M&A Deal Summary

Local Media of America Acquires Finest City Broadcasting

On January 7, 2010, Local Media of America acquired media company Finest City Broadcasting from Evergreen Pacific Partners and ABRY Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Local Media of America’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Local Media of America’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Local Media of America’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-01-07
Target Finest City Broadcasting
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Local Media of America
Sellers(s) Evergreen Pacific Partners
ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Finest City Broadcasting

San Diego, California, United States
Finest City Broadcasting operates the second largest broadcasting cluster in San Diego, CA with three full market 100KW class C FM radio stations. The stations include San Diego's old school XHRM (Magic 92.5), alternative rock XETRA (91X), and contemporary hit radio XHITZ (Z90).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Local Media of America

San Diego, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

LMA operates three 100,000 watt class C radio stations serving the San Diego, CA market, the country’s 17th largest radio market, with a variety of popular music formats and e-marketing opportunities. The Company also seeks additional radio broadcasting opportunities in large markets throughout the U.S. The current LMA stations are: XHRM-FM 92.5 (“Magic”), a “Rhythmic Adult Contemporary” station; XHTZ-FM 90.3 (“Z90”), a “Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio” station; and XETRA-FM 91.1 (“91X”), an “Alternative Music” station.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Evergreen Pacific Partners

Seattle, Washington, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Evergreen Pacific Partners is a private equity firm that invests in private, middle-market companies in Western North America. Evergreen focuses on buyouts and growth equity investments in companies generating sales of at least $50 million and where the firm can commit at least $15 million of capital. Sectors of interest include manufacturing/distribution, specialty packaging, consumer products and cable television/radio. Evergreen Pacific was formed in 2004 and is based in Seattle, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 15
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 7
State: California M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 2 of 15
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-03 Nuprecon

Snoqualmi, Washington, United States

Nuprecon, Inc. is a provider of concrete sawing and drilling services, abatement and remediation as well as C&D material recycling solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-06 Good Source Solutions

Carlsbad, California, United States

Good Source Solutions is a specialized food distributor with sophisticated procurement and logistical capabilities, serving a wide spectrum of value-focused end markets through a national network of facilities. Good Source’s products focus on center-of-plate with an offering that includes poultry, meats, pasta, fruits, vegetables, bakery items, beverages, appetizers, sides, and snacks. Good Source Solutions was founded in 1989 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

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SELLER

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 104
Sector: Media M&A 6 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 54
State: California M&A 2 of 14
Country: United States M&A 18 of 89
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-01 Sentrum

London, United Kingdom

Sentrum is a UK data centre owner and operator specialising in the design, build and management of bespoke data centre solutions for the multinational corporate market.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-02 HealthTran

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

HealthTrans uses an effective blend of technology and professional services to optimize all aspects of benefit plans.

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