M&A Deal Summary

Emerald Expositions Acquires Connecting Point Marketing Group

On November 30, 2017, Emerald Expositions acquired media company Connecting Point Marketing Group from Corridor Capital and Aldine Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 12th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 14th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-11-30
Target Connecting Point Marketing Group
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Emerald Expositions
Sellers(s) Corridor Capital
Aldine Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) (Financial)

Target

Connecting Point Marketing Group

Rye, New Hampshire, United States
Connecting Point Marketing Group is an organizes and hosts trade events for executives in the retail, restaurant, healthcare and hotel industries for innovation. Connecting Point Marketing is based in Rye, New Hampshire.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerald Expositions

San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
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 14 of 18
Sector (Media) 12 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 8
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 14 of 18
Year (2017) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-24 SnowSports Industries America - Snow Show

Park City, Utah, United States

SnowSports Industries America - Snow Show is a provider of trade shows in Park City, Utah.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-21 EH Media -Technology Brands

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

EH Media -Technology Brands is a technology event and a group of complementary technology intelligence brands.

Buy $28M

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Corridor Capital

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Corridor Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring lower middle-market companies in the specialty manufacturing, business services, healthcare services, technology services, and financial services sectors. Target companies are typically profitable ($2 to $8 million of EBITDA) and exhibit strong industry positions, identifiable growth possibilities, and stable/diverse customers. Corridor Capital was established in 2005 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 10
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-01 Indo-European Foods

Commerce, California, United States

Indo-European Foods is an importer and national wholesale distributor of high quality specialty food products. Indo-European Foods was founded in 1966 and is based in Commerce, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-01 HAT Collective

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

HAT Collective offers a broad range of well-designed, ergonomic solutions for the contract furniture market. HAT Collective was founded in 1986 and is based in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Sell -
SELLER

Aldine Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Aldine Capital Partners is a mezzanine investment firm that provides mezzanine and junior capital financing to lower middle-market companies generating sales of at least $10 million and at least $2 million in EBITDA. Aldine invests in the range of $4 to $25 million per transaction. Types of transactions include management buyouts, acquisition financings, shareholder liquidity events, recapitalizations, and growth financings of smaller middle-market companies. Aldine will consider investments across the United States, but has a primary focus on opportunities in the Midwest. The Firm will not consider investments in start-ups, turnarounds, real estate, insurance, banking, and oil/gas. Aldine Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 24
Sector (Media) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 14
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 14 of 24
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-29 MHC Software

Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

MHC Software provides enterprise content automation and document management software and services. MHC’s solutions accelerate customers’ digital transformation journeys via in-context content and automation to expedite information-sharing, plus reduce costs and increase productivity by leveraging web forms, workflow automation, OCR capture automation, flexible and dynamic content creation, and powerful self-service document access. MHC Software was founded in 1980 and is based in Burnsville, Minnesota.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-29 Adler Hot Oil Services

Vernal, Utah, United States

Adler Hot Oil Services LLC is an oilfield service company providing heating services for oil and gas well sites. Adler Hot Oil Services was founded in 1989 and is based in Vernal, Utah.

Sell -
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