M&A Deal Summary

Pearson Acquires TQ Holdings

On October 17, 2011, Pearson acquired education company TQ Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pearson’s 8th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Pearson’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-10-17
Target TQ Holdings
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Pearson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Canaccord Genuity (Financial)

Target

TQ Holdings

Lockington, United Kingdom
TQ Holdings Ltd. (TQ Education and Training Li) provides vocational and technical education and training services to governments, institutions and corporations around the world.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 16 of 30
Sector: Education M&A 8 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 25
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2011 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-09 Stark Holding

Bremen, Germany

provider of education materials including test preparation resources for pupils and teachers. The company is widely recognised for its high quality products, particularly in Maths, German and English.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-29 GlobalEnglish

Brisbane, California, United States

GlobalEnglish Corp. is a provider of cloud-based software that teaches English to business users. GlobalEnglish was founded in 1997 and is based in Brisbane, California.

Buy $90M