Wednesday 11 November 2015

Revealed: Argus Media Group appoints bankers to carry out sale of up to £1 billion

Argus Media Group, the publishing company that sets world energy prices, could be about to change hands for up to £1 billion.

According to well-placed sources, Argus Media Group has begun working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a strategic review and contacted some of the City's top private equity firms to gauge their interest in the company.

City sources said the publishing giant, which began with the Europ-Oil prices report in 1970, is likely to generate a huge amount of interest from buy-out firms, such as Charterhouse Capital Partners, and also trade buyers, including FTSE 250-listed Euromoney, which owns Metal Bulletin.

Argus Media generated a turnover of £107.6 million in 2014 and earnings of £21.8 million, according to past reports. So, bankers speculated the company might sell for between £800 million and £1 billion.

Any deal is likely to net Adrian Binks, the chairman and former BP executive, and the Nasmyth family, a multi-million pound cash pay-out as they are the main shareholders in Argus Media Group.

Binks stepped down as chief executive in July. He was replaced by Neil Bradford, who joined the company five years ago as chief operating officer. The move sparked rumours the company may be about to be up for sale although the speculation was fiercely denied by Argus Media Group. Here is a link to Financial Times article on the matter:

https://subscribe.ft.com/barrier/logic?location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Ffastft%2F352751%2Fargus-media-ceo-step-down%3Fsiteedition%3Duk&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F&classification=conditional_standard

Private equity firms are likely to be drawn to Argus Media Group - which employs about 700 people worldwide - as many of its publications and data services are subscription-based products, which provide stable earnings.

The sale of Argus Media Group comes as the auction of another large business publishing asset reaches a conclusion.

Top Right Group, which is owned by Apax and The Guardian Media Group, retained Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to look at an IPO or sale. Blackstone has previously been reported to be close to purchasing the business for over £1 billion.

Argus Media Group declined to comment.
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  1. Unknown11 November 2015 at 06:05

    Euromoney, which owns Platts -? u mean McGraw-Hill FInanciaL

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    1. Unknown11 November 2015 at 06:09

      thanks - meant Metal Bulletin - was writing in rush - have corrected copy

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  2. Unknown11 November 2015 at 06:08

    Thanks - have corrected the copy.

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    They offer all kind of categories of loan they
    Short term loan (5_10years)
    Long term loan (20_40)
    Media term loan(10_20)
    They offer loan like
    Home loan............., Business loan........ Debt loan .......
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    They offer all kind of categories of loan they
    Short term loan (5_10years)
    Long term loan (20_40)
    Media term loan(10_20)
    They offer loan like
    Home loan............., Business loan........ Debt loan .......
    Student loan..........,Business start up loan
    Business loan....... , Company loan.............. etc
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