M&A Deal Summary

Emerald Expositions Acquires F+W Media - HOW Design Events

On October 14, 2015, Emerald Expositions acquired media company F+W Media - HOW Design Events from F+W Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Emerald Expositions’ 2nd transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-10-14
Target F+W Media - HOW Design Events
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Emerald Expositions
Sellers(s) F+W Media
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

F+W Media - HOW Design Events

Blue Ash, Ohio, United States
F+W Media - HOW Design Events is the largest graphic design conference and expo in the nation, combining five separate conferences into a single event focused on creativity, business and inspiration for designers. HOW Media Brands, including HOW Magazine, Print Magazine, and HOW University, will continue to work closely.

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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 4 of 18
Sector (Media) 2 of 14
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 10
State (Ohio) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 4 of 18
Year (2015) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS 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.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-12 National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo

Culver City, California, United States

National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo is the Largest B2B of Industrial Fasteners and Tooling & Machinery in North America. Since 1981, the event continues to bring together the manufacturers and master distributors of fasteners, precision formed parts, fastener machinery & tooling and other related products and services with distributors and sales agents in the distribution chain.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

F+W Media

Blue Ash, Ohio, United States
Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

F+W Media, Inc. is a multi-platform enthusiast media company with businesses in magazine and book publishing, interactive media, broadcast programming, and events.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Media) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Ohio) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-02 World Tea Media

Blue Ash, Ohio, United States

World Tea Media serves the growing North American specialty multi-billion dollar tea market.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-29 F+W Media - Crafts & Fine Arts Assets

Blue Ash, Ohio, United States

F+W Media, Inc. - Crafts & Fine Arts Assets is for the serious, year-round craftsperson, the avid hobbyist, and the aspiring maker just beginning. Through magazines, websites, videos, podcasts, and live events, a team of artisan editors provides readers with new projects to make. They connect customers with leading experts in the field who can show them how to create what their hearts desire.

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