M&A Deal Summary

IHS Acquires Infonetics Research

On December 16, 2014, IHS acquired information technology company Infonetics Research

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is IHS’s 33rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is IHS’s 5th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-12-16
Target Infonetics Research
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) IHS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Infonetics Research

Campbell, California, United States
Infonetics Research, Inc. is an international market research firm that serves the global communications market. Infonetics Research provides market intelligence on equipment, software and services to clients in more than 20 countries. Its intelligence services span 21 markets across the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) space, including cybersecurity, core and transport networking, broadband, mobile, digital TV, data center, cloud, the Internet of Things, and others.

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Buyer

IHS

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Information Technology
Employees9,000
Revenue 2.2B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

IHS is a source of insight, analytics and expertise in critical areas that shape today’s business landscape. Businesses and governments rely on the content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS was established in 1959 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 54
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 46 of 49
State: California M&A 5 of 5
Country: United States M&A 33 of 35
Year: 2014 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-10 JOC Group

Newark, New Jersey, United States

JOC Group, Inc. is a provider of global intelligence for trade, transportation and logistics professionals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-05 Rushmore Reviews

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Rushmore Reviews Ltd. is a premier provider of quality-controlled offset well data services to exploration and production operators. It maintains a database of 70,000 proprietary wells coverage for onshore and offshore drilling globally.

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