant was suspended. Notwithstanding that the suspended covenants may be reinstated, no default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with such suspended covenants during any period such covenants have been suspended. There can be no assurance that the notes will ever achieve an investment grade rating or that any such rating will be maintained.

Restricted Payments

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, SBA may declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of SBA’s Capital Stock, that in each case would otherwise constitute a Restricted Payment, to holders of such Capital Stock to the extent that the declaration or payment of a dividend or making of a distribution in such amount is necessary in order for SBA to qualify as, or maintain its status as, a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for any taxable year or to avoid entity level taxes, with such dividend to be paid or distribution to be made as and when determined by SBA, whether during or after the end of the relevant taxable year; provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any such dividend or distribution, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and the obligations in respect of the notes shall not otherwise have been accelerated.

The preceding provisions will not prohibit:

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in clauses (1) through (7) above or is permitted pursuant to the first or second paragraphs of this covenant, SBA Communications will be entitled, in its sole discretion, to classify on the date of payment, or later reclassify, in whole or in part such Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this covenant so long as the Restricted Payment (as so reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable category as of the date of such reclassification.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by SBA Communications or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any property, assets or Investments required by this covenant to be valued will be valued by the board of directors of SBA Communications or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary that is making the Restricted Payment, as the case may be, and shall be delivered to the trustee.

As set forth below under “—Certain Definitions—Unrestricted Subsidiary,” the board of directors of SBA Communications may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Default. For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by SBA Communications and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of the designation. All of those outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation will only be permitted if the Restricted Payment would be permitted at the time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and SBA Communications will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided that SBA Communications may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and SBA Communications’ Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock if, in each case, the Consolidated Indebtedness to Annualized Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Ratio at the time of incurrence of the Indebtedness or the issuance of

The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of any of the following items of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of the Indebtedness by SBA Communications or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;

The Indenture also provides that SBA Communications will not incur any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of SBA Communications unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the notes on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness of SBA Communications will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other indebtedness of SBA Communications solely by virtue of being unsecured.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (17) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, SBA Communications will, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole or in part) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.

In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based upon the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that SBA Communications may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based upon the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

Liens

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness or trade payables on any asset or property (including Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries of SBA Communications) directly held by SBA Communications or any Restricted Subsidiary now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, except Permitted Liens, without providing that the notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or senior in priority with respect to subordinated obligations) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

Each determination required to be made by the board of directors of SBA Communications or of the applicable Restricted Subsidiary incurring the Indebtedness, as the case may be, pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (11) and (15) above shall be evidenced in a resolution of such board of directors and each such determination shall be conclusively binding on SBA Communications, each Restricted Subsidiary, and each Holder.

Transactions with Affiliates

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of SBA Communications involving aggregate payments of consideration in excess of $10.0 million (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions:

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

SBA Communications will not enter into any sale and leaseback transaction with any Person in respect of any real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by SBA Communications to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of SBA Communications; provided that SBA Communications may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness

SBA Communications will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of SBA Communications unless such Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the notes by such Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiary’s Guarantee of or pledge to secure such other Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantee by a Subsidiary of the notes shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person other than a Subsidiary of SBA Communications, of all of SBA Communications’ stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Subsidiary, which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

Business Activities

SBA Communications will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to the extent as would not be material to SBA Communications and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Reports

The Indenture provides that notwithstanding that SBA Communications may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, so long as any notes are outstanding, SBA Communications will file with the SEC or furnish to the holders of the notes or cause the trustee to furnish to the holders of the notes, within the time periods (including any extensions thereof) specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:

provided, however, that SBA Communications shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event SBA Communications will make available such information to prospective purchasers of the notes, in addition to providing such information to the trustee and the holder, in each case within 15 days after the time SBA Communications would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, SBA Communications agrees that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the holders of the notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Events of Default and Remedies

Each of the following when used in the Indenture with respect to the notes constitutes an “Event of Default” under the Indenture with respect to the notes:

However, a Default under clause (4) above will not constitute an Event of Default until the trustee under the Indenture or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes notify SBA Communications of the Default and SBA Communications does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee under the Indenture or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes and the trustee may, and the trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare all the notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to SBA Communications, all outstanding notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the notes may not enforce the Indenture or the notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may direct the trustee under the Indenture in its exercise of any trust or power.

