M&A Deal Summary

Onex Partners Acquires Emerald Expositions

On June 17, 2013, private equity firm Onex Partners acquired business services company Emerald Expositions from Nielsen for 950M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Onex Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Onex Partners’ 13th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Onex Partners’ 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Onex Partners’ 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-06-17
Target Emerald Expositions
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Onex Partners
Sellers(s) Nielsen
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 950M USD

Target

Emerald Expositions

San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
Emerald Expositions is an operator of large business-to-business tradeshows in the United States across 10 end markets. Emerald has two principal sources of revenue: tradeshow revenue and revenue from print and digital publications and select conferences.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Onex Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 23.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Onex Partners is the private equity investment arm of Onex Corp., a Canadian based public investment and asset management firm that also invests in real estate and credit securities. Onex Partners targets investments in large companies, and ONCAP which invests in smaller middle-market companies. Both groups consider North American businesses in a wide range of industries with a special interest in aerospace, healthcare, and industrial companies. Prospective transaction situations include corporate carve-outs where the firm can leverage restructuring capabilities. Onex Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in Toronto with an additional office in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 58
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 8 of 12
State (California) 4 of 6
Country (United States) 24 of 42
Year (2013) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 13 of 30
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-11 RSI Home Products

Anaheim, California, United States

RSI Home Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of cabinetry for the home. RSI makes kitchen, bath and home organization products for sale in the United States and Canada through home centers, kitchen and bath dealers, and other distributors.

Sell $323M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-23 Tomkins

London, United Kingdom

Tomkins is a global engineering and manufacturing leading group. This American company manufactures a variety of products for the industrial, automotive and building products market focusing on energy-efficiency and green products.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Nielsen

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Information Services
Employees14,000
Revenue 3.5B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
Nielsen office in Columbia, Maryland.
Nielsen office in Columbia, Maryland.

Nielsen is a global information and measurement company that provides clients with a comprehensive understanding of consumers and consumer behaviour. Nielsen delivers critical media and marketing information, analytics, and industry expertise about what consumers buy and what consumers watch (consumer interaction with television, online and mobile) on a global and local basis. Nielsen was founded in 1923 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 10
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 9
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 7
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-01 G4 Analytics

Redmond, Washington, United States

G4 Analytics is a provider of business intelligence and planning applications.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-30 Arbitron

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Arbitron, Inc., is a provider of media and marketing research firm serving the media radio, television, cable, and out of home the mobile industry, as well as advertising agencies and advertisers around the world. Arbitron businesses include: measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media, and product patterns of U.S. consumers; providing mobile audience measurement and analytics in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia; and developing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data.

Buy $1.3B