Informa - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Informa M&A Summary

Informa has acquired 22 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 10 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

Informa’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Penton Media for $1.6B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Business Information Assets - Informa to GlobalData for $38M. Informa has acquired in 8 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include media (45%) and digital media (17%).

Informa Business Overview

Where is Informa headquartered?

Informa is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Informa’s revenue?

Informa disclosed revenue of 3,190M GBP for 2023 and 2,262M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Informa have?

Informa has 11,475 employees.

What sector is Informa in?

Informa is an information services company.

When was Informa founded?

Informa was founded in 1998.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity25
    • M&A Buy Activity18
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 3

Informa

Informa plc

5 Howick Place,
London, SW1P 1WG
United Kingdom,
+44 20 8052 0400
www.informa.com

Informa provides academics, businesses, and individuals with unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the minute information and highly specialist skills and services. With around 7,000 employees working in some 150 offices in over 40 countries, our global reach and breadth of offer is unique. Informa was founded in 1998 and is based in London, England.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 14 - 1 1 2 - 18
vol $2.9B $1.3B $4.2B
Sell (1.0/yr) # 2 - 1 3 - 1 7
vol $38M $38M
  25

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Informa - Digital Businesses 2024-11-10 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Winsight LLC 2023-05-18 380M USD Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.winsightmedia.com
Tarsus Group Ltd. 2023-03-09 940M USD Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.tarsus.com
Maritime Insights & Intelligence Ltd. 2022-08-04 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.lloydslistintelligence.com
Emerging Portfolio Fund Research, Inc. 2022-07-19 - Divestiture
Boston, Massachusetts · www.epfr.com
Industry Dive 2022-07-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Washington, District of Columbia · www.industrydive.com
Citeline 2022-02-10 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.citeline.com
Informa's Asset Intelligence Business Unit 2021-12-01 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Curinos 2021-04-01 - Joint Venture
New York, New York · www.curinos.com
Informa plc - Industry & Infrastructure Intelligence and Auto Brands 2019-11-11 - Divestiture
Zug, Switzerland
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Informa Financial Intelligence    - Informa Financial Intelligence - Financial Benchmarking & Omnichannel Experience (FBX) 2021-07-29 1
Boston, Massachusetts · www.financialintelligence.informa.com Boston, Massachusetts
Penton Media, Inc. 2016-09-15 Hillgate Communications Ltd. 2019-02-13 1
New York, New York · www.penton.com Isleworth, United Kingdom
UBM plc 2018-01-18 UBM plc - MR Magazine 2018-02-23 1
London, United Kingdom · www.ubm.com London, United Kingdom

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Media 8 (44%) 1.7B (40%) 2 (29%) -
Information Services 2 (11%) 773M (18%) 3 (43%) 38M (100%)
Digital Media 3 (17%) - - -
Business Services 2 (11%) - 1 (14%) -
Information Technology 2 (11%) 1.6B (37%) - -
Marketing 1 (6%) 163M (4%) - -
Software - - 1 (14%) -
Total 18 $4.2B 7 $38M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 11 2.5B 2 -
  New York 3 1.6B 1 -
  Florida 2 163M - -
  Massachusetts 1 - 1 -
  Texas 1 375M - -
  Illinois 1 380M - -
  District of Columbia 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
United Kingdom 5 1.7B 3 -
Canada 2 - - -
  Ontario 2 - - -
Switzerland - - 2 38M
Domestic 5 (28%) 1.7B (41%) 3 (43%) -
Cross-border 13 (72%) 2.5B (59%) 4 (57%) 38M (100%)
Total 18 $4.2B 7 $38M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Centerview Partners
2
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI)
1
Legal Deals
Clifford Chance
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.6B
$100M to $1B 5 $2.6B
TOTAL $4.2B
Largest Penton Media, Inc.
$1.6B (2016-09-15)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $38M
TOTAL $38M
Largest Business Information Assets - Informa plc
$38M (2015-07-27)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
33%
6 (33%)
Strategic(s)
17%
3 (17%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
43%
3 (43%)
Strategic(s)
57%
4 (57%)

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