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Ernst Klett Verlag Acquires FORUM Institut für Management

On October 8, 2008, Ernst Klett Verlag acquired education company FORUM Institut für Management from Springer

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ernst Klett Verlag’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Ernst Klett Verlag’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-10-08
Target FORUM Institut für Management
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Ernst Klett Verlag
Sellers(s) Springer
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

FORUM Institut für Management

Heidelberg, Germany
FORUM is a provider of European professional training institutes for specialists and managers in the business world. FORUM offers a broad range of seminars and conferences for various professional groups. Key segments are commercial law, company law, pharma, finance and accounting, IT, human resources and labor law as well as office management.

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Buyer

Ernst Klett Verlag

Stuttgart, Germany
Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH is a German-language publisher.

DEAL STATS #
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Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Springer

Heidelberg, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1842
Sector Publishing
Employees6,200
Revenue 875M EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Springer is a global publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical (STM) literature, publishing books, e-books, and peer-reviewed journals across various academic fields including science, humanities, and medicine. Springer was founded in 1842 and is based in Heidelberg, Germany.

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Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-07 BioMed Central Limited

London, United Kingdom

BMC is the largest open access provider in the world with over 180 peer-reviewed journals. BioMed Central’s flagship journals include Journal of Biology, BMC Biology, BMC Medicine, Malaria Journal, BMC Bioinformatics and Genome Biology.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-09 Wolters Kluwer NV - Pharma Marketing & Publishing Services Business

United States

Wolters Kluwer - Pharma Marketing & Publishing Services Business is a provider of strategic marketing, publishing, and business intelligence products and services to the pharmaceutical industry as well as to medical libraries and academic and research institutions. The sale represents approximately 35% of the company’s pharma-related assets in terms of revenue, with Adis and inScience Communications as the leading brands, and encompasses approximately 450 employees globally.

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