M&A Deal Summary

M3 Acquires Vidal Group

On October 7, 2016, M3 acquired information technology company Vidal Group from AXIO Data Group Holdings for 100M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is M3’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is M3’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is M3’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-10-07
Target Vidal Group
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) M3
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 100M EUR

Target

Vidal Group

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Vidal Group is a European healthcare informatics and information systems company. The company provides hospitals primary care physicians, pharmacists and patients across Europe with access to up-to-date drug databases and related treatment-based information, and so brings drug intelligence and clinical decision support tools directly to the point of care. Headquartered in Paris, and offering the gold standard reference product for healthcare professionals in France, the business has operations in a number of European countries including France, Germany and Spain, and has recently expanded its sales to Latin America and the Middle East.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

M3

Tokyo, Japan

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Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Information Technology
Employees8,249
Revenue 208.2B JPY (2022)
DESCRIPTION

M3 is a provider of medical-related services primarily to physicians and other healthcare professionals through Internet. M3 provides a multitude of Internet services through M3.com, MR-Kun, MDLinx(USA), MEDI: GATE(South korea). m3.com: a members-only web site tailored to meet the information needs of healthcare professionals. MRs deliver the latest medical and drug information online on m3.com, helping physicians in everyday medical diagnosis and treatment. MDLinx provides the most extensive and up-to-date review of medical articles and theses in English for US physicians. MEDI:GATE provides various services for physicians and other healthcare professionals in South Korea. M3 was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-09 PracticeMatch Services

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

PracticeMatch Services LLC is a provider of physician data and services to in-house physician staffing professionals, will be hosting a physician career fair in New York City.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-03 NAS Recruitment Communications

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

NAS Recruitment Communications a national recruitment advertising firm specializing in healthcare branding, technology, and media strategies for employers across a wide variety of industries, with a strong focus on hospital systems.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,830
DESCRIPTION

AXIO Data Group Holdings manages a portfolio of market major information businesses. Company serve customers in a range of sectors including: healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Company provide critical, often industry-standard, information and tools to help clients make high value decisions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 8
Country (France) 2 of 2
Year (2016) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-02 Medibridge S.A.

Vélizy Villacoublay, France

MediBridge is a provider of electronic messaging and data exchange services to healthcare providers in the first and second line, enabling them to communicate digitally with each other. MediBridge is serving c. 9.500 healthcare users in Belgium, with a focus on the Walloon region.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-16 OAG

Luton, United Kingdom

OAG is a major flight information company that provides accurate, timely and actionable digital information and applications to the world’s airlines, airports, government agencies and travel-related service companies. OAG was founded in 1929 and is based in Luton, United Kingdom

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