M&A Deal Summary

Experian Acquires Ireland Direct Communications

On September 13, 2004, Experian acquired internet software and services company Ireland Direct Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Experian’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Experian’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-09-13
Target Ireland Direct Communications
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Experian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ireland Direct Communications

Ireland
Ireland Direct Communications will operate as Experian's Marketing Services division in Ireland. With a client base consisting of blue-chip organisations, Ireland Direct Communications has gained the reputation as Ireland's premier provider of consumer data, lifestyle and demographic profiling services and database management solutions.

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Buyer

Experian

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1826
Sector Information Services
Employees23,300
Revenue 7.5B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Experian is a global information services group with operations in 40 countries. Experian was founded in 1826 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 66
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 24
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 57
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-02 ISL Intermediary Systems

United Kingdom

Intermediary Systems Ltd. (ISL) is a risk modelling consultancy and software supplier providing a comprehensive range of professional support services to insurers on all aspects of risk selection and risk management. With over 90 customer licences in place for its products and services, ISL is a high quality niche player and the market leader in the supply of data to assist general insurance risk pricing in the UK.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-10-05 QAS

London, United Kingdom

QAS' software products enable organisations to maintain accurate and up-to-date address information about their customers. When QAS' clients collect information from a customer, such as house number and postcode, QAS' software is then able to complete the customer's full and accurate address instantaneously. The software works across many channels, including call centres, the Internet and point of sale. QAS helps clients to reduce costs, improve customer service and increase the accuracy of data on their customers.

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