M&A Deal Summary

F+W Media Acquires New Track Media

On January 17, 2014, F+W Media acquired publishing company New Track Media from BV Investment Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is F+W Media’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is F+W Media’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is F+W Media’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-01-17
Target New Track Media
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) F+W Media
Sellers(s) BV Investment Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Petsky Prunier (Financial)

Target

New Track Media

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
New Track Media is building an integrated, special interest consumer publishing enterprise. The Company's strategy is to acquire and develop magazines as well as additional content platforms (e.g., books, conferences, shows, affinity clubs, and web-based capabilities) to service special interest consumers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

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 2
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-31 Aspire Media

Loveland, Colorado, United States

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

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FOLLOWING 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.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BV Investment Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BV Investment Partners is a private equity firm partner with entrepreneurs and families to invest in sound businesses and provide them with significant strategic, operating, and analytical assistance to accelerate the growth of the company through organic initiatives and acquisitions. BV was formed in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 28
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 16
State (Ohio) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 9 of 27
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-24 Butterfield Fulcrum Group

Hamilton, Bermuda

Butterfield Fulcrum is one of the largest independent global fund administrators, serving hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds, real estate and institutional investment management clients.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-12 TriCore Solutions

Norwell, Massachusetts, United States

TriCore Solutions, the application management experts, provides a full suite of scalable and reliable managed application, cloud and infrastructure hosting, and consulting services to enterprise organizations. With 18 years of experience, the company delivers its services and the TriCore Trusted Promise to more than 275 enterprise-class companies worldwide to reduce costs, raise service levels, improve customer experience, increase business agility, and accelerate innovation, unlocking the business value from their IT investments. Our partners include industry leaders such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, AWS, and HP. TriCore Solutions is headquartered in Norwell, MA, with offices in India and throughout North America.

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