Below is a list of some of companies Altice has acquired in recent years and which had contributed to Altice gradually building up debts of around 50 billion euros ($59.6 billion).
SFR (2014-2015):
Acquired by Altice for around 14 billion euros. Funded by debt, equity and cash.
PT PORTUGAL (2014):
Agreed a 7.4 billion euro deal in December 2014 with Brazil's Oi
to acquire sole control of PT Portugal. Funded by debt and cash.SUDDENLINK (2015):Bought U.S. regional cable company Suddenlink for $9.1 billion. Deal financed by debt and cash.CABLEVISION (2015):Bought U.S.-based Cablevision for $17.7 billion. Total debt financing of the deal stood at $14.5 billion, combined with debt from Cablevision.MEDIA CAPITAL (2017):440 million euro deal to buy Portugal's Media Capital, the owner of the country's largest television channel, from Spain's Prisa . The transaction still needs to get approval by local competition authorities.($1 = 0.8384 euros) (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Keith Weir)