M&A Deal Summary

RELX Group Acquires Harcourt General

On October 27, 2000, RELX Group acquired publishing company Harcourt General for 5.7B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RELX Group’s 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is RELX Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RELX Group’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-10-27
Target Harcourt General
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) RELX Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5.7B USD

Target

Harcourt General

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Harcourt is a provider of print and multi-media teaching materials and testing. The business's success is built on excellence in editorial, a detailed understanding of its customers and strong marketing and sales programs.

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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 6 of 16
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 12
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 12
Year (2000) 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-07-25 Miller Freeman Europe

United Kingdom

Miller Freeman Europe is a trade exhibition organizer in Continental Europe, serving the major European markets of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia.

Buy £360M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Northstar Travel Group

Secaucus, New Jersey, United States

Northstar Travel Group is a provider of business-to-business information, content, events, data, research, custom content, and software dedicated to the global travel and meetings industries. Northstar is the owner of well-known brands and products including Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Business Travel News, Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Travel Weekly China, Incentive, M&C China, Phocuswright and Inntopia. Northstar Travel Group was founded in 1989 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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