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Directories: Industry Perspectives from the Point of View of Financial Investors

Introduction by Kimberli Lewis

Since this time last year, the dynamic telephone directory acquisition market has seen at least nine major acquisitions, many involving private equity firms, either directly or indirectly.  Veronis Suhler Stevenson is one of the most active such firms.  What makes our industry interesting to companies like Veronis Suhler Stevenson?  Are there more acquisitions and exits on the horizon?  Morgan Callagy, Managing Director of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, is an expert in this area. 

Morgan graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC, joining the company in 1996.  Veronis Suhler Stevenson manages private equity funds from offices in New York and London, focusing exclusively on media communications and information industries. 

Morgan was involved in Veronis Suhler’s acquisition of Yellow Book USA and its disposal to British Telecom Yellow Pages in 1999.  He moved to London to set up the office there in April 2000, since playing leading roles in Veronis Suhler’s joint investments with 3i in the European directories sector.  Veronis Suhler acquired Fonecta from the Finnish company, Telefoongids from Dutch operator KPN, and recently, Verizon’s European directory portfolio, comprising operations in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Gibraltar. 

 Morgan Callagy

Managing Director, Veronis Suhler Stevenson, UK

I.                  Overview of Veronis Suhler Stevenson

After spending many years in publishing, John Veronis and John Suhler founded the company in 1981 in New York.  In 2000, we opened our European headquarters in London.  The firm has two activities: advisory work, in the directory space, we recently advised California‑based National Directory Company (NDC), which was acquired by...  The rest of the text is available by entering your password on the previous page (proceedings)