M&A Deal Summary

Summit Business Media Holding Acquires Agent Media

On June 14, 2007, Summit Business Media Holding acquired media company Agent Media from Post Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Summit Business Media Holding’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Summit Business Media Holding’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Summit Business Media Holding’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-06-14
Target Agent Media
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Summit Business Media Holding
Sellers(s) Post Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Agent Media

Clearwater, Florida, United States
Agent Media Corp. is a provider of database, publishing and marketing solutions for Life, Health and Annuity segments of the insurance industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Summit Business Media Holding

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Sector Publishing
Employees400
DESCRIPTION

Summit Business Media Holding Co. is a B2B media and information company serving the insurance, financial services, legal and investment advisory markets. Summit publishes 16 magazines and 150 reference titles, operates 20 websites and hosts a dozen conferences.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2007) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-09 Highline Media

New York, New York, United States

Highline Media LLC is a business-to-business information company serving the insurance and related financial industries. Highline Media publishes 9 magazines, including the National Underwriter, Claims and Wealth Manager; more than a dozen websites, an insurance database of financial information, continuing education and training for insurance professionals and more than 150 professional publications/reference guides.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-28 Highline Data

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Highline Data LLC is an insurance financial information provider.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Post Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Post Capital Partners is a private investment firm that targets smaller middle-market businesses in traditional, basic industries. Prospective companies generally have revenues of $10 to $150 million and $2 to $20 million of EBITDA. Preferred company criteria include businesses with recurring or repeat revenue models, strong brand recognition, and minimal capital requirements. Sectors of interest include business services, financial / insurance services, consumer products and services, healthcare services, media, publishing, niche manufacturing, industrial, transportation and logistics. Post only considers companies headquartered in North America. Post Capital Partners is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 7
Year (2007) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-14 Agent Media

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Agent Media Corp. is a provider of database, publishing and marketing solutions for Life, Health and Annuity segments of the insurance industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-18 Amigo Insurance Holding

Delaware, United States

Network of retail insurance agencies which sell property and casualty insurance, specializing in non-standard private passenger automobile insurance.

Buy -
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