Abstract
It is the redemption of the branch of Vivendi: SFR was won by Numericable this week of 4 April 2014 to the tune of 17 billion Euros, squeezing his competitor in the redemption of the operator at the operator red square Bouygues Telecom had yet put 15 billion Euros on the table.
Numericable is the largest cable television operator and Internet cable provider in France. The company was founded in July 2007, the merger of competitors and historical Noos NC Numericable . Altice , Luxembourg cable operator holds 40 % stake in the company to the American company Carlyle Group ( 21.32 % stake ) and the British private equity investment Cinven ( 13.27 % stake ) .
Although the group brand is now «Numericable» management remains legally administered by two separate companies: Numericable SAS and NC Numericable SA (formerly " Noos ").
In March 2013 in an article on the website 01Net, Numéricâble is considered the leader of THD networks (high -speed) in France, including a small part in any optical fiber or FTTH), considered less profitable in the short term.
19 September 2013 Numericable launches IPO on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext in Paris, including improving its accounts and reduce its debt of € 2.3 billion in 2013 process. The introduction to the Paris stock exchange held in November 2013; the transaction values the company at 3.5 billion euros.
In March 2014 Numericable proposed a takeover of the French telecom operator SFR owned by Vivendi, as Bouygues Telecom. Vivendi Group decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with Numericable March 14, 2014. April 05, 2014, the Altice Group is chosen by Vivendi to sell SFR Bouygues Telecom face.
