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Cogeco Cable Inc. announces resignation of Fabio Banducci, Co-chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary PEER1 Hosting

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cogeco Cable Inc. announces resignation of Fabio Ba nducci, Co-chief
Executive Officer of its subsidiary PEER1 Hostin g
Montreal, November 12, 2013 Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA) (“Cogeco”) today reports
that Mr. Fabio Banducci resigned from his duties as Co-chief Executive Officer of its wholly-
owned subsidiary, PEER1 Hosting, to refocus on other opportunities. His resignation takes
effect December 18, 2013. Mr. Gary Sherlock, who shared the leadership of Cogeco’s
subsidiary as Co-chief Executive Officer with Mr. Banducci, will become President and Chief
Executiv e O f fic er of PEER1 Host ing, effective December 18, 2013.
"Working with Cogeco this last year has been an awesome opportunity for me, as Co-chief
Executive Officer with Gary Sherlock, and I couldn't be more proud of the growth PEER1
Hosting has experience d since we joined Cogec o’ s family of companies," said M r . Banducci.
While it is difficult for me to part with such an excellent team, it reassures me to do so,
leaving PEER1 Hosting in the very competent hands of my colleague and friend Gary, with
the supp or t of the entire leadership team at Cogeco Cable,” continued Mr. Banducci.
"It has been a great pleasure and privilege to have worked with Fabio so closely over many
years and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” stated Gary Sherlock, Co-chief
Executive Officer, PEER1 Hosting.I am honoured to have the opportunity to take on the full
duties of leading PEER1 Hosting, as President and CEO, and carry out our vision. Looking
ahead, the entire team at PEER1 Hosting is excited about the opportunity to further solidify
our leadership position in our markets and to continue with our expansion plans," continued
Mr. Sherlock.
"On behalf of the Board and our employees, we thank Fabio for his contributions," stated
Louis Audet, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cogeco Cable Inc. "We want to take thi s
opportunity to wish Fabio our very best in the next phase of his professional career,”
continued Mr. Audet. “In addition, it is with great pleasure that I confirm the nomination of
Gary Sherlock to the title of President and Chief Executive Officer of PEER1 Hosting, t o lead
PEER1 Hosting to new height s, ” concluded Mr. Audet.
PEER1 Hosting’s acquisition by Cogeco Cable Inc. was completed January 31, 2013. Its
seven months operating results are included in the reported fiscal year 2013 operating
results of Cogeco Cable’s Enterprise Services segment, which were published November 6,
2013. For more information about Cogeco Cable Inc., please visit
http://www.cogeco.ca/cable/corporate/cca/main.html. To learn more about PEER1 Hosting
and its product s and servi c es, please visit
www.peer1.com.
ABOUT CO GECO CABL E
Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation and is the11th largest
hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco
Cable brand name in Quebec and Ontario, and in the United States through its subsidiary
Atlantic Broadband in Western Pennsylvania, South Florida, Maryland/Delaware and South
Carolin a. Its two-way broadband cable networks provide to its residential and small business
customers Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet («HSI») and Telephony
services. Through its subsidiaries Cogeco Data Services and PEER 1 Hosting, Cogeco
Cable provides its commercial customers a suite of IT hosting, information and
communications technology services (Data Centre, Co-location, Managed Hosting, Cloud
Infrastructure and Connectivity), with 20 data centres, extensive fibre networks in Montreal
and Toronto as well as points-of-presence in North America and Europe. Cogeco Cable’s
subordin at e voting shares are listed on the Toronto St ock Exchang e (TSX: CCA).
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Information: René Guim ond
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Tel: (514) 764-4746