M&A Deal Summary

Circana Acquires NPD

On April 11, 2022, Circana acquired information services company NPD from Hellman & Friedman

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Circana’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Circana’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Circana’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-04-11
Target NPD
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Circana
Sellers(s) Hellman & Friedman
Deal Type Merger

Target

NPD

Port Washington, New York, United States
NPD offers data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics to help clients grow their businesses in a changing world. NPD helps to measure, predict, and improve performance across all channels, including brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, and B2B. NPD was established in 1966 and is based in Port Washington, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Circana

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Information Services
Employees3,600
DESCRIPTION

Circana is a provider of big data, predictive analytics and forward-looking insights that help CPG companies, OTC health care organizations, retailers, financial services and media companies grow their businesses. Circana was founded in 1979 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-18 Intelligent Shopper Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Intelligent Shopper Solutions is a retail consumer insight provider that enables collaboration between retailers and suppliers. Intelligent Shopper Solutions is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Hellman & Friedman

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 50.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is a large private equity firm on the West Coast of the US. H&F focuses on control and minority investments in a variety of transaction structures and will consider opportunities across the US and Europe. H&F seeks buyouts and business in need of restructurings that operate in defensible markets with predictable revenue and earnings growth. Target sectors include financial services, healthcare, indusrial, energy, insurance, media, marketing, professional services, software, and information services. H&F's target equity investment size is $300 million to $1 billion. Hellman & Friedman was formed in 1984 and has offices in San Francisco, New York City, and London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 59
Sector (Information Services) 4 of 4
Type (Merger) 6 of 6
State (New York) 8 of 8
Country (United States) 42 of 43
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-22 athenahealth

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

athenahealth is a provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices. The Company's service offerings are based on proprietary web-native practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base, integrated back-office service operations, and live patient communications services. athenahealth was founded in 1997 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy $17.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-24 Zendesk

San Francisco, California, United States

Zendesk is a customer service software platform designed to bring organizations and their customers closer together. Zendesk was formed in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy $10.2B
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