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Archive for Author: Marlin & Associates

Jul 23, 2009

Apax Partners To Use All Equity In $571M Bankrate Deal

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Today our managing partner Ken Marlin was quoted in a discussion of Bankrate Inc by Sasha Dai and Kathy Shwiff for The Wall Street Journal. Apax Partners has agreed to acquire personal-finance Web site Bankrate Inc. in a $571 million deal that is especially notable because it is all equity. Bankrate got its start about 30 years ago as a print publisher of the newsletter Bank Rate Monitor, and through 1996 it was primarily a print publication business. In 1996, it started up Bankrate.com, and has built up its online operations over time, including with several acquisitions in 2008. The…

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May 22, 2009

Standard & Poor’s, A Division of McGraw-Hill, Sells Vista Research to Guidepoint Global

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Today we announced the sale of Vista Research to Guidepoint Global. Marlin & Associates initiated this transaction, helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw–Hill Companies. “We are pleased to have helped S&P to develop and evaluate strategic alternatives for Vista, and to advise them on this transaction,” said Ken Marlin, M&A’s managing partner. “Vista and Guidepoint are among the leading expert networks in the country. Their strengths are complementary, and the combination should bring considerable benefits to the customers and employees of…

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Mar 23, 2009

Marlin & Associates Honored for Advising on M&A Transactions During Turbulent Times

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Today we announced that our firm has been recognized for leading the M&A Deal of the Year in the Financial Services sector and for the Deal of the Year in the Information Technology sector. The awards, which honor excellence in deal making, were presented by The M&A Advisor, a conference producer and newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry, at the 3rd Annual Turnaround Awards Gala at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. An independent body of experts judged and determined the ultimate recipients of the awards. Marlin was chosen from among the 107 other finalists. “We are honored…

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Mar 1, 2009

M&A Outlook for 2009-2010

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We released our M&A outlook  for 2009 -10.  In it, we address the outlook for m&a among middle-market tech and digital information companies in the context of five predictions:  M&A for middle-market tech and digital information firms is down–but not out. The IPO market for middle-market tech and digital information firms is AWOL and will remain absent through 2010. VC and PE players will stay on the sidelines for larger deals through 2010—but they will remain open to investments in smaller firms. M&A prices for tech and digital information transactions will be grounded in economic reality, but strong mid-market tech…

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Jan 20, 2009

Marlin & Associates Expands Staff, Adds Two Senior Members, Opens Toronto Office

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Today we announced that Tom Selby, former Vice President of Business Development and 13-year veteran of SunGard Data Systems, and Byron Sproule, a former Executive Director in JP Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking Group, have joined M&A’s investment banking advisory team. Tom Selby will be based in M&A’s new Toronto office. Byron Sproule will be based in M&A’s New York City office. Byron Sproule brings more than 10 years of relevant technology investment banking experience to M&A. He joins from JP Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking Group, after he first spent a number of years in the Technology Investment Banking Groups at Lehman…

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