M&A Deal Summary

RELX Group Acquires ChoicePoint

On February 1, 2008, RELX Group acquired business services company ChoicePoint for 4.1B USD

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-02-01
Target ChoicePoint
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) RELX Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4.1B USD

Target

ChoicePoint

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
ChoicePoint is a provider of information services for the insurance industry.

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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 8 of 16
Sector (Business Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 12
State (Georgia) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 7 of 12
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-04 Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International

United States

Harcourt Assessment has an extensive catalogue of high quality research-based education and clinical assessment products for children and adults. Harcourt also publishes textbooks and online learning materials for teachers and students in primary and secondary schools and the vocational market.

Sell $950M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-01 EzGov

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EzGov, Inc. is a software company that enhances production and service through the delivery of e-government solutions.

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