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Follett School Solutions Acquired By Francisco Partners

September 1, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Follett Corporation has sold Follett School Solutions, the company’s K-12 software and content division, to tech-focused investment firm Francisco Partners, which owns the K-12 education-focused businesses Renaissance Learning, Discovery Education, Freckle, myON and Mystery Science. Earlier in the year, Francisco bought VitalSource from Ingram Content Group. The terms of the deal were not announced. Follett Corporation will continue to own and operate college bookstores through the Follett Higher Education Group, as well as what remains of Baker & Taylor. Britten Follett, a fifth-generation family member, will become ceo of FSS Content, while Paul Ilse, former ceo of Discovery Education (another […]

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McGraw Hill to Acquire Achieve3000

August 31, 2021
By Michael Cader

McGraw Hill was the winning bidder in the sale of New Jersey-based edtech company Achieve3000. The deal is expected to close within 60 days, and it underscores support for McGraw from their new private equity owners at Platinum Equity. Terms were not disclosed, but earlier in August, sources told PE Hub that Achieve3000 had sales of about $100 million and EBITDA of $50 million, looking for a robust valuation of over $700 million. In the announcement, managing director at Platinum Equity Luke Myers, said: “We are making good on our pledge to help McGraw Hill accelerate its digital transformation, which […]

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McGraw Hill to be Sold to Platinum Equity

June 16, 2021
By Michael Cader

Private equity firm Apollo Global’s long journey with McGraw Hill is coming to an end, with an agreement to sell the publisher to yet another private equity company, Platinum Equity. The deal is valued at $4.5 billion including debt. With debt at the end of 2020 of about $2.23 billion, it means the new owner is actually spending (or further borrowing) about $2.25 billion, and taking on about that much in existing debt. McGraw Hill’s planned merger with Cengage was abandoned in May 2020 after facing objections from regulators in the US and UK. Prior to that, the company had […]

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Wiley Reports a Strong Fourth Quarter, with a Favorable Outlook

June 10, 2021
By Sara Grace

Wiley reported fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended April 30, with sales of $536 million, up from $474.6 million, a 13 percent increase, including $14.8 million in foreign exchange variance and acquisitions. Operating income was $51.2 million, improved from a loss of ($170.7) million a year ago, and adjusted EBITDA was $112.7 million, up from $92.8 million. Academic & Professional Learning (which includes trade books) grew 15 percent as reported, “driven by strong growth in Education Publishing and trade publishing, accompanied by further recovery in corporate training.” For the full year, sales were $1.94 billion, up […]

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Corporate: McGraw Hill and Pearson Offer Highlights of Results to Come

April 26, 2021
By Sara Grace

McGraw Hill offered brief preliminary highlights of their fiscal fourth quarter (ending March 31) and full year 2021 results. For the quarter, overall billings grew 21 percent, with 12 percent growth in higher ed billings. Adjusted EBITDA grew in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong billings and savings from the completed “cost rationalization program.” The company says higher ed billings grew 5 percent for the year, and digital billings grew 17 percent, but did not provide data on overall billings for the year. “Despite challenging environment in FY2021, MH demonstrated resiliency and focused on supporting institutions, educators and learnings during […]

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Barnes & Noble Education’s Struggle Continues; WH Smith Improves Its Burn Rate

March 9, 2021
By Sara Grace

Barnes & Noble Education reported earnings for the third fiscal quarter ended January 30, with sales of $412 million, compared to $503 million last year, a decline of 19 percent. While sales were better than analysts’ expectations, earnings were worse, with net loss of $(48) million, down from $(2) million last year. The loss included pre-tax impairment of $27.6 million, “on certain store-level long-lived assets in the retail segment.” Retail sales decreased by $70.3 million in the quarter, or 15.4 percent. Comparable store sales were down 20 percent overall, with the biggest decline in trade books, down 61 percent. Textbook […]

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