Quebecor Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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Quebecor has acquired 5 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Quebecor’s largest acquisition to date was in 2007, when it acquired Osprey Media Publishing for $414M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Sun Media to Postmedia Network Canada for $240M. The Company’s most targeted sectors include publishing (40%) and communications (20%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity5
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Quebecor

Quebecor, Inc.

612, Rue Saint-Jacques,
Montréal, Quebec H3C 4M8
Canada,
(514) 380-1999
www.quebecor.com

Quebecor engages in telecommunications, entertainment, news media and culture, Quebecor is one of the best-performing integrated communications companies in the industry. Quebecor was founded in 1965 and is based in Montreal, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 4 - - 1 - - 5
vol $414M $414M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $355M $355M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Audiogram 2021-02-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.audiogram.com
Sun Media Corp. 2015-04-13 240M CAD Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.sunmedia.ca
Nurun 2014-09-02 114M USD Divestiture
Montreal, Quebec · www.nurun.com
Gestev, Inc. 2013-05-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Beaupré, Canada · www.gestev.com
Osprey Media Publishing, Inc. 2007-08-03 414M USD Add-on Acquisition
Markham, Ontario · www.ospreymedialp.com
Vidéotron Telecom Ltd. 2006-12-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.vtl.ca
Sun Media Corp. 1999-03-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.sunmedia.ca
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Vidéotron Telecom Ltd. 2006-12-22 4Degrees Colocation, Inc. 2018-12-18 1
Montreal, Quebec · www.vtl.ca Saint-laurent, Quebec · www.4degrees-colo.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Publishing 2 (40%) 414M (100%) 1 (50%) 240M (68%)
Communications 1 (20%) - - -
Digital Media 1 (20%) - - -
Media 1 (20%) - - -
Marketing - - 1 (50%) 114M (32%)
Total 5 $414M 2 $355M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 5 414M 2 355M
  Quebec 2 - 1 114M
  Ontario 2 414M 1 240M
Total 5 $414M 2 $355M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $414M
TOTAL $414M
Largest Osprey Media Publishing, Inc.
$414M (2007-08-03)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $355M
TOTAL $355M
Largest Sun Media Corp.
$240M (2015-04-13)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Communications

Revenue

4,554   6% 2021
4,318   1% 2020
4,294   3% 2019
4,181   2% 2018
4,122   3% 2017
4,017   4% 2016
3,880   5% 2015
3,716   2014
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Employees

10,000

Established

1965

Public

Toronto (TSX): QBR

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