M&A Deal Summary

UBM Acquires Business Journals

On April 22, 2016, UBM acquired media company Business Journals for 69M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UBM’s 5th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is UBM’s 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UBM’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is UBM’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-04-22
Target Business Journals
Sector Media
Buyer(s) UBM
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 69M USD

Target

Business Journals

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Business Journals, Inc. is a business media company that produces business-to-business magazines, trade shows, seminars and web sites.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UBM

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1918
Sector Business Services
Employees5,000
Revenue 770M GBP (2015)
DESCRIPTION

UBM is a global events-led marketing service and communications company helping businesses do business by bringing the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online and in print. UBM was formed in 1918 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 19
Sector (Media) 5 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 13
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2016) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-15 PR Newswire Association

New York, New York, United States

PR Newswire provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimize and target content – from rich media to online video to multimedia – and then distribute and measure results across traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire serves over 30,000 clients from offices around the world.

Sell $841M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-01 Content Marketing Institute

Ohio, United States

Content Marketing Institute is a provider of multi media marketing services.

Buy $18M
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