Cogeco Inc. appoints President & CEO to its Cogeco Diffusion Inc. subsidiary
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIAT E RELEASE
Cogeco Inc . appoints P resident & CEO to its
Cogeco Dif f us ion Inc. subsi diar y
Montreal, November 6, 2013 – COGECO Inc. (TSX: CGO) today announced the promotion of
Richard Lachance to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogeco Diffusion
Inc. Until recently, Mr. Lachance held the position of Senior Vice President of Cogeco Diff usion.
Richard Lachance holds a wealth of experience in the world of Communications and Media.
After having worked in the television, radio and newspaper industries, he joined the team at
Cogeco in 1999 as General Manager of the Rythme FM network and 93.9 in Quebec, before
being promoted to Vice President, and, subsequently, Senior Vice President of Cogeco
Diffusion.
“I am very pleased with Richard’s appointment. Under his excellent leadership, Cogeco
Diffusion has experienced solid growth, following its acquisitions of Corus Quebec and
Métromédia Plus, and thanks to the development of our media properties, on the whole. I am
persuaded that his deep knowledge of the industry combined with his vision and exceptional
dynamism make him the ideal candidate to steer our media subsidiary toward new summits,”
stated Louis Audet, President and chief executive officer of Cogeco Inc.
Cogeco Diffusion Inc. (“CDI”), a subsidiary of Cogeco Inc. (TSX: CGO), owns and operates 13
radio stations across most of Québec, including Rythme FM, 98.5 in Montreal and 93.3 in
Quebec. These stations offer a variety of programming with complementary radio formats
serving a wide range of audiences, as well as COGECO News, its news agency. CDI also
operates COGECO Métromédia, an advertising representation house specialized in the public
transit sector that holds exclusive advertising rights in the Province of Québec where it also
represents its business partners active across other Canadian markets.
ABOUT COGECO
COGECO (www.cogeco.ca) is a diversified communications corporation. Through its Cogeco
Cable subsidiary, COGECO provides to its residential and business customers Analogue and
Digital Television, High Speed Internet («HSI») and Telephony services. Cogeco Cable
operates 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, Southern
Florida, Maryland/Delaware and South Carolina. Through its subsidiaries, Cogeco Data
Services and PEER1 Hosting, Cogeco Cable provides to its comm ercial custom ers, 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 T oronto as well as point s-of-presence in North America and Europe.
Through its subsidiary, Cogeco Diff usion, COGECO owns and operates 13 radio stations across
most of Quebec with complementary radio formats serving a wide range of audiences as well as
Cogeco News, its news agency. Cogeco Diffusion also operates Métromedia, an advertising
representation house specialized in the public transit sector that holds exclusive advertising
rights in the Province of Quebec where it also represents its business partners who are active
across other Canadian markets. COGECO’s subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange (TSX: CGO). The subordinate voting shares of Cogeco Cable are also listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA).
Information: Media
René Guimond
Vice-President , Public Affairs and Communications
Tel.: 514-764-4700