2010 News Releases

15 October

Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period expires on UBM acquisition of Canon Communications LLC

United Business Media Limited today announces that the 30 day waiting period under the US Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired on 14 October 2010 with respect to its proposed acquisition of Canon Communications LLC, satisfying one of the conditions for completion of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close within the next ten days.

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1. UBM
UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM’s businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 5,900 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

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