M&A Deal Summary

Roularta Media Group Acquires Landleven

On September 12, 2017, Roularta Media Group acquired publishing company Landleven from RELX Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Roularta Media Group’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Roularta Media Group’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-09-12
Target Landleven
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Roularta Media Group
Sellers(s) RELX Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Landleven

Netherlands
Landleven is a multimedia brand that targets the large audience of people residing and living in rural areas. It reaches this community among others through the monthly magazine Landleven. The magazine has been in existence for 20 years and enjoys a sold circulation of 112,000 copies, 96,000 of which are subscriptions. It has 681,000 readers.

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Buyer

Roularta Media Group

Roeselare, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Publishing
Employees1,224
Revenue 320M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Roularta Media Group is a multimedia group that provides radio and television, news websites, magazines (general, business, sports and news weekly magazines, lifestyle and b2b magazines in Dutch and French) and local media in Flanders (free newspapers throughout Flanders with Deze Week on Wednesday and De Zondag on Sunday, the free lifestyle magazine Steps, online classifieds, web marketing and e-commerce solutions). Roularta Media Group was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Roeselare, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Montrouge, France

Bayard Presse SA is a press and publishing company having various media outlets both in its native France and abroad. Its core publications market comes from the children's sector. The main markets are France, Spain, and China, but Bayard also has a substantial presence in Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company focuses on publications about youth, religion, seniors, and nature.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

RELX Group

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1903
Sector Information Technology
Employees34,580
Revenue 9.4B GBP (2024)
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 9 of 9
Sector: Publishing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
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ThreatMetrix, Inc. is a provider of integrated cyber crime prevention software solutions for websites in diverse sectors. ThreatMetrix was founded in 2005 and is based in San Jose, California.

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