M&A Deal Summary

TransWestern Publishing Company Acquires WorldPages.com

On January 28, 2000, TransWestern Publishing Company acquired media company WorldPages.com from Imperial Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TransWestern Publishing Company’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is TransWestern Publishing Company’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is TransWestern Publishing Company’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-01-28
Target WorldPages.com
Sector Media
Buyer(s) TransWestern Publishing Company
Sellers(s) Imperial Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

WorldPages.com

Dallas, Texas, United States
WorldPages.com, Inc.ervera AB is a Integrated print and internet yellow pages publisher.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TransWestern Publishing Company

San Diego, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1980
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

TransWestern Publishing Company LLC is a publisher of yellow page directory.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Imperial Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 4.8B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Imperial Capital Group is a private equity firm focused on investments and acquisitions in the healthcare, business services, and consumer services sectors. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US and Canada and generally looks at companies with $20 to $250 million of revenue and up to $40 million of EBITDA. Imperial Capital Group was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Toronto.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 14
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 4
State: Texas M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 10
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 WorldPages.com

Dallas, Texas, United States

WorldPages.com, Inc.ervera AB is a Integrated print and internet yellow pages publisher.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-28 E.D. Smith Foods

Winona, Ontario, Canada

E.D. Smith Foods, Ltd. is a branded and private label food manufacturer of jams, jellies, syrups, pasta sauce, and salad dressing.

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