M&A Deal Summary

Pearson Education Acquires AGS Publishing

On June 23, 2005, Pearson Education acquired publishing company AGS Publishing from WRC Promoter for 270M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pearson Education’s 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Pearson Education’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Pearson Education’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Pearson Education’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-06-23
Target AGS Publishing
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Pearson Education
Sellers(s) WRC Promoter
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 270M USD

Target

AGS Publishing

Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States
AGS Publishing, publishes assessments and curriculum materials for US school psychologists, teachers and students. It has a particular focus on supporting students who are at-risk or performing below grade level, including those whose first language is not English.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Pearson Education

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Pearson Education is an education services company that provides assessment and training products and services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 13
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 4
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 6
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-16 Dominie Press

Carlsbad,, California, United States

Dominie Press, a independently owned supplemental publishing company serving the K-8 education market. Dominie Press currently publishes about 2,300 titles in a variety of niches, including K-8 leveled readers; research-based reading and writing assessment and oral language assessment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-17 Effective Educational Technologies

Cambridge,, Massachusetts, United States

Effective Educational Technologies, is a privately held company based in Cambridge, Mass., that developed the next-generation online assessment and tutorial programs MasteringPhysicsTM, MasteringGeneralChemistryTM, and MasteringAstronomyTM.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

WRC Promoter

Munich,, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

WRC Promoter GmbH organizes motorsport competitions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
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