Rogers Communications to Acquire Shaw Communications for ~$26B

Charter Communications to Combine with Cox Communications in $34.5B Deal

May 17, 2025

Telecommunications

Charter Communications and Cox Communications have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their businesses in a transaction valued at about $34.5 billion. Under the deal, Charter will buy Cox’s commercial fiber and managed IT/cloud businesses, while Cox Enterprises will contribute Cox Communications’ residential cable business to Charter Holdings, and the combined company is expected to be named Cox Communications after closing.

Searchlight Capital Partners and BCI to Acquire Consolidated Communications for $3.1 Billion

November 20, 2024

Telecommunications

Consolidated Communications Holdings is set to be acquired in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.1 billion by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI). The deal is expected to close in late 2024 or early 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Verizon to Acquire Frontier Communications in $20 Billion All-Cash Deal

September 5, 2024

Telecommunications

Verizon Communications has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $20 billion ($38.50 per share). The deal is intended to expand Verizon’s fiber footprint and integrate Frontier’s fiber network into Verizon’s Fios platform, with an expected closing in about 18 months subject to approvals.

DuPont Agrees to Acquire Rogers Corporation (Merger Terminated)

November 2, 2022

Manufacturing

Rogers Corporation shareholders voted to approve DuPont de Nemours’ previously announced acquisition of Rogers, with shareholders receiving $277.00 in cash per share. Subsequently, DuPont issued a notice of termination of the definitive merger agreement, and Rogers said it is evaluating options in response.

Semtech Corporation to Acquire Sierra Wireless

August 2, 2022

IT Services

Semtech Corporation agreed to acquire Sierra Wireless in an all-cash transaction for $31 per share, valuing the deal at approximately $1.2 billion, subject to customary closing conditions. The combination is intended to create a chip-to-Cloud IoT platform bringing together LoRa and cellular connectivity plus IoT Cloud services.

National Bank of Canada to Acquire Canadian Western Bank

June 11, 2024

Financial Services

National Bank of Canada entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding common shares of Canadian Western Bank in a share-exchange transaction valuing CWB at approximately $5.0 billion. The deal (exchange ratio 0.450 NB shares per CWB share) expands National Bank's footprint in Western Canada, is expected to close by the end of 2025 subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, and is supported by an approximately $1.0 billion equity financing including a private placement to CDPQ.