sentences:  On March 5, 2014, Numericable, backed by its lead shareholder Altice, made an offer to buy Vivendi's SFR telecommunications affiliate, France's second largest.The bid is said to include about 11 billion euros ($15.2 billion) in cash, 3 billion euros in Numericable’s cable assets and a 750 million-euro capital increase by Altice.Numericable merged with SFR in November 2014 to form Numericable-SFR.