M&A Deal Summary

Elsevier BV Acquires Windhover Information

On March 10, 2008, Elsevier BV acquired information services company Windhover Information

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Elsevier BV’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Elsevier BV’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Elsevier BV’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-10
Target Windhover Information
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Elsevier BV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Windhover Information

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Windhover Information Inc. is a healthcare business intelligence company that provides analysis and commentary on healthcare business strategy, industry deal making, marketplace trends and medical start-ups.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Elsevier BV

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1880
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific information. The Company is based in Amsterdam with additional operations in the United Kingdom, US, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 29
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 26
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 20
Year (2008) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-22 Edra

Milan, Italy

Edra S.p.A. is an online publishing company provides e-pharma promotional services in the healthcare field.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-07 Professional Development Software

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Professional Development Software, Inc. is an online learning education products.

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Mergr

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