Onex to Buy Nielsen Expositions for $950M
Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp. has agreed to acquire Nielsen Expositions from parent organization Nielsen Holdings N.V. for US$950 million. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013. Nielsen Expositions, of San Juan Capistrano, California, operates more than 65 business-to-business trade shows and conference events every year. Onex Partners III, Onex's US$4.7 billion private equity fund, will invest approximately US$350 million of equity in the transaction.





