M&A Deal Summary

RELX Group Acquires Wolters Kluwer NV - Canadian Legal Publishing Activities

On July 22, 2014, RELX Group acquired publishing company Wolters Kluwer NV - Canadian Legal Publishing Activities from Wolters Kluwer

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RELX Group’s 3rd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-22
Target Wolters Kluwer NV - Canadian Legal Publishing Activities
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) RELX Group
Sellers(s) Wolters Kluwer
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Wolters Kluwer NV - Canadian Legal Publishing Activities

Ontario, Canada
Wolters Kluwer - Canadian Legal Publishing Activities include print and online information products for law firms, corporate counsel, and human resources professionals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RELX Group

London, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1903
Sector Information Technology
Employees33,000
Revenue 7.2B GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

RELX Group is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. Company leverage a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. RELX was founded in 1903 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 16
Sector (Publishing) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 4
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-22 Reed Elsevier - LexisNexis Legal Business

Poland

Reed Elsevier - LexisNexis Legal Business comprises legal business of LexisNexis. The asset is located in Poland. Business provide high-quality digital information offerings for the Polish law firm, government, and corporate segments.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-29 FircoSoft SAS

Paris, France

FircoSoft SAS provides software solutions which allow its clients to filter financial transactions against sanctions and watch lists in order to ensure compliance with existing regulations while meeting Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Wolters Kluwer

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

website

Category Company
Founded 1836
Sector Information Services
Employees19,776
Revenue 4.8B EUR (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Wolters Kluwer is a global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer was founded in 1836 and is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 15
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 14
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-22 Reed Elsevier - LexisNexis Legal Business

Poland

Reed Elsevier - LexisNexis Legal Business comprises legal business of LexisNexis. The asset is located in Poland. Business provide high-quality digital information offerings for the Polish law firm, government, and corporate segments.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-16 Beijing Dingxin Chuangzhi Technology

Beijing, China

Beijing Dingxin Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd. is a audit software and firm management software provider in China. Dingxin Chuangzhi serves more than a thousand of corporate and CPA firm clients in Greater China region.

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