Add-on Acquisition • Marketing

Thomson Reuters Acquires Extel

On January 4, 1999, Thomson Reuters acquired marketing company Extel

Acquisition Context

This is Thomson Reuters’ 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
This is Thomson Reuters’ 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Fate

Extel was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2014.
Extel was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2018.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	January 4, 1999
Target	Extel
Sector	Marketing
Buyer(s)	Thomson Reuters
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Extel

London, United Kingdom

The Extel Survey began in 1974 with 53 asset management firms giving their views on the advice they were getting from their research analysts at stockbroking houses. Today Extel is the foremost independent evaluation of quality across the European equities investment industry. Widely valued expertise in Developed & Emerging Europe, Middle East, North Africa, and Frontier Markets, Extel provides valued insights on hot topics such as social responsibility, the impact of MiFID II and unbundling.

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Buyer

Thomson Reuters

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category	Company
Founded	1851
Sector	Information Services
Employees	25,600
Revenue	7.3B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.

Thomson Reuters is an information source for businesses and professionals, delivering information to decision-makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property, and science and media markets. Thomson Reuters was formed in 1851 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	4 of 59
Sector: Marketing	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition	4 of 51
Country: United Kingdom	2 of 13
Year: 1999	1 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
1996-03-01	Byggfakta Scandinavia AB Sweden Byggfakta Scandinavia AB is a provider of construction industry information with operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Estonia. Its customers included building material suppliers and manufacturers, contractors, house builders, and finance houses.	Sell	€11M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

1996-03-01

Byggfakta Scandinavia AB

Sweden

Byggfakta Scandinavia AB is a provider of construction industry information with operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Estonia. Its customers included building material suppliers and manufacturers, contractors, house builders, and finance houses.

Sell

€11M

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
1999-06-21	Macmillan Library Reference USA United States MLR includes imprints for Scribner's Reference, Macmillan Reference, Thorndike Press, Schirmer, Twayne Publishers, and G. K. Hall. It specializes in the humanities, social sciences, history, and natural sciences. Reference publications from MLR include literary criticism compilations from Twayne, and the Dictionary of American Biography, Dictionary of the Middle Ages, and the Dictionary of Scientific Biography from Scribner's.	Buy	$86M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

1999-06-21

Macmillan Library Reference USA

United States

MLR includes imprints for Scribner's Reference, Macmillan Reference, Thorndike Press, Schirmer, Twayne Publishers, and G. K. Hall. It specializes in the humanities, social sciences, history, and natural sciences. Reference publications from MLR include literary criticism compilations from Twayne, and the Dictionary of American Biography, Dictionary of the Middle Ages, and the Dictionary of Scientific Biography from Scribner's.

Buy

$86M

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