Acquisition

19th Mar 2007 07:00

Centaur Media PLC19 March 2007 Centaur Media plc acquires leading supply chain event March 19th 2007: Centaur Media plc (Centaur), the specialist businesspublishing, information and events group, has acquired The Awareness Group Ltd(Awareness) for an undisclosed sum. Awareness is primarily responsible forExtended Supply Chain (ESC) - a major logistics and supply chain conferencewhose fifth annual event takes place in London at the end of March. Awareness launched ESC in 2003 and the event attracts sponsors and delegatesfrom across Europe. It fits with Centaur's other interests in the logistics andsupply chain community, which include the monthly magazines Logistics Managerand Supply Chain Standard, plus the three Logistics Link regional exhibitions.Centaur also publishes related web sites and runs the leading awards event inthe sector. The operations will be relocated to Centaur's offices, and Awareness foundersand directors Jonathan Bennett and Christopher Watt will join Centaur. Geoff Wilmot, Chief Executive of Centaur, said: "Awareness will complement ourexpanding logistics and supply chain publishing activities and exhibitions andwe are delighted to welcome Jonathan and Christopher to Centaur. We areconfident that they will be able to build further on the success that they haveachieved with Extended Supply Chain. "Centaur's strategy is to build on its strength in the markets in which italready operates, as well as looking for other communities where it can applyits knowledge and expertise. This latest acquisition reflects the successfulcontinuation of that strategy." Jonathan Bennett said: "This is a great opportunity to further develop TheAwareness Group's business as part of a larger organisation. Interest in thelogistics and supply chain market has grown significantly in recent years and welook forward to working at Centaur to continue the growth of the events." The value of the gross assets of The Awareness Group is £0.2m. Enquiries: Centaur Media plc Geoff Wilmot Tel: 020 7970 4000 Calum Taylor Gavin Anderson & Company Richard Constant Tel: 020 7554 1400 Robert Speed Janine Brewis About Centaur Media plc: Centaur's product portfolio currently includes 10 weekly or fortnightlymagazines, 21 other magazines, over 20 online products or services, 25 awards orother sponsored events, 20 exhibitions and 80 conferences. Centaur reports its results within 5 distinct business sector segments, namelyMarketing and Creative, Legal and Financial, Engineering and Construction,Perfect Information and Other. The first 3 segments comprise principally thefollowing vertical business communities in which Centaur publishesmarket-leading magazine titles: Marketing Services, Creative Services, NewMedia, Retail Financial Products, Legal Services, Engineering, PrivateHomebuilding. Centaur also enjoys strong positions in a number of otherspecialist communities, namely HR, Construction, Antique Rugs and Textiles,Supply Chain & Logistics, Recruitment and Public/Private Finance. In addition,it serves the Business Travel community with 3 leading trade shows in the UK andoverseas and an associated web service. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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