M&A Deal Summary

Penguin Random House Acquires Grupo Santillana de Ediciones S.L.

On July 1, 2014, Penguin Random House acquired media company Grupo Santillana de Ediciones S.L.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Penguin Random House’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Penguin Random House’s 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-07-01
Target Grupo Santillana de Ediciones S.L.
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Penguin Random House
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Grupo Santillana de Ediciones S.L.

Tres Cantos, Spain
Santillana is the prime textbook and general-interest publishing group in Spain and Latin America, and the most prestigious publisher of literary works in Spanish.

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Buyer

Penguin Random House

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2013
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Penguin Random House is comprised of around 250 individual publishers on five continents, which publish more than 15,000 new books each year. The group’s renowned authors include John Grisham, Dan Brown, Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as Paula Hawkins. Last year, 585 of the publishing group’s titles made it onto the “New York Times” bestseller lists. More than 70 authors signed with Penguin Random House publishers have won the Nobel Prize.


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Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 6
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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