M&A Deal Summary

Informa Acquires Hanley Wood Exhibitions

On November 18, 2014, Informa acquired media company Hanley Wood Exhibitions from Hanley Wood for 375M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Informa’s 4th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Informa’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Informa’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Informa’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-11-18
Target Hanley Wood Exhibitions
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Informa
Sellers(s) Hanley Wood
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 375M USD

Target

Hanley Wood Exhibitions

Irving, Texas, United States
Hanley Wood Exhibitions, Inc. provides media, event, and strategic marketing services in US.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Informa

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Services
Employees11,475
Revenue 3.2B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Informa provides academics, businesses, and individuals with unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the minute information and highly specialist skills and services. With around 7,000 employees working in some 150 offices in over 40 countries, our global reach and breadth of offer is unique. Informa was founded in 1998 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 18
Sector (Media) 4 of 8
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 11
Year (2014) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-11 VIRGO Publishing

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

VIRGO Publishing LLC is an integrated business to business information services company delivering trade shows and conferences, print and electronic media, education and training, and value-added business services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-27 Business Information Assets - Informa

Zug, Switzerland

Informa's business information assets consist of Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict.

Sell £25M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Hanley Wood

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Hanley Wood is a media and information company serving the housing and commercial design and construction industries. Hanley Wood provides magazines and Web sites, marquee trade shows and events, market intelligence data and custom marketing solutions. Hanley Wood was founded in 1976 and is based in Washington. District of Columbia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-30 Spiderweb Publishing

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Spiderweb Publishing, Inc. is a publisher of creates magazines to inform readers about construction practices and high-performance buildings.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-02 Houseplans

Petaluma, California, United States

Houseplans LLC is an online destination for the purchase of ready-made house blueprints.

Buy -
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