M&A Deal Summary

Marie Claire Album SA Acquires Media Publications SA

On July 12, 2004, Marie Claire Album SA acquired publishing company Media Publications SA from GMT Communications Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marie Claire Album SA’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Marie Claire Album SA’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-07-12
Target Media Publications SA
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Marie Claire Album SA
Sellers(s) GMT Communications Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Media Publications SA

France
Media Publications SA is an independent magazine publishing companies in France, with a portfolio of ten specialist titles spanning several business and consumer categories.

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Buyer

Marie Claire Album SA

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Category Company
Founded 1937
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Marie Claire Album SA provides monthly magnizes female readers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GMT Communications Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

GMT Communications Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in the media and communications industries. The Firm prefers established companies with strong barriers to entry. Specific sectors of interest include publishing, information services, tv/radio, mobile voice & data networks, out-of-home media, and telecom infrastructure/services. GMT focuses its investment activity across Europe and will consider later stage investments as well as buyouts. GMT Communications Partners is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 28
Sector: Publishing M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 14
Country: France M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-01 Docu Group

Munich, Germany

Docu Group is a provider of data and information as the basis of better business decisions and is effective, multimedia information services in the construction industry. The company is a specialist information group focus on the fields of architecture, construction and real estate business. Docu Group was founded in 2001 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-10-14 Steleus

Westford, Massachusetts, United States

Steleus, Inc. is a performance management company, engages in supplying network-related intelligence to telecom operators.

Sell $57M