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Informa acquires Penton, the US- based Exhibitions and Information Services group, for £1.2bn.

September 16, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

Informa, the Business Intelligence, Exhibitions, Events and Academic Publishing Group, is to acquire Penton, the independent US- based Exhibitions and Professional Information Services group, from MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co for £1.18bn.

The Acquisition will be funded through a combination of new debt and equity, including a fully underwritten rights issue of one Rights Issue Shares at 441 pence each for every four Existing Informa Shares to raise £715m. The Sellers will receive £1,105m consideration in cash and £76m in new Informa equity with a holding period of up to one year. Within this, £6m is to be paid to the management of Penton who own shares in the New York-based Group.

Based on Penton’s results for the 12 months ended 30 June 20161, the Board consider that these results imply a trailing acquisition multiple of approximately 11x adjusted EBITDA.

The acquisition will create one of the world’s largest owner/operators of Exhibitions, Events and Conferences. On completion, Informa’s US business will account for 47% of annual pro-forma revenues. It will also mean that less than 10pc of Informa’s revenue will be earned in the UK.

Penton’s portfolio of around 30 Exhibitions includes brands in Natural Products & Food (Natural Products Expo), Agriculture (Farm Progress), TMT (IWCE), Infrastructure (WasteExpo) and Transportation (MRO Event Portfolio).

Additionally, Penton has more than 20 digital subscription data Brands in verticals including Infrastructure (Equipment Watch), Transportation (Aviation Week Intelligence Network) and Design & Manufacturing (SourceESB), and a portfolio of 100+ print and digital B2B insight products .

Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive, said: “Today we are announcing continued progress on our Growth Acceleration Plan with the proposed addition of Penton Information Services. This combination will further strengthen our capabilities in Global Exhibitions and Business Intelligence and extend our US presence.”

ACQUISITION TIMETABLE

The acquisition is expected to complete by early November.

15 September 2016	Announcement date
15 September 2016	Posting of Circular to shareholders and Prospectus published
10 October 2016	General Meeting for Shareholders
11 October 2016	Admission of Rights Issue Shares and dealings in Nil Paid Rights on the London Stock Exchange
26 October 2016	Results of Rights Issue announced
26 October 2016	Dealings in Rights Issue Shares, fully paid, commence on the London Stock Exchange
November 2016	Expected date of completion

UK, London & USA, New, York

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Jaywing acquires Bloom Media

September 1, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

Jaywing plc, a UK-based agency specialising in the application of data science, is to acquire Bloom Media (UK) Limited a digital marketing agency based in Leeds. Bloom’s clients include blue-chip companies such as ADT, Anytime Fitness, Arco, Sky, Ebuyer, SIG and Yorkshire Building Society. Bloom was founded in 2006 by Alex Craven who will remain employed in the business.

The initial consideration is £2.41 million and will be financed from funds raised through a placing with new and existing investors and from new bank debt of £1.0 million. Additional earn-out consideration of up to £5.75 million is payable, subject to performance over the two years to March 2018.

For the 12 months ended 29 February 2016, Bloom generated gross profit and profit before tax of £1,943,000 and £279,000 respectively. As at 29 February 2016, Bloom had gross assets of approximately £760,000. Bloom’s financial performance for the 12 months ended 29 February 2016 was impacted by an historic aborted sale process and a subsequent restructuring of the business. During its financial year ended 28 February 2015, Bloom generated gross profit of £2,061,000 and profit before tax of £411,000. Bloom’s performance for the first five months of the current period is tracking ahead of this with gross profit of £1,149,000 and profit before tax of £282,000.

Alex Craven, CEO at Bloom, added: “Jaywing’s impressive data science credentials and its product strategy are very exciting to me personally. In addition, the breadth and scale of Jaywing’s client base as well as its recent acquisition in Australia provide an ideal platform for the Bloom Intelligence suite. I look forward to a rewarding future with Jaywing.”

Jawing recently acquired Australian based search marketing agency, Digital Massive Group Pty.

UK, Sheffield and Leeds

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Euromoney acquires FastMarkets for £13M

August 15, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is to acquire FastMarkets Ltd. On completion, Euromoney expects to make a cash payment of approximately £13m for the business.

FastMarkets is a provider of real-time metals market information. It will become part of Euromoney’s portfolio of digital pricing products that include Metal Bulletin and American Metal Market.

fastmarkets Established in 1999, FastMarkets is used by non-ferrous and precious metals traders and risk managers as a workflow tool. Through its online platform, it provides over 120 proprietary price assessments, combined with exchange data including futures prices from the world’s largest commodity exchanges such as the LME and the CME. It provides coverage of non-ferrous physical premiums plus supporting treasury data supported by market commentary including webcasts directly from the LME floor. It also delivers daily technical and fundamental reports to its users.

