BCE Inc.

BCE Inc.

BCE Inc.

Overview
Date Founded

2004

Headquarters

1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell, Building A, 7th Floor, Verdun, QC, H3E 3B3, CAN

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

52.1K

Industries

Other Business & Consulting Services
Cable, Satellite, and Radio Telecommunications

Company Description

BCE, Inc. is a telecommunications and media company, which engages in the provision of communication services to residential, business, and wholesale customers. It operates through the following segments: Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline and Bell Media. The Bell Wireless segment covers integrated digital wireless voice and data communications products and services to residential and business customers. The Bell Wireline segment offers data, including Internet access and Internet protocol television, local telephone, long distance, as well as other communications services and products to residential, small and medium-sized business, and large enterprise customers. The Bell Media segment includes conventional, specialty and pay television, digital media, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. The company was founded on February 25, 1970 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

Website

http://www.bce.ca

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Mirko Bibic

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Glen LeBlanc

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Stephen Howe

Chief Technology Officer

Michael E. Cole

Chief Information Officer

Bernard le Duc

Chief Human Resources Officer

Randal Gregory Lennox

President, Bell Media of Bell Canada

Karine Moses

Vice Chair, Quebec & President, Bell Media Quebec of Bell Canada

Wade Oosterman

Vice Chair & Group President, Bell Canada

Rizwan Jamal

President, Bell Residential & Small Business of Bell Canada

Thomas Little

President, Bell Business Markets

Board of Directors
Gordon Melbourne Nixon

President & Chief Executive Officer, RBC at Catalyst, Inc.

Mirko Bibic

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at BCE Inc.

Paul Weiss

Former Managing Partner at KMPG LLP

David Denison

Chancellor at Canadian Business Hall of Fame

Thomas E. Richards

Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at CDW Corporation

Robert Ellis Brown

Former Chief Executive Officer & President at ACE Aviation Holdings, Inc.

Karen Sheriff

Former President & Chief Executive Officer at Q9 Networks, Inc.

Sheila A. Murray

Chairman-Deans Council at Queen's University - Faculty of Law

Calin Rovinescu

President & Chief Executive Officer at Air Canada

Robert C. Simmonds

Founder at Lenbrook, Inc.

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Recent Transactions
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Equinix, Inc. purchases Bce, Inc. /25 Data Centres from BCE Inc.

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BCE Inc., Bell Media, Inc. purchase Groupe V Media, Inc. /V Network from Groupe V Media, Inc.

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BCE Inc., The Bell Telephone Company of Canada purchase Overactive Media Group

Transaction Advisors
Accountant
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc.

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Legal Advisor
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

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Legal Advisor
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advised onBCE Inc. purchases Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc.

Counsel
Garth Malcolm Girvan

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Legal Advisor
George J. Sampas

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Legal Advisor
Grant Buchanan

Advised onBCE Inc. purchases Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc.

Advisors & Consultants
Advisor
John H. Josephson

Managing Director at Allen & Co. LLC

Legal Advisor
Paula Howell Anderson

Faculty Member at Practising Law Institute

Legal Advisor
Michael H. Steinberg

Coordinating Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Key Stats and Financials As of 2019
Market Capitalization
$39.6B
Total Enterprise Value
$62B
Earnings Per Share
$2.47
Five Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue
2.63%
Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue
3.33%
EBITDAMargin
42.17%
Enterprise Value / Sales
3.54x
Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating
8.38x
TEVNet Income
26.55x
Debt TEV
0.31x
Revenue
$17.5B
Net Profit
$2.34B
EBITDA
$7.4B
Total Debt
$19.3B
Total Equity
$15.7B
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