M&A Deal Summary

IHS Acquires JOC Group

On December 10, 2014, IHS acquired information services company JOC Group from AXIO Data Group Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS’s 13th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is IHS’s 32nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is IHS’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-12-10
Target JOC Group
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) IHS
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

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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Buyer(S) 1

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 49 of 54
Sector (Information Services) 13 of 15
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 5
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 32 of 35
Year (2014) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-19 PacWest Consulting Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

PacWest Consulting Partners LLC is a company that provides information, market intelligence and strategic analysis to the upstream unconventional oil and gas industry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-16 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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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,830
DESCRIPTION

AXIO Data Group Holdings manages a portfolio of market major information businesses. Company serve customers in a range of sectors including: healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Company provide critical, often industry-standard, information and tools to help clients make high value decisions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 9
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 8
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-03 FOEX Indexes

Helsinki, Finland

FOEX Indexes Ltd is a specialised provider of audited, trade-mark registered pulp, paper, recovered paper and wood based bioenergy/biomass price indices. FOEX is based in Helsinki, Finland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-23 Breakbulk Events & Media

United States

Breakbulk Events & Media is a specialised logistics intelligence. Breakbulk's exhibitions, congresses, workshops and media products serve logistics executives working in the oil & gas, traditional / renewable power generation, mining and infrastructure / construction markets. The company hosts six annual events with over 14,000 paid attendees which bring together the world’s top breakbulk and project cargo logistics executives for education, strategy creation, business development and networking.

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