M&A Deal Summary

Informa Acquires Datamonitor

On May 14, 2007, Informa acquired information services company Datamonitor for 502M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Informa’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Informa’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Informa’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-05-14
Target Datamonitor
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Informa
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 502M GBP

Target

Datamonitor

London, United Kingdom
Datamonitor is a provider of market intelligence data. The Company was formed in 1988 and is based in London.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Informa

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Services
Employees13,214
Revenue 3.6B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 19
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 15
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-11-30 Baskerville Communications

Sherman Oaks, California, United States

BCC is a producer of daily news services, newsletters and management reports in the telecommunications and media sectors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-03 Informa Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Informa Canada, Inc. is a producer, creator and manages seminars and consumer shows.

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