Big capital injection to strengthen balance sheet of merged LBi and...
Documents describing the merger of LBi International with Bigmouthmedia into a more substantial digital marketing and technology consultancy confirm how badly the combining companies had performed last...
View ArticlePre-merger LBi reports gentle upward trend
LBi International’s final quarter’s trading prior to its merger with Bigmouthmedia benefitted from improved sales and profit margins if exceptional restructuring and transaction costs are excluded....
View ArticlePublicis offers to buy LBi for €416m
Publicis Groupe has agreed to make an offer to acquire the Netherlands based digital marketing and technology group LBi International for a generous €416 million (£333 million) in cash, yielding a big...
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Private equity investors stand to make over €70m from LBi sale
Preliminary calculations suggest that the three private equity investors that backed the merger of the international digital marketing and technology group LBi International with Bigmouthmedia in 2010...
View ArticleLBi forecasts 26% increase in “profit”
LBi International, the Amsterdam based international digital marketing and technology group in receipt of a takeover bid from Publicis Groupe, is forecasting a 26% increase in operating profit this...
View ArticleLBi results dampened by exceptional costs and future uncertainty
The latest quarter’s financial results at the Amsterdam based digital marketing and technology group LBi revealed a post-tax loss of €2.2 million accompanied by uncertainty about future revenue growth...
View ArticlePublicis deal brings Ingenious ending for Outside Line founders
Publicis Groupe has bought the digital agency The Outside Line, bringing to conclusion a period of changing ownership that has included founders Anthony Cauchi and Lloyd Salmons, as well as Ingenious...
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Buccaneer to marry Beancounter
The news that Publicis has proposed marriage to Omnicom is momentous enough (see Publicis-Omnicom merger envisages $0.5bn cost savings), but will their corporate personalities be compatible? L’Arc de...
View ArticleLBi-Bigmouthmedia UK agency’s profit fell 59% after Publicis acquisition
Publicis may have had something of a surprise when the former LBi/Bigmouthmedia UK business reported its results for the first year after the French group acquired it and aligned it with the Digitas...
View ArticleReach4Entertainment appoints interim finance director
Reach4Entertainment Enterprises, the AIM listed entertainment marketing group that includes the Dewynters theatrical marketing business and Newman Displays theatre and cinema display specialists, has...
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