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RWS Holdings Acquires SDL

On August 27, 2020, RWS Holdings acquired software company SDL for 854M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RWS Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is RWS Holdings’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RWS Holdings’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-08-27
Target SDL
Sector Software
Buyer(s) RWS Holdings
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 854M GBP
Advisor(s) Rothschild Global Advisory (Financial)

Target

SDL

Maidenhead, United Kingdom
SDL is a global content management and language solutions. SDL helps companies build relevant digital experiences that deliver transformative business results on a global scale. SDL was founded in 1992 and is based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

RWS Holdings

Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1958
Sector Business Services
Employees9,403
Revenue 718M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

RWS Holdings is a provider of intellectual property support services. RWS Holdings was founded in 1958 and is based in Maidenhead, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-18 Moravia IT s.r.o.

Brno, Czech Republic

Moravia IT s.r.o. is a globalization solution provider, enabling companies in the information technology, e-learning, and life sciences industries to enter global markets with high quality multilingual products. Moravia's solutions include localization, product testing, internationalization, multilingual publishing, technical translation, content creation, machine translation, and workflow consulting. Our dedicated testing and engineering solutions help companies succeed with their software and hardware products globally through services including test development, linguistic and functional testing, test automation and software engineering. Moravia maintains global headquarters in the Czech Republic and North American headquarters in California, with local offices and production centers in Japan, China, Latin America, Ireland, USA and throughout Europe.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-23 Fonto Group

The Hague, Netherlands

Fonto Group is a developer of an authoring platform fully focused on (web-based) authoring and reviewing of structured content. Fonto Group was founded in 2011 and is based in The Hague, Netherlands.

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