Emerald Expositions Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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Emerald Expositions has acquired 19 companies of its own, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Emerald Expositions’ largest acquisition to date was in 2013, when it acquired GLM Shows - George Little Management for $335M. Emerald Expositions has acquired in 10 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include media (78%) and business services (6%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity18
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 4

Emerald Expositions

Emerald Expositions, Inc.

31910 Del Obispo, Suite 200,
San Juan Capistrano, California 92675
United States,
(949) 226.5700
www.emeraldexpositions.com

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.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 16 - - - 2 - 18
vol $363M $363M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  18

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Advertising Week 2022-06-28 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.advertisingweek.com
MJBiz 2022-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Lakewood, Colorado · www.mjbizdaily.com
Boutique Design New York - BDNY 2018-10-16 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.bdny.com
EH Media -Technology Brands 2018-08-21 28M USD Divestiture
Framingham, Massachusetts
Connecting Point Marketing Group 2017-11-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Rye, New Hampshire · www.cpmg-llc.com
SnowSports Industries America - Snow Show 2017-05-24 - Divestiture
Park City, Utah
InterDrone (International Drone Conference and Exposition) 2017-03-13 - Divestiture
, United States · www.interdrone.com
RFID Journal LIVE 2016-11-15 - Divestiture
Hauppauge, New York
National Pavement Expo 2016-10-18 - Divestiture
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin · www.nationalpavementexpo.com
Digital Dealer Conference & Expo 2016-10-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Raton, Florida · www.digitaldealer.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Media 14 (78%) 28M (8%) - -
Business Services 1 (6%) - - -
Digital Media 1 (6%) - - -
Marketing 1 (6%) - - -
Retail 1 (6%) 335M (92%) - -
Total 18 $363M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 18 363M - -
  New York 4 335M - -
  Ohio 3 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
  Wisconsin 1 - - -
  Utah 1 - - -
  New Hampshire 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 28M - -
Total 18 $363M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Securities)
1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
2
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $335M
< $100M 1 $28M
TOTAL $363M
Largest GLM Shows - George Little Management
$335M (2013-12-20)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
2 (11%)
Strategic(s)
56%
10 (56%)

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