BCE Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

CommunicationsCompany

BCE has acquired 12 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

BCE’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Manitoba Telecom Services for $3.9B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2006, when it sold Telesat to PSP Investments for $2.5B. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (34%) and information technology (23%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10
  • M&A Advisors 2

BCE

BCE, Inc. (Bell Canada)

Building A 4th Floor 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell,
Verdun, Quebec H3E 3B3
Canada,
(800) 339-6353
www.bce.ca

BCE is Canada's largest communications company, providing a comprehensive and innovative suite of broadband communication services to residential and business customers in Canada. BCE was incorporated in 1880 and is based in Verdun, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 - - 1 1 - 8
vol $9.9B $9.9B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 2 - 1 - - - 3
vol $3.1B $750M $3.9B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
EBOX, Inc. 2022-02-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Longueuil, Quebec · www.ebox.ca
Octane Racing Group, Inc. 2021-04-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec
BCE, Inc. - 13 Data Center Sites 2020-06-01 750M USD Divestiture
, Quebec
Q9 Networks, Inc. 2016-08-08 675M USD Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.q9.com
Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc. 2016-05-02 3.9B USD Add-on Acquisition
Winnipeg, Manitoba · www.mts.ca
Glentel, Inc. 2014-11-28 509M CAD Add-on Acquisition
Burnaby, British Columbia · www.glentel.com
Q9 Networks, Inc. 2012-10-17 836M CAD Secondary Buyout
Toronto, Ontario · www.q9.com
Astral Media, Inc. 2012-03-16 3.4B USD Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.astral.com
CTV Ltd. 2010-09-10 1.3B USD Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.ctv.ca
Telesat Corp. 2006-12-18 2.5B CAD Divestiture
Ottawa, Ontario · www.telesat.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 3 (33%) 3.9B (37%) 1 (33%) 2.5B (63%)
Information Technology 2 (22%) 1.5B (14%) 2 (67%) 1.4B (37%)
Media 2 (22%) 4.7B (44%) - -
Business Services 1 (11%) - - -
Retail 1 (11%) 509M (5%) - -
Total 9 $10.6B 3 $3.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 9 10.6B 3 3.9B
  Ontario 4 2.8B 2 3.1B
  Quebec 3 3.4B 1 750M
  Manitoba 1 3.9B - -
  British Columbia 1 509M - -
Total 9 $10.6B 3 $3.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Barclays Investment Bank
1
Evercore Group LLC
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $8.6B
$100M to $1B 3 $2.0B
TOTAL $10.6B
Largest Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc.
$3.9B (2016-05-02)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.5B
$100M to $1B 2 $1.4B
TOTAL $3.9B
Largest Telesat Corp.
$2.5B (2006-12-18)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
44%
4 (44%)
Strategic(s)
22%
2 (22%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Strategic(s)
100%
3 (100%)

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