M&A Deal Summary

EBSCO Acquires The Co-info Subscription Management Divisions

On June 1, 2016, EBSCO acquired publishing company The Co-info Subscription Management Divisions from The Co-ops

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EBSCO’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is EBSCO’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-06-01
Target The Co-info Subscription Management Divisions
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) EBSCO
Sellers(s) The Co-ops
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

The Co-info Subscription Management Divisions

Australia
The Co-info Subscription Management Division is a supplier of journals from publishers worldwide for the academic, library and professional markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EBSCO

Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

EBSCO offers resources for libraries including EBSCONET, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and EBSCOhost, a for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and nearly 450,000 e-books plus subscription management services for more than 360,000 unique titles including more than 57,000 online titles. EBSCO was founded in 1984 and is based in Ipswich, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 9
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-09 Expert Publishing

Huntersville, North Carolina, United States

Expert Publishing aggregates and optimizes chemical hazard and toxicology information.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-02 Plum Analytics

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Plum Analytics, Inc. is an altmetrics provider offering metrics about articles that tracks all research output in any form, providing a powerful tool that augments traditional metrics.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Co-ops

Surry Hills, Australia

Category Company
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

The Co-op is a retailer involved in providing books, clothing, lifestyle, games & more.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1