Metal Bulletin’s Managing Director Raju Daswani said: “FastMarkets is an excellent business that perfectly complements Metal Bulletin’s portfolio of price reporting and information products. Recent volatility in base metal markets has highlighted the need for high-quality price reporting on the physical metal markets to supplement the price discovery function of the world’s commodity futures exchanges. This acquisition complements Metal Bulletin and extends Euromoney’s global coverage of metals markets.”

UK, London

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Global outsourcing group, OUTSOURCING Inc. acquires Liberata UK Ltd

August 2, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

OUTSOURCING Inc. has acquired Liberata UK Ltd. for an equity value of £43m. Charlie Bruin, currently CEO of Liberata, will continue to lead the company.

Liberata has been providing services to the public sector for over 40 years with over 120 clients and is one of the UK’s leading providers of business process outsourcing (BPO) and on-demand, digital and transaction services through its CapacityGrid and Liberata Automation Services brands.

Charlie Bruin said;

‘Following a formal process to find the right strategic buyer for Liberata I am thrilled that we are joining a group that really understands our business and has big ambitions to grow the company in the UK. OSI brings a wealth of experience and resources that will greatly assist Liberata to win new business and to continue to delight its clients. There are great opportunities in the rapidly growing business process-as-a-service and technology platform-based BPO markets and Liberata is extremely well positioned to exploit both, now backed by an international scale player.’

Mr. Haruhiko Doi, founding shareholder, Chairman and CEO of OUTSOURCING Inc., said,

“Liberata is one of OSI’s largest acquisitions to date and a hugely important investment in the UK for the group. Liberata is a highly reliable and trusted public sector services company and with OSI’s backing is now extremely well placed to significantly grow in its core markets. We are backing the existing management team and believe there are great opportunities ahead for the company.”

Japan, Tokyo & UK, London

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Prysm Group has acquired Naidex, the UK’s largest disability, rehabilitation and homeware event

July 25, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

Naidex B2B trade exhibition organiser Prysm Group has acquired Naidex, from i2i Events. Naidex is the UK’s largest disability, rehabilitation and homeware event, with around 200 exhibitors and over 9000 visitors.

“Naidex is, quite simply, exhibition royalty, and I can’t tell you how excited we all are to have acquired it,” said Nick Moss, MD of Prysm Group. “We are going to pour our hearts and souls into making the 43rd edition of Naidex a truly memorable event for the independent living sector, and the entire team can’t wait to get started.”

Prysm Group has a portfolio of over 25 shows across the UK, from ‘The Business Show’, which attracts over 25,000 businesses each year, to the niche, industry specific events, such as ‘Legalex’, ‘Elite Sports Performance’ and ‘Farm Business Innovation’.

Alison Willis, portfolio director, i2i Events, said: “Naidex has built a strong, loyal customer base thanks to the very hard work of the dedicated event team. i2i is dedicated to enhancing customer value and extending its global footprint, particularly through our large-scale events that we can geo-clone internationally.

UK, Bristol and London

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Ocean Media Group acquires Mercury Events Ltd, organisers of the Wedding Fairs and the Baby & Toddler shows

July 25, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

OMG_logo Ocean Media Group has acquired Mercury Events Ltd, organisers of the Wedding Fairs and the Baby & Toddler shows. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

David Watt, CEO at Ocean Media commented: “This exciting acquisition significantly reinforces our position as the number one player in the wedding market. As well as adding strength and depth to our teams, this purchase creates an ideal platform to improve and grow our portfolio of consumer wedding shows”.

Matt Miller will join Ocean Media as Managing Director of the new Consumer Division.

Miller said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to combine the analysis, expertise and best practice which sits within both organisations to develop an extensive set of wedding and baby shows that offer superb value to all our exhibitors and to every visitor. We will be working very closely with our partners in both industries to grow the market to everyone’s benefit”.

He added: “Our values and vision for how we operate are very much the same. We’re aiming to serve our industries with an emphasis on innovation, integrity, and with a single-minded philosophy to produce shows that add genuine value to their markets every time they run”.

UK, London

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Questex acquires UK’s The Annual Hotel Conference

July 13, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

questex Business information and events company Questex has acquired The AHC Company Limited, organizer of The Annual Hotel Conference. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The agreement merges the collective resources of Questex, organizers of the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Berlin and The AHC. Founders Chris Eddlestone and Jonathan Langston and their team will continue to lead content development and management of the event.

“We are tremendously pleased to team up with Chris and Jonathan and combine our resources to enhance the value provided to the UK hotel industry by this important event,” said Kerry Gumas, Questex president and chief executive officer.

“From its beginnings as a small, invitation-only gathering targeting the regional individual and small-chain hotel owner and operator, The AHC has grown over its 13-year lifetime into one of the UK’s largest hotel industry events outside London,” said Eddlestone. “With Questex’s significant scale and resources, we expect the event will grow at a faster pace, with new marketing opportunities for our supporters and partners.”

This year’s The AHC will be held Oct. 12- 13 at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate hotel. It is expected to draw around 700 delegates. The event, themed Performing in Transient Times, will bring individual, boutique and consortium hotel owners, operators and managers together with developers, investors, bankers, advisors, government agencies, designers, architects, consultants, tourism leaders, regional tourist board representatives and other stakeholders for relevant and inspirational educational content and peer-to-peer networking.

The AHC was cofounded by 30-year industry veteran Eddlestone, global head of hospitality and leisure services at Squire Patton Boggs, an international law firm; and Langston, a renowned industry consultant and commentator with a 30-year track record who most recently served as the UK chief operating officer for CBRE Hotels Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

USA, Newton, MA & UK, Manchester

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Future plc to acquire Imagine Publishing for£14.2M

June 23, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

Future Future plc is to acquire Miura (Holdings) Ltd, the parent company of Imagine Publishing Limited in an all share deal deal valuing the company at £14.2 million.

Imagine’s portfolio includes 19 magazines, around 300 annual bookazines and a complementary web presence. The company publish in four key markets – technology, photography, video games and science. Titles include include All About History, Digital Photographer, World of Animals, GamesTM, Retro Gamer, Nowgamer.com, X-ONE, Play, For Beginners and SciFiNow.

The company was formed with private funds in 2005 by Damian Butt, Steven Boyd and Mark Kendrick. All were former directors of publishing companies.

Imagine Publishing2 Imagine is expected to report revenue of £16.4m for year to 31 March 2016, with EBITA of £3.1m, margin of 19% and cash generated from operations of £3.4m

Upon completion of the Acquisition, the vendors of Imagine will own, in aggregate, c.32.8% of Future’s enlarged issued share capital

Zillah Byng-Thorne, Future plc Chief Executive said, “This is a unique opportunity to acquire a market leading knowledge, science and technology content business which will complement and expand our capabilities.

Future’s share price jumped eight per cent to 8.5p after the deal was announced.

UK, Bath & Bournemouth

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RPS Group acquires DBK Partners for £13M

April 26, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

RPSlogo RPS Group plc has acquired DBK Partners Limited for £13 million. Consideration paid to the vendors at completion was £6.6 million. In addition £4.0 million of shareholder loans to the company were settled by RPS. Subject to certain operational conditions being met, two further sums of £1.2 million each will be paid to employee vendors on the first and second anniversaries of the transaction.

Founded in 2005, DBK has its headquarters in Birmingham, with other offices in London, Manchester and Bournemouth. The company is a project management consultancy in the UK and employs about 120 staff. It undertakes projects primarily for private sector clients in the property development industry in the UK.

The company was owned by 14 shareholders, including a significant external investor. All the employee shareholders are remaining with the business. The three main director shareholders have signed three year employment agreements.

In the year to 31 December 2015, DBK had revenues of £12.1 million and profit before tax of £2.0 million, after adjustment for non-recurring items. Net assets at 31 December 2015 were £0.5 million. Gross assets at 31 December 2015 were £8.1 million.

UK, Abingdon, Oxfordshire & Birmingham

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UBM buys Business Journals Inc for $69M

April 22, 2016 — Fusion DigiNet

BJI UBM plc has acquired the Business Journals Inc (BJI), a producer of fashion trade shows in New York and Las Vegas, for $69m in cash.

BJI serves the men’s apparel and women’s apparel and accessories markets under the following tradeshow brands: AccessoriesTheShow, EDIT, FAME, Moda, MRket and Stitch. These shows run multiple times a year and in some cases are located in the same venues as UBM shows. BJI also operates several websites and publications serving the fashion sector.

In 2015, BJI’s revenues were approximately $40m – $33m from Events and $7m from Other Marketing Services.The company is expected to make a modest post tax contribution this year.

Tim Cobbold, CEO of UBM plc, said:

“We are delighted to have acquired BJI. This transaction is very much in line with our ‘Events First’, strategy. It adds to our presence in North America and also in the fashion sector, both of which were already strong following UBM’s acquisition of Advanstar at the end of 2014. We see excellent opportunities to deliver an improved experience for customers and to realise the operational benefits which scale will bring.”

UK, London & USA, Norwalk, CT

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Informa acquires Penton, the US- based Exhibitions and Information Services group, for £1.2bn.

Jaywing acquires Bloom Media

Euromoney acquires FastMarkets for £13M

Global outsourcing group, OUTSOURCING Inc. acquires Liberata UK Ltd

Prysm Group has acquired Naidex, the UK’s largest disability, rehabilitation and homeware event

Ocean Media Group acquires Mercury Events Ltd, organisers of the Wedding Fairs and the Baby & Toddler shows

Questex acquires UK’s The Annual Hotel Conference

Future plc to acquire Imagine Publishing for£14.2M

RPS Group acquires DBK Partners for £13M

UBM buys Business Journals Inc for $69M

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