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March 08, 2021

Platinum Equity Acquires Healthcare Products Distributor NDC From Court Square Capital Partners

LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2021 -- Platinum Equity announced today the acquisition of NDC, a healthcare supply chain company and distributor of consumable healthcare supplies, from an affiliate of Court Square Capital Partners. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., NDC is one of the largest master distributors in healthcare and serves as an essential intermediary between medical supply manufacturers and a highly-fragmented base of regional and specialty distributor customers. "NDC has built an impressive national distribution platform with substantial opportunity for growth," said Platinum E...

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March 01, 2021

Leading Small Business Software Provider Thryv Holdings, Inc. Announces Closing of the Acquisition of Australia’s Sensis from Platinum Equity and Telstra

Thryv® to enter the Australian small and medium businesses (SMB) sector through acquisition of leading digital marketing and directory services provider Sensis Acquisition brings over 100,000 Sensis customers Focus on helping Australian small businesses adopt cloud-based software solution to better compete in a post-pandemic economy. DALLAS, March 1, 2021 –Thryv Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:THRY), the provider of Thryv® software, the end-to-end client experience platform for growing small businesses, today announced it has closed the acquisition of Sensis, Australia’s leading digi...

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February 26, 2021

Cision Brings PR, Social Media Management and Digital Consumer Intelligence Together with Category-Defining Acquisition of Brandwatch

CHICAGO and BRIGHTON, England, Feb. 26, 2021 -- Cision announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brandwatch, a global leader in digital consumer intelligence and social media listening, for $450 million. This strategic move will combine two leaders in their respective industries and will bring to customers the substantial benefits of their complementary capabilities to deliver the future of PR, marketing and digital customer engagement. (PRNewsfoto/Cision Ltd.) The forces of digital transformation reward those organizations and boardrooms that listen to...

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February 11, 2021

Statement regarding Marston's PLC ("Marston's")

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.8 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION 11 February 2021 Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC ("Platinum") Statement regarding Marston's PLC ("Marston's") Platinum notes Marston’s statement addressing press speculation on 29 January 2021 regarding a possible cash ...

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February 03, 2021

Biscuit International announces the proposed acquisition of Dan Cake Portugal

Acquisition of a strong player in the butter cookies market Aligned with a comforting expansion strategy of Biscuit International in Europe Opportunity for Portuguese market leader Dan Cake Portugal to reinforce its solid flagship operation and expand its international position in the segment Paris, 3rd February 2021 – Biscuit International, one of Europe’s leading players in the private label tasty and healthy biscuits market, and the owners of Dan Cake Portugal, a leading producer and distributor of biscuits and cakes in Portugal and a leader in the butter cookies market, an...

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February 02, 2021

Centerfield Acquires Business.com and Savings.com, Expanding its Owned & Operated Digital Brands

Acquisitions extend customer acquisition capabilities to business-to-business and e-commerce verticals LOS ANGELES, Feb. 02, 2021 -- Centerfield, a technology-driven marketing and customer acquisition company, today announced the acquisitions of Business.com and Savings.com. Centerfield’s digital brands and industry leading platform, Dugout, engage in-market consumers and automate end-to-end customer acquisition. With these acquisitions, Centerfield’s consumer and business guides now engage with more than 70 million in-market shoppers looking for new products and services. Founded in...

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