M&A Deal Summary

Hal Leonard Acquires Shawnee Press

On June 18, 2009, Hal Leonard acquired media company Shawnee Press from Music Sales Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Hal Leonard’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Hal Leonard’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Hal Leonard’s 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-06-18
Target Shawnee Press
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Hal Leonard
Sellers(s) Music Sales Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Shawnee Press

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Shawnee Press, Inc. is a publisher of choral and instrumental music.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Hal Leonard

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Hal Leonard is a music publishing company. Hal Leonard publishes and distributes print publishing products for virtually every instrument and performance group. Hal Leonard was founded in 1947 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-25 Noteflight

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Noteflight LLC is an online community of nearly a million music makers. Noteflight operates a website where musicians, composers, songwriters, arrangers, teachers and students can create, edit and share music scores in the cloud, instantly and easily.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Music Sales Group

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1966
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Music Sales Group Ltd. is a music publishing company.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1989-01-01 Shawnee Press

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Shawnee Press, Inc. is a publisher of choral and instrumental music.

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