An Event of Default for a particular series of notes does not necessarily constitute a default of any other notes that may be issued under the Indenture.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding by notice to the trustee under the Indenture may on behalf of the Holders of all notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, or the principal of, the notes.

The Indenture provides that if a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the trustee, the trustee must mail to each Holder of the notes notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, interest on, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to any note, the trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its trust officers determines that withholding notice is not opposed to the interest of the Holders of the notes. In addition, SBA Communications is required to deliver to the trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred with respect to any notes during the previous year. SBA Communications is also required to deliver to the trustee, promptly after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event that would constitute a Default, the status thereof and what action SBA Communications is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of SBA Communications, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of SBA Communications under the notes, the Indenture, or the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

SBA Communications may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the notes outstanding (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:

In addition, SBA Communications may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its obligations with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) released and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events described under “Events of Default and Remedies,” but not including nonpayment and bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events, will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the notes:

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

Except as described in the two paragraphs below, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes outstanding can, with respect to the notes then outstanding:

Consents and waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the notes shall be included for purposes of the previous sentence.

Without the consent of each Holder of the notes, an amendment or waiver with respect to any notes held by a non-consenting Holder of such notes may not:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder of the notes, SBA Communications and the trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the notes to:

Concerning the Trustee

The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the trustee, should it become a creditor of SBA Communications, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the trustee under the Indenture with respect to the notes, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that if an Event of Default occurs and is not cured with respect to the notes, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to these provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of notes, unless that Holder shall have offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Additional Information

Anyone who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture and the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement without charge by writing to SBA Communications Corporation, 8051 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

“2013-2C Tower Securities” means the $575.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2013-2, Subclass C, issued on April 18, 2013 by the Tower Trust.

“2014-2C Tower Securities” means the $620.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2014-2, Subclass C, issued on October 15, 2014 by the Tower Trust.

“2017-1C Tower Securities” means the $760.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2017-1, Subclass C, issued on April 17, 2017 by the Tower Trust.

“2018 Term Loan” means the senior secured term loans, in an initial aggregate principal amount of $2.4 billion, borrowed by SBA Senior Finance II under the Senior Credit Agreement.

“2018-1C Tower Securities” means the $640.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2018-1, Subclass C, issued on March 9, 2018 by the Tower Trust.

“2019-1C Tower Securities” means the $1,165.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2018-1,2019-1, Subclass C, issued on September 13, 2019 by the Tower Trust.

“2020-1C Tower Securities” means the $750.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2020-1, Subclass C, issued on July 14, 2020 by the Tower Trust.

“2020-2C Tower Securities” means the $600.0 million of Secured Tower Revenue Securities Series 2020-2, Subclass C, issued on July 14, 2020 by the Tower Trust.

“2016 Senior Notes” means the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024 issued by SBA Communications.Communications Corporation.

“2017 Senior Notes” means the 4.0%4.000% Senior Notes due 2022 issued by SBA Communications Corporation.

“2018 Term Loan”2020 Notes” means the senior secured term loans, in an initial aggregate principal amount of $2.4 billion, borrowed3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 issued by SBA Senior Finance II under the Senior Credit Agreement.Communications Corporation.

“Acceptable Commitment” has the meaning set forth under the caption “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

“Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement related to the notes dated as of the Issue Date, between SBA Communications and the initial purchasers.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

“Annualized Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” for any fiscal quarter means Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended quarter for which internal financial statements are available multiplied by four.

“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth above under the caption “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

Consolidated Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of SBA Communications or any Restricted Subsidiary that is purchased, in tender offers, open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, by SBA Communications or a Restricted Subsidiary (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Acquired Debt) and which is to be held by SBA Communications or a Restricted Subsidiary to redemption or maturity of such Indebtedness.

“Consolidated Indebtedness to Annualized Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of:

“Development Loan” means financing provided by SBA Communications or a Restricted Subsidiary of SBA Communications to a third party to fund the construction of Towers where SBA Communications or the Restricted Subsidiary has been granted the right of first refusal, option or similar arrangement to acquire or use such Towers.

