M&A Deal Summary

The Interpublic Group of Companies Acquires Delaney Lund Knox Warren

On June 28, 2010, The Interpublic Group of Companies acquired marketing company Delaney Lund Knox Warren from Unlimited for 40M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Interpublic Group of Companies’ 17th transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is The Interpublic Group of Companies’ 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is The Interpublic Group of Companies’ 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-06-28
Target Delaney Lund Knox Warren
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) The Interpublic Group of Companies
Sellers(s) Unlimited
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 40M USD
Advisor(s) Clarity Capital Partners Ltd. (Financial)

Target

Delaney Lund Knox Warren

London, United Kingdom
Delaney Lund Knox Warren (DLKW) is a full service advertising and public relations, to promotions and digital marketing campaigns.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Interpublic Group of Companies

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Marketing
Employees50,200
Revenue 10.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

The Interpublic Group of Companies provides advertising and marketing services worldwide. The Interpublic Group of Companies was founded in 1902 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 28
Sector (Marketing) 17 of 20
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 5
Year (2010) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-25 CUBOCC

Sao Paulo, Brazil

CUBOCC is an advertising and marketing services company. CUBOCC a creative advertising strategy and production capabilities across all forms of digital media.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-12 NAS Recruitment Communications

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

NAS Recruitment Communications a national recruitment advertising firm specializing in healthcare branding, technology, and media strategies for employers across a wide variety of industries, with a strong focus on hospital systems.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Unlimited

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Marketing
Revenue 108M GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Unlimited is a digital agency group that help clients grow their top line, win and retain customers, change behavior, transform their business digitally and stay ahead of the competition. The company uses a data-led approach combining human understanding with art and science to find the best way to accelerate growth for clients. The company deploys unexpected thinking, creativity, and innovation across our diverse collection of advertising, PR, media, content, CRM and digital transformation specialists before evaluating the effectiveness through advanced analytics, quant, and qualitative research. Unlimited is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-30 The Corkery Group

New York, New York, United States

The Corkery Group, Inc. is a New York based full service health and medical public relations company specialising in product and issues communications for the world's major health organisations. The Corkery Group's healthcare industry expertise spans scientific, policy and product communications, media relations, digital media, executive support and crisis management. Current clients include: American Society of Clinical Oncology, Gilead Sciences and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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