M&A Deal Summary

Informa Acquires Winsight

On May 18, 2023, Informa acquired media company Winsight from Pamlico Capital for 380M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Informa’s 8th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Informa’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Informa’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Informa’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-05-18
Target Winsight
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Informa
Sellers(s) Pamlico Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 380M USD

Target

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.

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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 18 of 18
Sector (Media) 8 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 14
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 11
Year (2023) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-09 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.

Buy $940M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-10 Informa - Digital Businesses

London, United Kingdom

Informa's Digital Businesses consists of a variety of digital B2B services. These include strategy, messaging and content development to in-market activation via brand, demand generation, purchase intent data and sales enablement.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pamlico Capital

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 3.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Pamlico Capital is a private equity group focused on mid-sized transactions. Pamlico looks to invest $25 to $125 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include business and technology services, consumer products/services, industrial, energy, financial services, healthcare, media, and communications. Pamlico will consider both minority and majority positions. Prospective transactions include management or leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, mezzanine, and special situations. Pamlico was formerly known as Wachovia Capital Partners. The Firm was originally formed in 1988 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 61
Sector (Media) 5 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 30 of 32
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 56 of 59
Year (2023) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-13 InRule

Chicago, Illinois, United States

InRule is a decision management platform and business rules management system (BRMS). InRule enables enterprises to understand and automate decisions with unparalleled speed, agility, accuracy, and transparency. InRule was founded in 2002 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-10-03 TRG Screen

New York, New York, United States

TRG Screen is a provider of software used to monitor and manage subscription spend and usage across the entire enterprise. TRG Screen’s clients realize immediate ROI and significant long-term cost savings, transparency into their purchased subscriptions, improvements of their workflows and a higher degree of compliance with their vendor contracts. TRG Screen was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.

Sell -
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