M&A Deal Summary

Delinian Acquires RISI

On March 3, 2017, Delinian acquired information services company RISI from AXIO Data Group Holdings for 125M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Delinian’s 7th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Delinian’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Delinian’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Delinian’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-03
Target RISI
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Delinian
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 125M USD

Target

RISI

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
RISI, Inc. is a provider of price reporting agency (“PRA”) for the global forest products market. Its product suite consists of pricing data, mill intelligence and analytics as well as news, research and conferences covering the pulp, packaging, wood products, wood fibre and saw logs markets. Its price indices are critical to the daily business operations and trading activities of major paper and board, packaging and other forest-product companies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Delinian

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Media
Revenue 336M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Delinian is an international publishing, events and electronic information group, delivering business information to the finance, law, energy and transport sectors for over 35 years. Delinian was founded in 1969 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 28
Sector (Information Services) 7 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 7
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 14
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-15 Fastmarkets

London, United Kingdom

Fastmarkets is a provider of real-time metals market information. Fastmarkets is used by non-ferrous and precious metals traders and risk managers every day as an important workflow tool. Through its online platform, it provides over 120 proprietary price assessments, combined with exchange data including futures prices from the world’s largest commodity exchanges such as the LME and the CME. It provides coverage of non-ferrous physical premiums plus supporting treasury data supported by market commentary including webcasts directly from the LME floor. Fastmarkets’ respected service also delivers daily technical and fundamental reports to its users. Fastmarkets was founded in 1882 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy £13M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-30 Adhesion Group S.A.

Paris, France

Adhesion is a Paris-based exhibitions business, Its principal event, Vinisud, is the international showcase for Mediterranean wines, the world’s leading wine region, and it attracts around 1,650 exhibitors from countries around the Mediterranean.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom

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 8 of 9
Sector (Information Services) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 7 of 8
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2017) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS 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

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-15 TechInsights

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

TechInsights engages in the intellectual property and technology services market. The company has unparalleled capabilities in semiconductor reverse engineering, which is used to prove patent infringement and understand the technology behind everyday consumer electronics. Its customers, including the top ten semiconductor companies globally, rely on TechInsights' highly skilled engineers and technical abilities, as well as its proprietary database of technical intelligence. TechInsights' specialised workforce, proprietary equipment and extensive technical library create significant barriers to entry and reinforce its position as the specialist of choice to provide evidence of intellectual property use and competitive technical intelligence. TechInsights was founded in 1989 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Sell $50M