M&A Deal Summary |
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Date | 2006-07-05 |
Target | Commonwealth Business Media |
Sector | Information Services |
Buyer(s) | UBM |
Sellers(s) |
Bariston Partners
RFE Investment Partners ABRY Partners |
Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
Deal Value | 152M USD |
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Category | Company |
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Founded | 1918 |
Sector | Business Services |
Employees | 5,000 |
Revenue | 770M GBP (2015) |
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 | # |
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Overall | 7 of 19 |
Sector (Information Services) | 1 of 1 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 5 of 13 |
State (New Jersey) | 1 of 1 |
Country (United States) | 2 of 7 |
Year (2006) | 1 of 1 |
Size (of disclosed) | 4 of 12 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2005-05-13 |
Barbour ABI
Cheshire Oaks, United Kingdom ABI is a provider of construction sales and marketing information services serving the UK construction sector with sales leads, contact data, CRM software and marketing intelligence aimed primarily at construction contractors and material suppliers. |
Buy | £12M |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2007-12-31 |
HispaniMark
Miami, Florida, United States HispaniMark LLC is a provider of news distribution and related services for PR agencies and communication professionals. |
Buy | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1997 |
Size | Small |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bariston Partners LLC is a private investment group firm targets middle-market company buyouts alongside management teams. The Firm looks for opportunities valued between $20 and $100 million. Bariston seeks businesses where the firm has industry-specific expertise, and will assist management in improving business operations post acquisition. The Firm typically avoids companies with a high-level of technology risk. Bariston Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 4 of 6 |
Sector (Information Services) | 1 of 1 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 1 of 2 |
State (New Jersey) | 1 of 2 |
Country (United States) | 4 of 6 |
Year (2006) | 1 of 1 |
Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 3 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2005-12-01 |
Moose River Media
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States Moose River Media LLC is a publisher of six controlled circulation magazines servicing the turfgrass, landscaping and agricultural industries. The largest publication is Turf Magazine, a monthly publication with a circulation of 65,000. Moose River Media LLC was founded in 1987 and is based in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2007-04-01 |
Health Watch Holdings
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States Health Watch Holdings, Inc., (Health Watch), based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is the second largest provider of personal response systems (“PRS”) and monitoring services in the United States. The PRS industry serves the needs of medically at-risk elders and disabled individuals who wish to remain in their own homes. |
Sell | $130M |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1979 |
Size | Large |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
RFE Investment Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market service, manufacturing and healthcare service businesses. Prospective companies are generally profitable with annual cash-flow of at least $5 million. Target businesses also have proven management, defensible market positions, and 'a clearly identified and growing market'. RFE looks to commit $10 to $35 million of equity capital per transaction to support acquisitions, management led buyouts, and recapitalizations. RFE is licensed as a SBIC and was formed in 1979. RFE Investment Partners is based in New Canaan, Connecticut.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 2 of 14 |
Sector (Information Services) | 1 of 1 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 1 of 5 |
State (New Jersey) | 1 of 2 |
Country (United States) | 2 of 14 |
Year (2006) | 1 of 2 |
Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 4 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2005-12-21 |
KAG
North Canton, Ohio, United States KAG provides transportation and logistics services to the fuel, chemical, liquid food and merchant gas sectors in the U.S. and Canada. KAG was founded in 1997 and is based in North Canton, Ohio. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-08-01 |
McKenzie Taxidermy Supply
Granite Quarry, North Carolina, United States McKenzie Taxidermy Supply is a manufacturer, sculptor, designer, and catalog retailer of taxidermy forms and supplies. McKenzie Taxidermy Supply was formed in 1973 and is based in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. |
Sell | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1989 |
PE ASSETS | 12.8B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Focused |
ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 7 of 100 |
Sector (Information Services) | 1 of 5 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 3 of 52 |
State (New Jersey) | 2 of 9 |
Country (United States) | 7 of 87 |
Year (2006) | 2 of 2 |
Size (of disclosed) | 26 of 29 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-05-10 |
Source Medical Solutions
Birmingham, Alabama, United States Source Medical Solutions, Inc. (SourceMedical) is a provider of outpatient information solutions and revenue cycle management services for rehabilitation clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and specialty hospitals nationwide. SourceMed is based in Birmingham, Alabama. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-08-17 |
Triple Point Technology
Westport, Connecticut, United States Triple Point Technology is a global provider of cloud and on-premise Commodity Management software that delivers advanced analytics for optimizing end-to-end commodity and energy value chains. |
Buy | - |