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Entries tagged "Reed Elsevier"Reed Business Information expected to fetch over $2B in auctionReed Elsevier plc is hoping to top early estimates of $2 billion in the auction for its business magazines unit, Reed Business Information, to private equity firms. ... Dealwatch: Reed Elsevier, Reed Business Information"With its information memorandum finally set for release this week, Reed Business Information promises to give media M&A a highly anticipated reality check. But the word is RBI's Anglo-Dutch parent, Reed Elsevier Group plc, is already making concessions to sell the business segment it previously believed would sell itself," so began a June 9 column from The Deal's Richard Morgan. ... The Deal newsweekly, week of June 9It's been a tough 12 months for the sponsor groups at Wall Street's biggest firms. For the last few years, the investment bankers in those groups were riding high on a wave of megaprivate equity deals. Then came the credit crunch and a clogged pipeline. Today, buyout volume is way down, but the survivors are beginning to emerge from the rubble -- and rubble there is -- to a new day. ... Reed staples finance to saleIn order to sell trade magazine publisher Reed Business Information as one entity, Reed Elsevier plc is organizing banks to loan a potential buyer around $1.5 billion, the Telegraph is reporting. Investment banks expected to provide stapled finance include: UBS, BNP Paribas SA, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., GE Capital, Bank of Ireland Group and Lloyds TSB. ... ChoicePoint refiles to CFIUSReed Elsevier plc and ChoicePoint Inc. intend to refile their merger application with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. The Anglo-Dutch Reed is buying the American data management and background check company for $3.4 billion.... Reed Elsevier rejiggers Reed Business Information auctionIt looks as if the auction for Reed Business Information just won't go according to plan as interest from private equity firms remains scant for the business publishing arm of Reed Elsevier. Now paidContent is reporting that the parent company has changed its mind on how to sell the unit.... Nielsen exec change ahead of Reed bid?Nielsen Co. named former Reed Elsevier plc executive Gerry Byrne as the head of Nielsen Business Media unit's entertainment publications, which is best known for Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. The business media is making much of the coincidence that Byrne is a veteran of Reed Business Information, which Reed Elsevier put on the block last week when it agreed to purchase ChoicePoint. ... Apax may bid for Reed's magazine unitIt looks like UBS may have its work cut out for itself when it comes to the auction of the Reed Business Information unit, the publisher of Variety and New Scientist. Although Reed Elsevier plc only put the unit on the block Thursday, when it announced the purchase of ChoicePoint, the business may already have a bidder in the form of London's Apax Partners, according to The Times of London.... Just in: Advisers on Reed Elsevier-ChoicePointJim Head at Morgan Stanley advised Reed Elsevier plc on the company's $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. James Morphy, Audra Cohen, Matthew Friestedt, Ronald Creamer, Blaze Waleski, Da-Wai Hu , Ken Myers, Henrik Patel, Susan Baise, Melissa Fisher and Jay Klein of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provided legal counsel.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Reed Elsevier." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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