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The van Tulleken Company advises shareholders of Haynes publishing
Date: February 2007

The van Tulleken Company advises Haynes publishing on disposal of historical publishing subsidiary

(London, February 2007) The van Tulleken Company, a leading investment boutique that provides mergers and acquisitions' services in the information, publishing and technology sectors announces that it represented Haynes Publishing plc in its disposal of Sutton Publishing, publisher of historical and heritage titles, to NPI Media Group Limited for £3 million in cash. The disposal concludes a strategic review by the Haynes Publishing Group aimed at disposing of under-performing activities.

Commenting on the successful transaction, The van Tulleken Company Group Managing Director Andrew Adams said: "The acquisition is a perfect fit for NPI Media Group which is rapidly fulfilling its aim of becoming one of the largest specialist historical and heritage publishers in Europe."

About Haynes Publishing

Haynes Publishing publishes and distributes over 2,000 practical book titles, manuals and DVDs on motoring, transport, computing, health, home maintenance and many other leisure activities. Since the company was founded in 1960, for example, over 150 million copies of their motor car manuals have been sold.

About NPI Media Group

NPI Media Limited is a new publishing group specialising in historical non-fiction titles covering a wide range of topics including local history; transport, military and industrial heritage; sports history and archaeology. The Sutton Publishing acquisition is the sixth such transaction since March 2006. In 2007 the Group estimates it will publish more than 2,000 new titles.

About The van Tulleken Company

The van Tulleken Company, a leading investment banking boutique, advises on mergers, acquisitions and strategic development in the information, publishing and technology industries. With offices in New York and London, the Company serves large international corporations as well as small and medium-sized independent companies in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. The Company has advised on a wide range of transactions including, in recent months: the sale of VNU Business Media Europe to 3i; Sibelius Software to Avid Technologies; ITV on the divestiture of Granada Learning to Veronis Suhler Stevenson; and the sale of Paravia Bruno Mondadori (PBM) to Pearson plc.



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