“Disposition” means, with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof; and the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

“Government Securities” means securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally Guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

“Investment Securities” means, with respect to any Person, all Investments that are held for sale.

“Issue Date” means February 4, 2020,January 29, 2021, the date on which the 2020-12021 Senior Notes were originally issued under the Indenture.

provided that in the case of any reversal of any reserve referred to in clause (5) or (6) above, the amount so reversed shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale as of the date of such reversal.

“Payment Default” has the meaning set forth above under the caption “Events of Default and Remedies.”

“Permitted Business” means any business conducted by SBA Communications and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any other business reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to any such business.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.

“Securitization Arrangements” means, collectively, the transactions and agreements, relating to and including the (i) Management Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2005 (as amended, joined or otherwise supplemented from time to time), by and among the Borrowers named therein and (ii) Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2014 (as amended or otherwise supplemented from time to time), among the Borrowers named therein and any additional borrower that may become a party thereto and Midland Loan Services, as servicer on behalf of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

“Senior Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 11, 2018, among SBA Senior Finance II, as borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Bank, LTD., as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, and Barclays Bank plc,

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each of the Foreign Subsidiaries, unless otherwise designated a Restricted Subsidiary by SBA Communications, which designation may be on an entity by entity basis or on a country basis, (ii) any other Subsidiary of SBA Communications that is designated by the board of directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Book-Entry Settlement and Clearance

The Global Notes

The Exchange Notes will be issued in the form of several registered notes in global form without interest coupons, which we refer to as the global notes.

Upon issuance, each of the global notes will be deposited with the trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Ownership of beneficial interests in each global note will be limited to persons who have accounts with DTC, or DTC participants, or persons who hold interests through DTC participants. We expect that under procedures established by DTC:

Beneficial interests in the temporary Regulation S global note will initially be credited within DTC to Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or Euroclear, and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or Clearstream, on behalf of the owners of these interests. During the Distribution Compliance Period described below, beneficial interests in the temporary Regulation S global note may be:

After the Distribution Compliance Period ends, beneficial interests in temporary Regulation S global notes may be exchanged for beneficial interests in the permanent Regulation S global note upon certification that those interests are owned either by non-U.S. persons or by U.S. persons who purchased those interests pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Investors may hold their interests in the permanent Regulation S global notes directly through Euroclear or Clearstream, if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems. After the Distribution Compliance Period ends, investors may also hold their interests in the permanent Regulation S global notes through organizations other than Euroclear or Clearstream that are DTC participants. Each of Euroclear and Clearstream will appoint a DTC participant to act as its depositary for the interests in the Regulation S global notes that are held within DTC for the account of each settlement system on behalf of its participants.

Beneficial interests in the global notes may not be exchanged for notes in physical, certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below.

Each global note and beneficial interests in each global note will be subject to restrictions on transfer as described under “Transfer Restrictions.”

the transfer is being made, the trustee may require the seller to provide certain written certifications in the form provided in the Indenture. In addition, in the case of a transfer of interests to an institutional accredited investor, the trustee may require the buyer to deliver a representation letter in the form provided in the Indenture that states, among other things, that the buyer is not acquiring notes with a view to distributing them in violation of the Securities Act.

A beneficial interest in a global note that is transferred to a person who takes delivery through another global note will, upon transfer, become subject to any transfer restrictions and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in the other global note.

Book-Entry Procedures for the Global Notes

All interests in the global notes will be subject to the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream. We provide the following summaries of those operations and procedures solely for the convenience of investors. The information in this section concerning DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream and their book-entry systems has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but neither we nor the initial purchasers take any responsibility for or make any representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy of this information. DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are under no obligation to follow the procedures described herein to facilitate the transfer of interest in global notes among participants and account holders of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, and such procedures may be discontinued or modified at any time. None of SBA, the trustee or any paying agent will have any responsibility for the performance of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

DTC has advised us that it is:

DTC was created to hold securities for its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its participants through electronic book-entry changes to the accounts of its participants. DTC’s participants include securities brokers and dealers, including the initial purchasers; banks and trust companies; clearing corporations and other organizations. Indirect access to DTC’s system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies; these indirect participants clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC participant, either directly or indirectly. Investors who are not DTC participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through DTC participants or indirect participants in DTC.

