M&A Deal Summary

Guidepoint Global Acquires Vista Research

On May 21, 2009, Guidepoint Global acquired business services company Vista Research from S&P Global for 14M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Guidepoint Global’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Guidepoint Global’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Guidepoint Global’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Guidepoint Global’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-05-21
Target Vista Research
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Guidepoint Global
Sellers(s) S&P Global
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 14M USD

Target

Vista Research

New York, New York, United States
Vista Research, Inc. is a pioneer in the expert network field supporting institutional money managers, corporations and legal and consulting firms. Vista Research provides its clients with an efficient and unique opportunity to gain direct insight into a particular company or industry by connecting its clients with members of the Society of Industry providers, a global network of experts and prominent industry professionals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Guidepoint Global

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Guidepoint Global is a primary market research network that delivers insight to business and investment professionals via on-demand interactions with a global network of over 200,000 industry and subject matter experts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2009) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-12 Innosquared

Düsseldorf, Germany

Innosquared GmbH helps thousands of professionals obtain reliable, robust, and up-to-date intelligence a year.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

S&P Global

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1860
Sector Information Services
Employees40,450
Revenue 12.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

S&P Global is a financial intelligence company providing the global capital and commodity markets with independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise risk solutions, and analytics. McGraw Hill's iconic brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power and McGraw Hill Construction. S&P Global was founded in 1860 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 12
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 11
State (New York) 1 of 6
Country (United States) 2 of 11
Year (2009) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-08 Healthcare Information Group

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Healthcare Information Group, comprises magazines The Physician and Sportsmedicine, Postgraduate Medicine and Healthcare Informatics, as well as a variety of healthcare information programs that serve the medical market.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-12 Bloomberg Businessweek

New York, New York, United States

Bloomberg Businessweek is a weekly business magazine.

Sell $37M
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