M&A Deal Summary

Platts Acquires BENTEK Energy

On January 3, 2011, Platts acquired information services company BENTEK Energy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Platts’ 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Platts’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Platts’ 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-01-03
Target BENTEK Energy
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Platts
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BENTEK Energy

Denver, Colorado, United States
BENTEK Energy LLC, a energy market analytics company. BENTEK offers a comprehensive portfolio of data, information and analytics products in the natural gas and liquids sector. Its customers include the majority of the top firms in the energy industry, including independent producers, pipeline companies, and utilities, as well as industry regulators, financial institutions, and the largest energy hedge funds.

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Buyer

Platts

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

Platts is a provider of energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture information, and a premier source of benchmark price assessments for those commodity markets. Since 1909, Platts has provided information and insights that help customers make trading and business decisions and enable the markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 8
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2011) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-05-13 CBI Research - Energy Conference Business

United States

CBI's energy division produces over 30 conferences for the energy industry each year.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-01 Steel Business Briefing

London, United Kingdom

Steel Business Briefing Ltd., is a provider of news, pricing and analytics to the global steel market. The SBB Group provides subscription-based, electronic products to the steel industry and its participants through two principal businesses, Steel Business Briefing (SBB) and The Steel Index (TSI).

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