M&A Deal Summary

Hoak Media Acquires North Dakota Holdings

On January 1, 2007, Hoak Media acquired communications company North Dakota Holdings from Halyard Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Hoak Media’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Hoak Media’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Hoak Media’s 1st transaction in North Dakota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-01-01
Target North Dakota Holdings
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Hoak Media
Sellers(s) Halyard Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

North Dakota Holdings

North Dakota, United States
North Dakota Holdings, L.L.C. is a broadcast television stations in attractive mid-sized markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Hoak Media

Dallas, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Hoak Media Corporation is a broadcasting company focused on the acquisition, development and operation of television stations in small and medium-sized markets in the United States.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (North Dakota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Halyard Capital

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 600M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Halyard Capital is a private equity firm that focuses exclusively within the media, communications and business services industries. Halyard looks to commit between $10 and $40 million of equity per transaction in companies valued up to $250 million. Investments are typically made to help support leveraged buyouts, growth equity and other structured investments. Halyard will consider both control and non-control investment situations and prefers North American based opportunities. Halyard Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 26
Sector (Communications) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 15
State (North Dakota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 26
Year (2007) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-20 Pfingsten Publishing

Seven Hills, Ohio, United States

Pfingsten Publishing, Inc. is a business-to-business media company which served the financial services (insurance and mortgage), art (art and framing retailers, manufacturers, and distributors), and industrial (MRO and commercial construction) markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-02-01 American Consolidated Media

Dallas, Texas, United States

American Consolidated Media, LP ("ACM") is a publisher of community newspapers and shopping publications.

Sell $80M
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