2005 Media Buyout Transactions

Finest City Broadcasting operates the second largest broadcasting cluster in San Diego, CA with three full market 100KW class C FM radio stations. The stations include San Diego's old school XHRM (Magic 92.5), alternative rock XETRA (91X), and contemporary hit radio XHITZ (Z90).

Evergreen Pacific Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Seattle, Washington
www.eppcapital.com

ABRY Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Boston, Massachusetts
www.abry.com

Sound Lounge is an operator of an Audio Post-Production company providing audio post-production services for television and radio commercials. Sound Lounge was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.

Argosy Private Equity
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Wayne, Pennsylvania
www.argosycapital.com/private-equity

MTN Capital Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.mtncapital.com

Sogec Marketing provides promotion tools on behalf of consumer brands and HMSM chains.

Parquest Capital
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Paris, France
www.parquest.fr

Main Line Broadcasting was formed to build a group of radio station clusters in mid-sized markets, primarily in the eastern U.S. The company has made three acquisitions to date, and currently operates station clusters in Richmond, Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, Dayton, Ohio, Hagerstown, Maryland and Waynesboro/Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Arlington Capital Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Bethesda, Maryland
www.arlingtoncap.com

Riviera Broadcast Group is a newly formed entity that will operate and acquire stations within the top 100 radio markets, with a focus on the top 50 markets. The initial station acquisition of the Company was KEDJ-FM in Phoenix, Arizona.

VSS Capital Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.vss.com

QuVIS is engaged in the development, marketing and sales of film resolution (2048 x 1556 pixel resolution) and higher digital motion imaging solutions for large display formats in the entertainment industry and precision technical, military and medical applications.

Seacoast Capital
Investor
Growth Capital Firm
Danvers, Massachusetts
www.seacoastcapital.com

The goal of the company is to acquire and operate clusters of radio stations in small and mid-sized markets throughout the United States, which will serve a diverse marketplace of audiences and advertisers.Urban owns and operates 23 radio stations located in Alexandria, Louisiana; Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Columbus, Mississippi; Meridian, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi and Toledo, Ohio.

21st Century Group
Investor
Dallas, Texas
www.21stcgfund.com

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.goldmansachs.com

Transpalux is involved in renting of lighting material for film shootings.

MBO & Co.
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Paris, France
www.mboandco.com

Aspire Media LLC offers newsstand publications, craft books, and craft television series on public television.

Catalyst Investors
Investor
Venture Capital Firm
New York, New York
www.catalyst.com

Frontenac
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Chicago, Illinois
www.frontenac.com

SECOA is an integrated contractor and provider of stage equipment to the performing arts industry. As a manufacturer of our own equipment, we are able to provide a competitively priced, quality guaranteed, on time delivered product every day.

Fischer Investment Capital
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Rumson, New Jersey
www.fischercapital.com

Vox Communications to acquire, build and operate clusters of radio stations in small-to-medium sized markets in the Eastern United States. Vox is currently operating radio station clusters in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Florida.

Housatonic Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Boston, Massachusetts
www.housatonicpartners.com

GateHouse Media, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest local media companies as measured by its daily publications.

Fortress
Investor
Asset Manager
New York, New York
www.fortress.com

Kabel BW is the third largest German cable network operator with market leadership in the Baden-Wurttemberg region. Kabel BW was the first large scale operator to introduce digital cable television, broadband internet and telephony services (?triple play?) on one single platform and has since then continued to upgrade its network for triple-play. Today Kabel BW has more than 2.4 million subscribers, making it one of the largest cable operators in Germany and Europe.

The Blackstone Group
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.blackstone.com

Boxer is Sweden’s fastest-growing digital TV operator and offers access to the ten most popular TV channels in the country.Founded in 1998, Boxer has shown impressive growth in recent years and now boasts more than 530,000 customers, a number that is rapidly increasing.

3i Private Equity
Investor
Private Equity Firm
London, United Kingdom
www.3i.com/private-equity/

Grupo Abaco is a significant operator in the Spanish cinema industry, Abaco Group was identified as an excellent ?buy and build? platform to lead the consolidation of the industry.

Alantra Private Equity
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Madrid, Spain
www.alantra.com/private-equity/

NewRadio Group, LLC and the radio assets of Waitt Media. The Company operates primarily in the Midwest and is designed to acquire stations in strong retail markets that have the ability to grow and provide a service to those markets.

McCarthy Capital
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Omaha, Nebraska
www.mccarthycapital.com