So long as DTC’s nominee is the registered owner of a global note, that nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by that global note for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global note:

As a result, each investor who owns a beneficial interest in a global note must rely on the procedures of DTC to exercise any rights of a holder of notes under the Indenture (and, if the investor is not a participant or an indirect participant in DTC, on the procedures of the DTC participant through which the investor owns its interest).

Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional interest, if any, with respect to the notes represented by a global note will be made by the trustee to DTC’s nominee as the registered holder of the global note.

Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for the payment of amounts to owners of beneficial interests in a global note, for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of those interests by DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating to those interests.

Payments by participants and indirect participants in DTC to the owners of beneficial interests in a global note will be governed by standing instructions and customary industry practice and will be the responsibility of those participants or indirect participants and DTC.

Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected under DTC’s procedures and will be settled in same-day funds. Transfers between participants in Euroclear or Clearstream will be effected in the ordinary way under the rules and operating procedures of those systems. Cross-market transfers between DTC participants, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected within DTC through the DTC participants that are acting as depositaries for Euroclear and Clearstream. To deliver or receive an interest in a global note held in a Euroclear or Clearstream account, an investor must send transfer instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, under the rules and procedures of that system and within the established deadlines of that system. If the transaction meets its settlement requirements, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will send instructions to its DTC depositary to take action to effect final settlement by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant global notes in DTC, and making or receiving payment under normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the DTC depositaries that are acting for Euroclear or Clearstream.

Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant that purchases an interest in a global note from a DTC participant will be credited on the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream immediately following the DTC settlement date. Cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream from the sale of an interest in a global note to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following the DTC settlement date.

DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the above procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the global notes among participants in those settlement systems. However, the settlement systems are not obligated to perform these procedures and may discontinue or change these procedures at any time. Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their participants or indirect participants of their obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Certificated Notes

Notes in physical, certificated form will be issued and delivered to each person that DTC identifies as a beneficial owner of the related notes only if:

Registration Rights

On February 4, 2020,January 29, 2021, the closing date of the issuance of the 2020-12021 Senior Notes, SBA entered into the 2020-1Registration Rights Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several initial purchasers. On May 26, 2020, the closing date of the issuance of the 2020-1 Senior Notes, SBA entered into the 2020-1 Registration Rights Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers. In the Registration Rights Agreements,Agreement, SBA agreed for the benefit of the holders of the Original Notes that it would use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission and cause to become effective a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange Original Notes for an issue of notes registered with the Commission, or the Exchange Notes, with terms identical to Original Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate as described below).

When the Commission declares the exchange offer registration statement effective, SBA will offer the Exchange Notes in return for the Original Notes. The Exchange Offer will remain open for at least 20 business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date SBA mails notice of the Exchange Offer to holders of the Original Notes. For each Original Note surrendered to us under the Exchange Offer, the holder of the Original Note will receive an Exchange Note of equal principal amount. Interest on each Exchange Note will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Original Note, or if no interest has been paid on the Original Note, from February 4, 2020January 29, 2021 for the 2020-1 Senior Notes and from May 26, 2020 for the 2020-22021 Senior Notes. A holder of notes that participates in the exchange offer will be required to make certain representations to us (as described in the Registration Rights Agreements)Agreement). Under existing interpretations of the Commission contained in several no-action letters to third parties, the Exchange Notes will generally be freely transferable after the Exchange Offer without further registration under the Securities Act, except that any broker-dealer that participates in the exchange must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act when it resells the Exchange Notes.

We agreed to make available, during the period required by the Securities Act, a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act for use by participating broker-dealers and other persons, if any, with similar prospectus delivery requirements for use in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes. Original Notes not tendered in the Exchange Offer will bear interest at the rate set forth in the Original Notes and be subject to all the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture, including transfer restrictions, but will not retain any rights under the registration rights agreement (including with respect to increases in annual interest rate described below) after the consummation of the Exchange Offer.

