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DVV Media Group Acquires Road Transport Media

On January 29, 2016, DVV Media Group acquired publishing company Road Transport Media from GIL Investments

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DVV Media Group’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is DVV Media Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-01-29
Target Road Transport Media
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) DVV Media Group
Sellers(s) GIL Investments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Road Transport Media

Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom
Road Transport Media is the provider of information to the road transport industry. RTM specialises in delivering solutions to companies engaged in the commercial vehicle and road freight transport sector. A leading portfolio of magazines, websites, events and data solutions give clients the tools to connect directly with decision-makers in this essential sector.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DVV Media Group

Hamburg, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Publishing
Employees200
DESCRIPTION

DVV Me­dia Group GmbH has more than 200 em­ploy­ees and pub­lish­es around 30 spe­cial­ist news­pa­pers and mag­a­zines in Ger­many and abroad in the ar­eas of “Lo­gis­tics and Trans­port", "Mar­itime Tech­nol­o­gy and Busi­ness”, "Rail Trans­port and Rail­way Tech­nol­o­gy", "Trav­el and Meet­ings" as well as "In­ter­nal and Ex­ter­nal Se­cu­ri­ty". Their pub­lish­ing pro­gram in­cludes newslet­ters, spe­cial­ist books, ref­er­ence books, web­sites, and ap­pli­ca­tions. The DVV Me­dia Group al­so or­gan­is­es con­gress­es and sem­i­nars.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIL Investments

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIL Investments is a private investment firm focused on acquiring controlling stakes in mid-sized businesses throughout Europe. Prospective transactions include management buyouts and buy-ins, restructurings, turnarounds, and complex corporate carveouts. The Firm is a generalist investor but has a preference for companies operating in basic industries, including industrials, distribution, manufacturing, and support services. GIL Investments was formed in 1991 and is headquartered in Warwickshire. Our target businesses will typically be headquartered there.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
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