M&A Deal Summary

Immediate Media Acquires Future - Sport Titles and the Craft Titles Portfolio

On July 21, 2014, Immediate Media acquired media company Future - Sport Titles and the Craft Titles Portfolio from Future for 24M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Immediate Media’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Immediate Media’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Immediate Media’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-07-21
Target Future - Sport Titles and the Craft Titles Portfolio
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Immediate Media
Sellers(s) Future
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 24M GBP

Target

Future - Sport Titles and the Craft Titles Portfolio

United Kingdom
Future plc - Sport Titles and the Craft Titles Portfolio is a sports Magazine.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Immediate Media

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Immediate Media Co. Ltd. is a consumer magazines publishers created through a merger of BBC Magazines, Origin Publishing and Magicalia Media Limited.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 4
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-02 Hitched

London, United Kingdom

Hitched Ltd. is a provider of wedding planning, advice, planning tools and a wedding vendor marketplace with thousands of wedding professionals. Since 1997, the brand has helped more than a million UK couples to plan their perfect wedding.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Future

Bath, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Media
Employees2,527
Revenue 607M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Future is an international media group and leading digital business. Future was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Bath, the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-07 Net Communities

London, United Kingdom

Net Communities Ltd. is an award-winning digital company that specialises in advertising solutions and publishing for a range of market leading, global media partners.

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