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Tele Columbus to acquire PrimaCom for EUR 711 million

2015-07-16 11:00:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Tele Columbus Group announced an agreement to acquire PrimaCom for EUR 711 million. The deal brings together two of Germany's leading mid-tier cable operators. Tele Columbus said the combined company offers growth potential and enables scale efficiencies across the customer and network base. The merger should also support an acceleration in network and product development. The acquisition of PrimaCom will be financed through a combination of existing cash, a fully underwritten financing with senior and junior tranches and a EUR 125 million equity bridge loan. The transaction does not need regulatory approval and is expected to close at the end of July. Together the two operators have around 2.8 million homes connected. Based on 2014 figures, there combined annual revenues are EUR 345 million, and EBITDA reached EUR 154 million. 

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