M&A Deal Summary

Nordstar Capital Acquires Torstar

On May 26, 2020, Nordstar Capital acquired publishing company Torstar

Acquisition Highlights

This is Nordstar Capital’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
This is Nordstar Capital’s 1st transaction in Canada.
This is Nordstar Capital’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date	2020-05-26
Target	Torstar
Sector	Publishing
Buyer(s)	Nordstar Capital
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s)	Marckenz Group Capital Partners Blair Franklin (Financial) Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Legal)

Target

Torstar

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Torstar Corp. is a broadly-based media company that publishes a daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator, and more than 70 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services: and digital properties including thestar.com (with local editions in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax), wheels.ca, toronto.com, save.ca, a number of regional online sites and eyeReturn Marketing. Torstar Corp. was established in 1892 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

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