M&A Deal Summary

Emerald Expositions Acquires GLM Shows - George Little Management

On December 20, 2013, Emerald Expositions acquired retailer GLM Shows - George Little Management from Providence Equity Partners for 335M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-12-20
Target GLM Shows - George Little Management
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Emerald Expositions
Sellers(s) Providence Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 335M USD
Advisor(s) Credit Suisse Investment Banking (Financial)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Legal)

Target

GLM Shows - George Little Management

White Plains, New York, United States
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GLM creates face-to-face buying, selling and networking platforms for designers, product developers, manufacturers, retailers and operators through more than 20 leading trade shows including four of the largest 100 trade shows in the U.S.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerald Expositions

San Juan Capistrano, California, United States

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Category Company
Sector Business Services
Revenue 274M USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Emerald Expositions is an operator of large business-to-business tradeshows in the United States across 10 end markets. Emerald has two principal sources of revenue: tradeshow revenue and revenue from print and digital publications and select conferences.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 18
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 8
State (New York) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 1 of 18
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-03 Vendome Group - Design Tradeshows

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Vendome Group - Design Tradeshows consists of three brands are based in Cleveland, OH.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Providence Equity Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 36.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in media, entertainment, communications, and information companies. Specifically, Providence seeks investments in wireless and wireline telephony, cable television content and distribution, music, film, publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and other media and communications sectors. Providence Equity looks to commit $150 million to $800 million of equity capital in transactions ranging from growth financings and recapitalizations, to buyouts and take-privates. Providence Equity Partners was formed in 1989 and has offices in Providence, Rhode Island; New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, China; and New Delhi, India.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 98
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 40
State (New York) 4 of 9
Country (United States) 25 of 67
Year (2013) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 28 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-21 Ambassador Theatre Group

Woking, United Kingdom

Ambassador Theatre Group is an owner and operator of theatres. The theatre portfolio is supported by in-house ticketing and production divisions. Ambassador Theatre Group was founded in 1991 and is based in Woking, United Kingdom.

Buy $350M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 PT Komet Infra Nusantara

Jakarta, Indonesia

PT Komet Infra Nusantara is an independent telecommunications tower platform in Indonesia.

Buy -
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