Deals

Press Release: Tarsus Group plc (“Tarsus” or the “Group”), the international business-to-business media group, announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire 80.1 per cent of Connect Meetings, LLC (trading as “Connect”) for a cash consideration of up to approximately $57.0 million (the “Acquisition”), payable by way of initial consideration of approximately $44.0 million plus up to $1.0 million for working capital and up to $12.0 million payable over the next two years subject to certain conditions

The Placing Shares represent, in aggregate, approximately 15 per cent of the Company’s issued ordinary share capital and constitute approximately 37.7 per cent of the Apax Sellers’ combined holdings in the Company and approximately 37.7 per cent of GMG’s holding in the Company

A new report that Meredith Corporation may make a bid for Time Inc. has raised share prices for both companies, and fueled more industry speculation over Time Inc.’s future

Chief executive says review will ask: are we the best owners for all our businesses?

Press Release: WPP announces that it has acquired, subject to regulatory approval, Promotion Execution Partners, LLC (“PEP”), a project management and procurement company that oversees shopper marketing promotions for clients, in the US.

Press Release: CLOSERSTILL MEDIA, the London-based exhibition and conference organiser, has announced the acquisition of LEARNTech Asia from Kydon Holdings for an undisclosed sum

According to the FT, Time Inc, the publishing company that owns Sports Illustrated, People and Time magazines, has rejected an unsolicited bid worth close to $1.8bn from a consortium backed by Len Blavatnik, the billionaire owner of Warner Music Group, according to people briefed on the offer.

According to the Daily Telegraph UDG Healthcare could make as many as four acquisitions in the US next year, its chief executive has said.

Press Release: Clarion Events is pleased to announce that it has acquired January Furniture Shows Ltd, the organisation behind the successful furniture shows in the NEC and Manchester.

Press Release: Haymarket Media Group and Tee to Green Marketing are pleased to announce Haymarket’s acquisition of the British Homes Awards (BHA). Each year, the British Homes Awards (currently in partnership with the Sunday Times) champions the best in contemporary design. This year’s Awards took place in October 2016.

Press Release: Haymarket Media Group today announces the acquisition of the World Architecture News (WAN) and World Interiors News (WIN) websites and awards from Built Environment Media

Under the terms of the acquisition, each Creston shareholder will be entitled to 126.42p in cash for each Creston share, comprising 125p in cash from Bidco and 1.42p from an interim dividend paid by Creston in December

Arnaud de Puyfontaine, chief of the French media company, told delegates at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that he had been working closely with Yannick Bolloré, head of Havas and son of Vivendi’s chairman and main shareholder Vincent Bolloré, and that he believed a tie-up made sense. “It is a fine line between the two operations,” he said

Emerald Expositions LLC in San Juan Capistrano bought RFID Journal LIVE event and several regional expos from RFID Journal LLC in Hauppauge, New York on undisclosed terms

Press Release: The directors of Electric Word plc (the “Board”) are pleased to announce the sale of the trade and certain assets of the Company’s subsidiary, Speechmark Publishing Limited (“Speechmark”), to Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Newspaper publisher Johnston Press has confirmed it is in late-stage discussions to sell a stable of newspapers in East Anglia to a rival group

Attempt to diversify away from home market in Europe to growth regions

London, 04/10/2016: Easyfairs UK & Global, part of the Artexis Easyfairs group, today announces its acquisition of CCR (Clinical Cosmetic & Reconstructive) Expo from Wimbledon-based Nineteen Events.

Hudson Sandler has become an LLP that will offer a stake in the business to staff, after listed holding group Huntsworth sold its majority stake in the global corporate and financial agency

Northstar Travel Group has made its first purchase since being acquired by private equity firm Wasserstein Partners in June. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) subsidiary, Inntopia, has acquired Ryan Solutions, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and database marketing to the hospitality industry