M&A Deal Summary

RELX Group Acquires Chilton Business Group

On June 23, 1997, RELX Group acquired information services company Chilton Business Group from ABC for 447M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RELX Group’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is RELX Group’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RELX Group’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is RELX Group’s 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1997-06-23
Target Chilton Business Group
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) RELX Group
Sellers(s) ABC
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 447M USD

Target

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.

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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 2 of 16
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 12
Year (1997) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-10-05 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.

Buy $1.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-06 IPC

United Kingdom

IPC Ltd. is a publisher of consumer magazines in the UK, published 67 titles in 26 market sectors including women's weeklies, home interest, fashion and TV weeklies.

Sell £860M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ABC

Burbank, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

The Disney/ABC Television Group is composed of The Walt Disney Company’s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations, and radio and publishing businesses. This includes ABC Entertainment Group, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, Disney Channels Worldwide, ABC Family, and SOAPnet, as well as Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (1997) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1984-09-12 ESPN

Bristol, Connecticut, United States

ESPN, Inc. operates as a multimedia sports entertainment company around the world.

Sell -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal