Pension Plan Buyout of Bell Canada Would Set Record

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Rob Gillies | Copyright information

Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at $48.5 billion that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.

The deal to take Canada's largest telecommunications company private, if approved by shareholders, would also be the largest takeover ever in Canada.

The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and the U.S.-based Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners would buy BCE for $48.5 bill...

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