ABB's Growth Strategy for MetroCast
ACQUISITION RATIONALE
Strategic
Operational
Financial
Further establishes ABB as a strategic platform in the U.S. with a diversified geographical footprint
from Maine to Florida
Adds scale in the American Broadband segment which continues to exhibit steady growth and is
expected to keep generating strong operating margins
• MetroCast is largely located in non-metropolitan markets with very attractive demographic profiles
and fragmented competition
Opportunity to leverage ABB's product & sales expertise to quickly increase the customer base and
deliver superior growth
• High quality, fully digital network, comprised of 860 MHz or fiber to the home in 95% of the network,
and providing 150 Mbps Internet service company-wide
• Minimal integration risk due to management's prior successful experience integrating MetroCast's
Connecticut system and common service delivery and back office platforms between the two
operations
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Acquisition serves as a catalyst for a new partnership with CDPQ, a leading global investor
• This partnership will contribute to the future growth of the business
ATLANTIC (C>>> COGECO
broadband
a Cogeco company
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