M&A Deal Summary

Informa Acquires Tarsus

On March 9, 2023, Informa acquired media company Tarsus from Charterhouse Capital Partners for 940M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Informa’s 7th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Informa’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Informa’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-03-09
Target Tarsus
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Informa
Sellers(s) Charterhouse Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 940M USD

Target

Tarsus

London, United Kingdom
Tarsus is a media pure-play B2B exhibitions company with trade shows across the Americas, Asia, and EMEA. Founded in 1998, Tarsus operates a highly diversified portfolio of over 160 world-class exhibitions and events covering 20 industries in 17 different countries. Key verticals for the business include aviation, medical, labels and packaging, travel, housewares and automotive. Flagship brands include Labelexpo, Connect, and the Dubai Airshow, among others. Tarsus was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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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 17 of 18
Sector (Media) 7 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 14
Country (United Kingdom) 5 of 5
Year (2023) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-04 Lloyd s List Intelligence

London, United Kingdom

Lloyd's List Intelligence is a provider of maritime data and intelligence, widely used across the shipping ecosystem, extending to the finance, legal, academic, insurance, and government sectors. Lloyd's List Intelligence was founded in 1972 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-05-18 Winsight

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Winsight is a provider of actionable information, market intelligence, professional events, and media to the global restaurant, noncommercial foodservice, and convenience retail industries. The Company offers a multi-channel portfolio of brands across research, data and analytics, events, magazines, web sites, e-newsletters, and content marketing solutions. Winsight is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Buy $380M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Charterhouse Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1934
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Charterhouse Capital Partners is a large private equity firm specializing in buyouts of European industrial and commercial service companies. The Firm primarily seeks opportunities in Western Europe and the UK. Charterhouse focuses on profitable companies led by experienced management valued from €200 million to €1.5 billion. Specific areas of interest include business services, chemicals, engineering, leisure, transport and logistics. Charterhouse Capital Partners was formed in 1934 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 33
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 16 of 16
Year (2023) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-28 Kids&Us

Manresa, Spain

Kids&Us provides English language teaching to over 170,000 students via more than 550 centers located mainly in Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Mexico and Japan. Kids&Us was founded in 2003 and is based in Manresa, Spain.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-24 France Valley

Paris, France

France Valley is a specialist alternative asset manager in Forestry and Real Assets. The company offers two main investment solutions - investment funds in Natural Assets (forest and vineyards) and funds investing in SCPI real estate usufruct, a specialist structured real estate leasehold product - to a diversified investor base comprising institutional investors, individual investors via wealth management advisors, private banks and family offices. France Valley was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, France.

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