Add-on Acquisition • Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing Acquires I.B.Tauris & Co.

On May 1, 2018, Bloomsbury Publishing acquired publishing company I.B.Tauris & Co. for 6M GBP

Acquisition Context

This is Bloomsbury Publishing’s 4th transaction in the Publishing sector.
This is Bloomsbury Publishing’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Bloomsbury Publishing’s 4th transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	May 1, 2018
Target	I.B.Tauris & Co.
Sector	Publishing
Buyer(s)	Bloomsbury Publishing
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	6M GBP

Target Company

I.B.Tauris & Co.

London, United Kingdom

I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd. is an academic publisher on history and biography, politics, architecture and travel. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd. was founded in 1983 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Bloomsbury Publishing

London, United Kingdom

Category	Company
Founded	1986
Sector	Publishing
Employees	1,214
Revenue	361M GBP (2025)

DESCRIPTION

Bloomsbury Publishing is an independent publishing house with companies in London, New York, Doha, India and Sydney. Bloomsbury Publishing was founded in 1986 and is based in London, England.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	5 of 5
Sector: Publishing	4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition	5 of 5
Country: United Kingdom	4 of 4
Year: 2018	1 of 1
Size (of disclosed)	2 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2014-12-22	Osprey Publishing Oxford, United Kingdom Osprey Publishing Ltd. originally focused on military publishing however, more recently, Osprey have expanded their offering into other niche imprints including nature, heritage and custom publishing.	Buy	-

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2014-12-22

Osprey Publishing

Oxford, United Kingdom

Osprey Publishing Ltd. originally focused on military publishing however, more recently, Osprey have expanded their offering into other niche imprints including nature, heritage and custom publishing.

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