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16 August E••••••• sells D••••• to F••••• plc
Exit to a strategic buyerannouncedannouncement date unknownFact
What happened
- Target
- D•••••
- Platform
- not an add-on on record
- Control
- unknown
- Share acquired
- unknown
- Industry
- consumer / consumer
- Target location
- NY, US
- Seller kind
- Sponsor
- Rollover
- unknown
Values, only where disclosed
- Enterprise value
- Not disclosed
- Purchase price
- Not disclosed
- Equity value
- Not disclosed
- Target revenue
- Not disclosed
- Target EBITDA
- Not disclosed
- Multiple
- Not disclosed
Parties and roles
5 named
Buy side
- “E••••••• announces that it has reached an agreement to sell D•••••, the leading international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to F••••• plc (“F•••••”), the global platform for specialist media, for a Purchase Price of £300m( 1).”
- “D•••• M•••••••, Partner at E•••••••, said: "It has been a privilege to partner with J•••• T•• and his team.”
Sell side
- “E••••••• acquired the business in 2018 from the estate of Felix D••••• in partnership with an accomplished management team, led by CEO J•••• T•• and Non-Executive Chair, Jack Griffin, a highly experienced US media executive who has held leadership roles at Meredith, Tribune Media and Time Inc. The i”
Side not stated
- “J•••• T••, CEO of D•••••, said: "In the three years that the business has been owned by E•••••••, D••••• has been on an incredible growth journey, delivering double digit increases in subscription revenues, a greatly increased US footprint; and significant bottom-line increases.”
- “E••••••• announces that it has reached an agreement to sell D•••••, the leading international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to F••••• plc (“F•••••”), the global platform for specialist media, for a Purchase Price of £300m( 1).”
Evidence
“E••••••• announces that it has reached an agreement to sell D•••••, the leading international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to F••••• plc (“F•••••”), the global platform for specialist media, for a Purchase Price of £300m( 1).”
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