M&A Deal Summary

Infobase Learning Acquires Vault.com

On September 25, 2007, Infobase Learning acquired digital media company Vault.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Infobase Learning’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Infobase Learning’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Infobase Learning’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-09-25
Target Vault.com
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Infobase Learning
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Vault.com

New York, New York, United States
Vault.com is a media company focused on careers. Vault offers online and print books, from the best-selling Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms to the Vault Guide to Schmoozing. Vault.com was formed in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City.

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Buyer

Infobase Learning

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1940
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Infobase Learning is a cloud-based subscription provider of digital educational content solutions to colleges and universities, K-12 schools, public libraries and enterprises. Product formats include books, eBooks, online databases, eLearning Modules, videos, and digital products under such well-known names as Facts On File, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Chelsea House, Bloom's Literary Criticism, World Almanac, and Ferguson Publishing. With thousands of titles and numerous award winners, Infobase provides students, librarians, and educators with authoritative, reliable resources supporting the curriculum across a wide variety of subject areas˜from history, science, and literature to careers, health, and social issues.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (New York) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2007) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-29 Films Media Group

Hamilton, New Jersey, United States

FMG is a source of educational video and multimedia programs for schools, colleges, libraries, the medical community, and other institutions. FMG offers more than 12,000 titles on a wide variety of topics, available in formats ranging from DVD to digital to VHS.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-01 World Almanac

New York, United States

The World Almanac is a reference book. Most notably, The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a best-selling American reference book with more than 80 million copies sold.

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