In the event that (i) SBA Communications determines that a registered exchange offer is not available or may not be completed because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the earlier of (x) the 360th calendar day following February 4, 2020 or (y) with respect to the 2020-2 Senior Notes, the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the 2020-1 Registration Rights Agreement,January 29, 2021 or (iii) SBA Communications receives a written request from any initial purchaser representing that it holds registrable securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, then SBA Communications will use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination or registration request, as the case may be, a shelf registration statement relating to resales of the Original Notes and to have such shelf registration become effective. SBA Communications agreed to use reasonable best efforts to keep the shelf registration statement effective until the expiration of the time period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or such shorter period that will terminate when all Original Notes covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold pursuant to the shelf registration statement (the “shelf effectiveness period”). SBA Communications will, in the event of such a shelf registration, provide to each participating holder of Original Notes copies of a prospectus, notify each participating holder of Original Notes when the shelf registration statement has become effective and take certain other actions to permit resales of the Original Notes. A holder of Original Notes that sells notes under the shelf registration statement generally will be required to make certain representations to us (as described in the registration rights agreement), to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with those sales and will be bound by the provisions of the registration rights agreement that are applicable to such a holder of notes (including certain indemnification obligations). Holders of Original Notes will also be required to suspend their use of the prospectus included in the shelf registration statement under specified circumstances upon receipt of notice from us. Under applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission, our affiliates will not be permitted to exchange their Original Notes for registered Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer.

If the Exchange Offer has not been completed or a shelf registration statement is required because a registered exchange offer is not available and is not declared effective, on or prior to the earlier of (x) the 360th calendar day following February 4, 2020 or (y) with respect to the 2020-2 Senior Notes, the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the 2020-1 Registration Rights Agreement (such earlier date, theJanuary 29, 2021 (the “target registration date”), then the interest rate on the principal amount of the notes will be increased by (i) a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period following the target registration date and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period thereafter, until the Exchange Offer is completed or the shelf registration statement, if required, becomes effective, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum.

Any amounts of additional interest due will be payable in cash on the same original interest payment dates as interest on the Original Notes is payable. The Exchange Notes will be accepted for clearance through DTC.

This summary of the provisions of the registration rights agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the registration rights agreement, copies of which are available from us upon request.

Material United States Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences

General

The following discussion summarizes the material U.S. federal income and, in the case of Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below), estate tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes as of the date of this prospectus. This summary deals only with notes purchased for cash upon original issuance at the price indicated on the cover of this prospectus. This summary is written only for holders that will hold their notes as “capital assets” within the meaning of section 1221 of the Code. Each prospective holder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income and other tax consequences of the ownership, sale, or other disposition of the notes.

This summary is based on the provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to change (possibly retroactively). No rulings have been or will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences discussed below. The discussion below is not binding on the IRS or the courts and, accordingly, the IRS or a court may take contrary positions. This summary does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to particular holders in light of their individual circumstances, such as holders subject to special tax rules (e.g., financial institutions, insurance companies, broker-dealers, tax-exempt organizations, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, traders in securities that have elected the mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities, persons liable for alternative minimum tax, “controlled foreign corporations,” “passive foreign investment companies” and United States expatriates), persons that will hold the notes as a part of a straddle, hedge, conversion, constructive sale or an integrated transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, partnerships (or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or persons who are investors therein or U.S. Holders (as defined below) that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ materially from those summarized below. In addition, this summary does not discuss any foreign, state or local tax considerations.

For purposes of this summary, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created in or organized under the law of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust (A) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and with respect to which one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (B) that has in effect a valid election under applicable United States Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person. A beneficial owner of a note that is not a U.S. Holder or a partnership (or another pass- through entity) for U.S. federal income tax purposes is referred to herein as a “Non-U.S. Holder.” If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of notes, the treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A holder of notes that is an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and partners in such a partnership are urged to consult their tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of notes.

Exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes

The exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will not constitute a taxable event to holders. Rather, the Exchange Notes will be treated as a continuation of the Original Notes for federal income tax purposes, and are referred to together as “notes” in this summary of federal income tax consequences. Consequently, no gain or loss will be recognized by a holder upon receipt of an Exchange Note, the holding period of the Exchange Note will include the holding period of the Original Note, and the initial basis of the Exchange Note will be the same as the basis of the Original Note immediately before the exchange.

