M&A Deal Summary

RELX Group Acquires LexisNexis

On October 5, 1994, RELX Group acquired information services company LexisNexis from Mead Data Central for 1.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is RELX Group’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1994-10-05
Target LexisNexis
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) RELX Group
Sellers(s) Mead Data Central
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.5B USD

Target

LexisNexis

New York, New York, United States
LexisNexis a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis was formed in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RELX Group

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1903
Sector Information Technology
Employees36,000
Revenue 9.2B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

RELX Group is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. Company leverage a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. RELX was founded in 1903 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 16
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 4
State (New York) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 12
Year (1994) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 8
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-06-23 Chilton Business Group

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

Chilton is a publisher of trade magazines. Other assets include the Professional Exposition Management Company, a tradeshow organizer and Chilton Research Services, which provides research services.

Buy $447M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Mead Data Central

Dayton, Ohio, United States
Category Company
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

Mead Data Central, Inc. is a provider of information services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (1994) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1977-01-01 LexisNexis

New York, New York, United States

LexisNexis a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis was formed in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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