Posts tagged: Ascential

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 59

Monday, 30 October 2023, 9:07 am

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...

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Ascential said to eye £1.5 billion break up, reveals Sky News

Saturday, 9 April 2022, 9:59 am

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...

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