Certain Additional Payments

In certain circumstances, we may be required to make additional payments on the notes. Pursuant to applicable Treasury Regulations, we believe that the likelihood of us making any such additional payments is considered remote and/or incidental, and therefore should not cause the notes to be treated as contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our determination is binding on all holders, other than a holder that discloses its differing position in a statement attached to its timely filed U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year during which such holder acquired a note. However, there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with our determination, or that our position would be sustained if challenged by the IRS. This summary assumes that the notes will not be treated as contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each holder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the potential application to the notes of the contingent payment debt instrument rules and the consequences thereof.

U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest. Generally, “qualified stated interest” on a note will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary interest income (in accordance with the holder’s regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes) at the time such payments are accrued or received. The term “qualified stated interest” means stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or in property (other than debt instruments of the issuer), at least annually over the entire term of the note at a single fixed rate or, subject to certain conditions, based on one or more interest indices. The stated interest on the notes (other than pre-issuance accrued interest, as discussed below under “—Pre-Issuance Accrued Interest”) will be qualified stated interest.

Pre-Issuance Accrued Interest. The initial offering price for the 2020-2 Senior Notes included amounts attributable to interest accrued from February 4, 2020 to, but excluding, the issue date of the 2020-2 Senior Notes (the “pre-issuance accrued interest”). Pre-issuance accrued interest will be included in the accrued interest to be paid on the 2020-2 Senior Notes on the first interest payment date after the issuance of the 2020-2 Senior Notes. To the extent that a portion of a U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the 2020-2 Senior Notes is allocable to pre-issuance accrued interest, we believe, and the remainder of this discussion assumes, that (i) the pre-issuance accrued interest should be excluded from a U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in the 2020-2 Senior Notes and (ii) a portion of the first interest payment equal to the amount of such pre-issuance accrued interest should be treated as a nontaxable return of such pre-issuance accrued interest to the U.S. Holder.

Sale, Exchange, Retirement or Other Disposition of the Notes. Upon a sale, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of notes, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the disposition (other than an amount attributable to accrued but unpaid qualified stated interest, which will be taxable as ordinary interest income as discussed above to the extent not previously included in income) and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such notes. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note generally will be equal to the cost of the note to such U.S. Holder (excluding any pre-issuance accrued interest, as discussed above under “—Pre-Issuance Accrued Interest”). Generally, any such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the notes is more than one year at the time of disposition. For non-corporate U.S. Holders, long-term capital gains generally will be subject to reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to certain limitations.

Additional Tax on Net Investment Income. Certain U.S. Holders, including individuals, estates and trusts, are subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which may include interest and net gains from the disposition of notes. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of the additional Medicare tax resulting from an investment in the notes.

Non-U.S. Holders

Interest. Subject to the discussion below with respect to FATCA (as defined below) and the discussion below with respect to backup withholding, all payments of interest on the notes made to a Non-U.S. Holder will be exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax under the “portfolio interest rule,” provided that: (i) such Non-U.S. Holder does not own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote; (ii) such Non-U.S. Holder is not a controlled foreign corporation related, directly or

form) claiming an exemption from or reduction in withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty or (ii) IRS Form W-8ECI (or appropriate substitute form) stating that interest paid or accrued on the notes is not subject to U.S. federal withholding tax because it is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

Sale, Exchange, Retirement or Other Disposition of the Notes. Subject to the discussion below with respect to FATCA and the discussion below concerning backup withholding and except with respect to amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid qualified stated interest, which will be taxable as described above under “—Interest,” a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on the receipt of payments of principal on a note, or on any gain recognized upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of a note, unless in the case of any such gain (i) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business within the United States and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder within the United States (as described below under “—Income Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business”) or (ii) such Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition, and certain other conditions are met.

Income Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business. If a Non-U.S. Holder of notes is engaged in a trade or business in the United States, and if interest on the notes or gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the notes is effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business (and if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment), the Non-U.S. Holder generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such income or gain, as applicable, in generally the same manner as if the Non-U.S. Holder were a U.S. Holder. Payments of interest, or gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the notes, that are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a United States permanent establishment), and therefore included in the gross income of a Non-U.S. Holder, will not be subject to the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax provided in the case of interest that the Non-U.S. Holder claims exemption from withholding on a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI (or appropriate substitute form). In addition, if such Non-U.S. Holder is a foreign corporation, such corporation may also be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% (or such lower rate provided by an applicable treaty) of its effectively connected earnings and profits for the taxable year, subject to certain adjustments.

FATCA. Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), gross proceeds from the sale, exchange or other disposition of a note realized by, and payments of interest on a note made to, certain non-U.S. persons, including certain foreign financial institutions and investment funds, could be subject to a 30% withholding tax unless such non-U.S. person complies with certain requirements, including reporting requirements regarding its direct and indirect U.S. owners and/or U.S. account holders. Such withholding could apply to payments made to a non-U.S. person regardless of whether the non-U.S. person is the beneficial owner of a note or holds a note for the account of others. In addition, non-U.S. persons located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States regarding FATCA may be subject to different rules. The Treasury Secretary has issued proposed regulations providing that the withholding provisions of FATCA do not apply with respect to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of the notes, which may be relied upon by taxpayers until final regulations are issued. Potential investors are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of FATCA on an investment in the notes.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

U.S. Holders

Payments of interest on, or the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of, a note are generally subject to information reporting unless the U.S. Holder is an exempt recipient (such as a corporation). Such payments may also be subject to backup withholding tax at the applicable rate if the recipient of such payment fails to supply a taxpayer identification number, certified under penalties of perjury, as well as certain other information or otherwise fails to establish an exemption from backup withholding or if the U.S. Holder fails to report in full dividend and interest income. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against that U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Non-U.S. Holders

In general, a Non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to backup withholding tax with respect to payments of interest on the notes provided that we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that such a Non-U.S. Holder is a United States person as defined under the Code, and such withholding agent has received from the Non-U.S. Holder the required certification that it is a Non-U.S. Holder. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against that Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Generally, the name and address of the beneficial owner and the amount of interest paid on a note, as well as the amount, if any, of tax withheld, will be reported to the IRS. Copies of the information returns reporting such payments may also be made available under the provisions of a specific treaty or agreement to the tax authorities of the country in which the Non-U.S. Holder resides.

Foreign, State and Local Tax Considerations

In addition to the U.S. federal income tax consequences described above, holders of notes should consider the foreign, state and local tax consequences of purchasing, owning, and disposing of the notes. Foreign, state and local tax laws may differ substantially from the corresponding U.S. federal law, and this discussion does not purport to describe any aspect of the tax laws of any foreign jurisdiction, state or locality. Holders of the notes should therefore consult their own tax advisors with respect to the various foreign, state and local tax consequences of an investment in the notes.

Plan of Distribution

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes where such Original Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of up to 180 days after consummation of the Exchange Offer, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes by broker-dealers or any other persons. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreements,Agreement, we have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, related to the sale or disposition of notes by a Holder, and will indemnify the Holders of the Original Notes, including any broker-dealers, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act in connection with the Exchange Offer. For purposes of the Registration Rights AgreementsAgreement only, the term “Holder” is defined as each initial purchaser of the Original Notes, for so long as it owns any registrable securities, and each of the initial purchasers’ successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who becomes an owner of registrable securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of the Registration Rights Agreements,Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include participating broker-dealers.

Each broker-dealer further acknowledges and agrees that, upon receipt of notice from us of the happening of any event which makes any statement in the prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in the prospectus to make the statements in the prospectus not misleading, which notice we agree to deliver promptly to such broker-dealer, such broker-dealer will suspend use of the prospectus until we have notified such broker-dealer that delivery of the prospectus may resume and have furnished copies of any amendment or supplement to the prospectus to the broker-dealer.

Legal Matters

Certain legal matters relating to the validity of the Exchange Notes will be passed upon for us by Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Experts

The consolidated financial statements and schedule of SBA appearing in SBA’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, and the effectiveness of SBA’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019,2020, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and schedule are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation By Reference

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Our Commission filings are available over the Internet at the Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the Public Reference Room and its copy charges.

We are “incorporating by reference” into this prospectus specific documents that we file with the Commission, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents that are considered part of this prospectus. Information that we file subsequently with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus is part of a registration statement filed with the Commission.

