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Pearson Acquires Grupo Multi Holding

On December 3, 2013, Pearson acquired education company Grupo Multi Holding for 505M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pearson’s 10th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Pearson’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Pearson’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-12-03
Target Grupo Multi Holding
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Pearson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 505M GBP

Target

Grupo Multi Holding

Campinas, Brazil
Grupo Multi is the largest provider of private language schools in Brazil serving over 800,000 students across more than 2,600 franchised schools. It primarily delivers English language courses through a range of school brands including Wizard, Yazigi, Microlins and Skill.

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Buyer

Pearson

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1844
Sector Publishing
Employees17,116
Revenue 3.6B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Pearson office in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Pearson office in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Pearson is a multinational publishing and education company. Pearson combines educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. Pearson was founded in 1844 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 30
Sector: Education M&A 10 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 25
Country: Brazil M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 17
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-29 Acuris

London, United Kingdom

Acuris is a provider of global corporate financial news, intelligence, and analysis to advisory firms, investments banks, law firms, hedge funds, private equity firms and corporations operating in 65 countries. Acuris was formed in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-21 Family Education Network

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

FamilyEducation Network (FEN), the largest home-school community on the web.

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