M&A Deal Summary

GP Strategies Acquires Option Six

On December 4, 2009, GP Strategies acquired education company Option Six

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GP Strategies’ 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is GP Strategies’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is GP Strategies’ 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-12-04
Target Option Six
Sector Education
Buyer(s) GP Strategies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Option Six

Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Option Six, Inc. is a provider of custom courseware development with expertise in the software and pharmaceutical industries. Company provides blended learning courseware development and is known for consistently producing effective and engaging results. With close to ten years of custom courseware development experience, Option Six has a reputation for exceptional customer satisfaction.

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Buyer

GP Strategies

Columbia, Maryland, United States
Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Education
Employees4,343
Revenue 473M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

GP Strategies is a global performance improvement solutions provider of sales and technical training, eLearning solutions, management consulting, and engineering services. GP Strategies' solutions improve the effectiveness of organizations by delivering innovative and superior training, consulting, and business improvement services, customized to meet the specific needs of its clients. GP Strategies was founded in 1959 and is based in Columbia, Maryland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 18
Sector (Education) 1 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 17
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 6
Year (2009) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-15 Beneast Training

Altrincham, United Kingdom

Beneast Training Ltd. is an independent training provider located in the United Kingdom. Beneast is a Grade 2 ‘Good’ provider of training as determined by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), the UK regulator of government funded training providers. Beneast provides apprenticeship and foundation learning programs to over 2,000 learners at any one time in the following occupational areas: business administration & technology, customer service, retail & commercial enterprise, management & professional, health & social care and early years childcare.

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