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Frontier had a total debt of $11.25 billion as of June 30, which will be refinanced by Verizon as part of the deal. Shares of Frontier were trading below the offer price at $35.10 after surging ...
Frontier's stock closed at $35.25 on Monday, more than $3 below the proposed deal price. Verizon announced the deal almost a year after activist investment firm Jana Partners said it had built a ...
In particular, Verizon will acquire Frontier for $38.50 per share in cash, a 43.7% premium over Frontier’s 90-day volume-weighted average share price (VWAP) as of September 3, 2024.
Verizon has approximately 7.4 million Fios connections in nine states and Washington, D.C. Frontier has 7.2 million fiber locations and has planst to build out an additional 2.8 million fiber locations by the end of 2026. “The acquisition of Frontier is a strategic fit," Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg said in a prepared statement.
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In late 2020, Frontier dropped the FiOS branding, renaming the service Frontier FiberOptic. In 2021, Frontier discontinued its in-house TV services and partnered with YouTube TV, freeing up its bandwidth for internet and phone. Frontier customers were paying the two services separately until March 27, 2023 when the companies offered integrated ...
Verizon, based in New York City, will pay $38.50 for each Frontier share. The deal is expected to close in about 18 months. It still needs approval from Frontier shareholders.
Frontier Communications owns local telephone operating companies consisting of companies it has owned under its previous name Citizens Communications Company, companies it acquired from Global Crossing, and companies it acquired from Verizon Communications which are grouped under its subsidiary Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings.