Posts tagged: Ascential
Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 59
This week's round of dealmaking in the UK kicks off with Ascential's £1.4 billion sale of two bits of the group to marketing giant Omnicom and Apax.
This morning Ascential, the FTSE 250-listed business information and events group, announced a deal to sell its Digital Commerce unit to Omnicom for £741 million and also the sale of its product design unit (called WGSN) to buy out house Apax for £700 million...
Ascential said to eye £1.5 billion break up, reveals Sky News
The old Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News is being rather hyperactive at the moment.
Yesterday, Kleiny landed the scoop about Vodafone trying to buy part of Talk Talk and this morning he has just published a tale about London-listed Ascential weighing a break up that could see events and exhibitions company list some of its operations in the US...
REVEALED: Hyve Group weighs multi-million pound equity capital raising - sources - Part 3
Hyve Group, the London-listed events and exhibitions company, has finally launched its heavily discounted £120 million rights issue, confirming Betaville's from scoop several weeks ago.
Below is the link to the Hyve Group statement:..
REVEALED: Hyve Group weighs multi-million pound equity capital raising - sources - Part 2
I see Hyve Group has this morning confirmed my report on this website and in the Mail on Sunday about a potential equity capital raising. Below is the link:
Quelle Surprise: ITE buys Ascential's exhibitions business...
Oh look - ITE has announced it is buying Ascential's exhibitions business for £300 million. Below is the press release: