Investment Summary

The Carlyle Group Invests In Vidéotron Telecom

On December 1, 1999, private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested in communications company Vidéotron Telecom

Investment Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 8th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 1st transaction in Quebec.
Investment Fate
  • Vidéotron Telecom was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2006.
  • Vidéotron Telecom was sold to a strategic buyer in 2006.

Investment Summary

Date 1999-12-01
Target Vidéotron Telecom
Sector Communications
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Vidéotron Telecom

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vidéotron Telecom Ltée was a facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier providing local, long distance, Internet access and data services to businesses in the province of Quebec, Canada.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 750
Sector: Communications M&A 8 of 26
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 73
State: Quebec M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 9
Year: 1999 M&A 16 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-12-01 Andritz

Graz, Austria

Andritz is a manufacturer of machinery and equipment for the pulp and paper industry, the steel industry and water treatment industries. Andritz was incorporated in 1852 and is based in Graz, Austria.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-01 Digiplex Management SARL

London, Luxembourg

Digiplex Management Sarl was formed to be a pan-European communications infrastructure company that provided collocation facilities and services on a carrier-neutral basis.

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