Article: ADVANSTAR IN PACT TO BE ACQUIRED BY VERONIS SUHLER STEVENSON.

Byline: David LIipke

NEW YORK - Advanstar Communications Inc., owner of the MAGIC Marketplace, Project and Pool fashion trade shows, entered into a definitive agreement last Thursday to be acquired by private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson and its partners for $1.142 billion in cash.

Under the terms of the deal, Veronis Suhler Stevenson and its co-sponsors, including Citigroup Private Equity and New York Life Capital Partners, will acquire all the outstanding stock of Advanstar Holdings Corp., the holding company for Advanstar Communications, from current owner DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III LP, an affiliate of Credit Suisse.

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