We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents filed by us with the Commission, and any future documents that we file with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until the termination of the offering of all of the securities covered by this prospectus has been completed including all such documents filed after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement.

We are not, however, incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not deemed “filed” with the Commission, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or certain exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.

You may request a copy of each of SBA’s filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning SBA at the following address, telephone or facsimile number:

SBA Communications Corporation

8051 Congress Avenue

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Phone: (561) 995-7670

Fax: (561) 998-3448

Exhibits to a document will not be provided unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in that document.

We maintain an internet website at http://www.sbasite.com, which contains information relating to us and our business. We do not incorporate the information on our internet website by reference.

You should rely only on the information contained in and incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to exchange the Original Notes in any jurisdiction where the exchange is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the respective document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

The information in this prospectus may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read the entire prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, before making an investment decision.

Part II

Information Not Required in Prospectus

Under Section 607.0831 of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “FBCA”), a director is not personally liable for monetary damages to the corporation or any other person for any statement, vote, decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director, unless (1) the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director and (2) the director’s breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes any of the following: (a) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (b) a circumstance under which the transaction at issue is one from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly; (c) a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the FBCA are applicable; (d) in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interest of the corporation, or willful or intentional misconduct; or (e) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the corporation or a shareholder, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. A judgment or other final adjudication against a director in any criminal proceeding for a violation of the criminal law estops that director from contesting the fact that his or her breach, or failure to perform, constitutes a violation of the criminal law; but does not estop the director from establishing that he or she had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Under Section 607.0851 of the FBCA, a corporation has power to indemnify any person who is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not meet the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 607.0851 of the FBCA. A corporation also has the power to indemnify a director or an officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation for expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal thereof. Such indemnification shall be authorized if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation.

The FBCA also provides, under Section 607.0852, that a corporation must indemnify an individual who is or was a director or officer who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the individual was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses incurred by the individual in connection with the proceeding. Further, under Section 607.0853 of the FCBA, a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if the director or officer delivers to the corporation a signed written undertaking of the director or officer to repay any funds advanced if: (a) the director or officer is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 607.0852; and (b) it is ultimately determined that the director or officer has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 607.0851 or the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under Section 607.0859 (as described below).

Under Section 607.0858 of the FBCA, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided pursuant to Sections 607.0851, 607.0852 and 607.0853 of the FBCA are not exclusive, and a corporation may make any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses of any of its directors or officers under any provision of its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. However, under Section 607.0859, indemnification or advancement of expenses may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions, or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute: (a) willful or intentional misconduct or a

conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder; (b) a transaction in which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (c) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; or (d) in the case of a director, a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 are applicable.

SBA’s articles of incorporation provide that it will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and SBA’s bylaws, as amended from time to time, indemnify all of SBA’s officers and directors. SBA’s bylaws provide that the board of directors, in its discretion, may on behalf of SBA purchase insurance on behalf of a person who was or is SBA’s director, officer or employee. To the extent that such insurance is not in effect or does not apply, and it is permitted by the bylaws, SBA will indemnify each officer and director who is a party to a suit or action by reason of the fact that he or she served in such capacity for expenses reasonably incurred in connection with an action or suit if he or she acted in good faith, and with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Additionally, to the extent that such insurance is not in effect or does not apply, and it is permitted by the bylaws, SBA will indemnify each officer and director who was or is a party to a suit or action by or in the right of SBA by reason of the fact that he or she served in such capacity for expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith, except that no indemnification will be made in respect of a claim or action for which the person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to SBA, unless and to the extent that the court in which the claim is brought determines that such person is entitled to indemnity.

SBA has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain officers that provide for the indemnification of its directors and certain officers, to the fullest extent permitted by the FBCA, SBA’s articles of incorporation and SBA’s bylaws, against expenses incurred by such persons in connection with their service as (i) SBA’s director or officer, (ii) in any capacity with respect to any of SBA’s employee benefit plans, or (iii) as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of any other entity at SBA’s request. In addition, the agreements provide for SBA’s obligation to advance expenses, under certain circumstances, and provide for additional procedural protections.

SBA maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for its directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to SBA’s directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, SBA has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Exhibit Index