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Cogeco Cable Inc. Announces an Internal Leadership Succession at its American Subsidiary, Atlantic Broadband

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For immediate release
Cogeco Cable Inc. Announces an Internal Leadership Succession at
its American Subsidiary, Atlantic Broadband
Montréal, December 10, 2014 Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA) announced today the appointment of
Richard Shea as President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Broadband and David Isenberg as
President and Chief Revenue Officer, Atlantic Broad ba nd, effective January 1, 2015.
Edward Holleran, President and Chief Ex ecutive O fficer of Atlantic Bro adband, has dec ided to step down
from his pos ition effec tive Januar y 1, 201 5. He has agreed to stay on, taking the r ole of Vice Presid ent of
Industr y Relat ions on a part-time basis.
Both Richard Shea and David Isenberg have been with Atlantic Broadband since it was founded in 2003.
Mr. Shea began his career with Atlantic Broadband as Chief Inform ation Officer and has served as Chief
Operating Officer the past two years. Mr. Isenberg started as Senior Director, Products and has been
Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer since 2012.
This structure recogni zes the com plementary roles that Rich ard and Dav id will have in the leadersh ip of
Atlantic Broadband going forward,” stated Louis Audet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogeco
Cable Inc. I’m confident that, with their years of experience at Atlantic Broadband since its very
beginnings, having gained a wealth of knowledge on our business and our markets and a deep
understanding of our customers, Richard and David will each pla y a ke y role in leading At lant ic Broad ban d
to reach new summits. I am also very pleased that Edward will continue to serve as part of the Atlantic
Broadband management team. As co-founder of Atlantic Broadband, his experience and relationships in
the cable industry will be of great value to us going forward,” concluded Mr. Audet.
ABOUT COGECO CABLE INC.
Cogeco Cable Inc. (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation. It is the 11th largest cable
operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco Cable Canada name in Québec and
Ontario, and in the United States under the Atlantic Broadband name in Western Pennsylvania, South
Florida, Maryland/Delaware and South Carolina. Its two-way broadband fibre networks provide to its
residential and business customers analogue and digital television, high speed Internet and telephony
services. T hr ough its s ubsidiari es Co geco D ata Ser vic es and Peer 1 Hos tin g, Cogec o Cabl e Inc. provides
to its commercial customers a suite of information technology services (colocation, managed and
dedicated hosting, managed IT, cloud and connectivity services), with 20 data centres, extensive fibre
networks in Montréal and Toronto as well as points-of-presence in North America and Europe. Cogeco
Cable Inc.’s subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA).
ABOUT ATLANTIC BROADBAND
Atlantic Broadband, a wholl y-owned subs idiar y of
Cogeco C able I nc. (T SX: CCA), is the 13
th
larges t cabl e
operator in th e Unit ed Stat es, base d on n um ber of Basic Cab le cus tom ers s erved. T he compan y provides
TV, Internet and Pho ne services to more t han 230,000 residentia l and busines s custom ers locat ed in four
operating regions: Western Pennsylvania, Miami Beach, Maryland/Delaware, and Aiken, SC. Atlantic
Broadband is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Additional information is available at
www.atlanticbb.com.
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Information:
Media
Cogeco
Cable Inc.
Nancy Bouf f ar d
Director of Corporate Communications
Tel.: 514
-764-4613
Atlantic Broadband
Julie Smith
Senior Vice
President, Marketing
Tel.: 617-786-8800 x107