M&A Deal Summary

Housatonic Partners Acquires Boston Common Press

On September 1, 1996, private equity firm Housatonic Partners acquired publishing company Boston Common Press

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Housatonic Partners’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Housatonic Partners’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Housatonic Partners’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1996-09-01
Target Boston Common Press
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Housatonic Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Boston Common Press

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Common Press publishes magazines and cookbooks. It also produces the public television program that focuses on solving common recipe problems. In addition, the company operates several subscription Web sites. Boston Common Press was founded in 1980 and is based in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Housatonic Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Housatonic Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in growing, profitable companies with a preference for businesses generating recurring revenues. Target sectors include services, media, and communications. Housatonic looks to commit $10 to $30 million per transaction to support buyouts and recapitalizations. Prospective companies generally have high gross margins and moderate capital intensity. Housatonic was formed in 1994 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 79
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 33
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 11
Country (United States) 4 of 73
Year (1996) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-06-01 Cambridge Communications

United States

Cambridge Communications was formed in 1996 to acquire the cable television systems of Classic Cable in New Mexico and Washington State.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-01-01 First American Records Management

Santa Barbara, California, United States

FARM is the leading provider of records storage and management services to Silicon Valley firms.

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