Charles Drouin

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada engages in the provision of communications services. It includes residential, business, and wholesale customers with a range of solutions to all their communications needs, such as wireless, television, internet, home phone, and small business and enterprise communications services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

Bell Aliant Preferred Equity, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings, Inc. It was formed for the purpose of being the issuer of preference shares. The company intends to lend the net proceeds from the issue and sale of the Series C Shares to sell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings, Inc., which in turn intends to lend substantially all of such amount to Bell Aliant LP to be used to make a lump-sum voluntary contribution to certain of the Bell Aliant Group's pension plans and for general corporate purposes. It was founded on January 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.