M&A Deal Summary

GlobalData Acquires Current Analysis

On July 8, 2014, GlobalData acquired information services company Current Analysis for 20M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GlobalData’s 4th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is GlobalData’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is GlobalData’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is GlobalData’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-08
Target Current Analysis
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) GlobalData
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 20M USD

Target

Current Analysis

Sterling, Virginia, United States
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Current Analysis, Inc. provides subscription based business intelligence services to the ICT industry.

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Buyer

GlobalData

London, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Services
Employees3,624
Revenue 189M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

GlobalData is a provider of data and analysis for consumer, technology, and healthcare businesses. GlobalData today has offices in 17 countries, more than 1,800 research analysts and consultants, and access to hundreds of thousands of industry experts, opinion leaders, and consumers in various communities and panels around the world. GlobalData was founded in 1999 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Information Services) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-13 Pyramid Research

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Pyramid Research is a provider of subscription market information, analysis and forecasting services to the global telecom industry. Pyramid bases its services on its proprietary “bottom up” quantitative data drawn from around 70 national markets worldwide.

Buy $3M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-27 Business Information Assets - Informa

Zug, Switzerland

Informa's business information assets consist of Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict.

Buy £25M
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