M&A Deal Summary

GlobalData Acquires Business Information Assets - Informa

On July 27, 2015, GlobalData acquired information services company Business Information Assets - Informa from Informa for 25M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GlobalData’s 5th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is GlobalData’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is GlobalData’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-07-27
Target Business Information Assets - Informa
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) GlobalData
Sellers(s) Informa
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 25M GBP

Target

Business Information Assets - Informa

Zug, Switzerland
Informa's business information assets consist of Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GlobalData

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Services
Employees3,532
Revenue 273M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

GlobalData is a provider of data and analysis for consumer, technology, and healthcare businesses. GlobalData was founded in 1999 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector (Information Services) 5 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 5
Country (Switzerland) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-08 Current Analysis

Sterling, Virginia, United States

Current Analysis, Inc. provides subscription based business intelligence services to the ICT industry.

Buy $20M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-08 MEED Media FZ

London, United Kingdom

MEED Media FZ LLC is a remarkable senior management media brand that encompasses a subscription website and magazine, more than 30 C-level executive conferences and summits hosted by MEED Events, the MEED Quality Awards for Projects and two high-value content businesses, MEED Projects and MEED Insight. MEED Projects is the Middle East’s premium project tracking database and MEED Insight offers tailored research and in-depth analysis.

Buy $18M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Informa

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Services
Employees11,475
Revenue 3.2B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Informa provides academics, businesses, and individuals with unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the minute information and highly specialist skills and services. With around 7,000 employees working in some 150 offices in over 40 countries, our global reach and breadth of offer is unique. Informa was founded in 1998 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 7
Country (Switzerland) 1 of 2
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-18 Hanley Wood Exhibitions

Irving, Texas, United States

Hanley Wood Exhibitions, Inc. provides media, event, and strategic marketing services in US.

Buy $375M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-26 Florida International Medical Exposition

Miami, Florida, United States

Florida International Medical Exposition is a medical technology conference and trade show.

Buy -
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