Carve-out structure
An Onex affiliate acquired all shares of Nielsen Business Media Holding Company from Nielsen and renamed the standalone platform Emerald Expositions.
Deal record
2013 · Corporate Carve Out
Onex acquires Nielsen Expositions, later rebranded Emerald
A corporate carve-out created a standalone U.S. B2B events platform with room for organic expansion and add-on acquisitions.
Research completeness
100out of 100
Deep Record
A completeness measure, not an investment score. Core coverage measures identity, ownership, chronology, classification, company facts, sources and review status. Transaction announcements can also earn depth from disclosed people, providers, value, completion evidence and structured findings.
2 sources0 named people0 provider roles4 research signalsValue disclosedCompletion date
Transaction facts
- Announced
- 2013-05-04
- Evidence level
- Transaction Announcement
- Status
- Completed
- Transaction type
- Corporate Carve Out
- Seller
- Nielsen Holdings
Underwriting signals from public records
Transaction economics
The documented purchase price was $948.7 million. Nielsen separately described total cash consideration of $950 million subject to closing adjustments.
Buy-and-build record
By the 2017 registration statement, Emerald reported 13 strategic acquisitions after the carve-out, including the $335 million acquisition of GLM.
Ownership period
Onex records its investment period as June 2013 through May 2026 under the Onex Partners platform.
Publicly disclosed provider roles
No provider role has been added from the reviewed public sources.
Named transaction professionals
No individual transaction attribution has been added from the reviewed public sources.