M&A Deal Summary

Marquee Brands Acquires America s Test Kitchen

On February 2, 2023, Marquee Brands acquired media company America s Test Kitchen

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-02-02
Target America s Test Kitchen
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Marquee Brands
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) RBC Capital Markets (Financial)
Ropes & Gray (Legal)

Target

America s Test Kitchen

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
America's Test Kitchen is a food and culinary media business with a mission to empower and inspire confidence, community and creativity in the kitchen. Leveraging its industry-leading testing process for recipes and kitchen equipment, ATK has produced more than 15,000 top class recipes and more than 7,500 unbiased product reviews. ATK and its diverse portfolio of brands reaches millions of consumers with award-winning content across TV, over-the-top streaming, magazines, books, podcasts and social media platforms. America's Test Kitchen was founded in 1992 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Marquee Brands

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Marquee Brands is a consumer-centric brand licensing platform that owns the Intellectual Property of well-recognised global brands, including Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Sur La Table, Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Dakine, Body Glove, BCBG Max Azria, BCBGeneration, Ben Sherman and Bruno Magli. Marquee Brands was founded in 2014 and is based in New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector (Media) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 3
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 7
Year (2023) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-02 Destination Maternity

Moorestown, New Jersey, United States

Destination Maternity Corp. is a designer and retailer of maternity apparel. Destination Maternity Corp. operates 2,008 retail locations in the United States and Canada, including 625 stores, predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood Maternity®, A Pea in the Pod®, and Destination Maternity®, and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites.

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