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Thomson Reuters Acquires Extel

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

Acquisition Highlights
  • 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.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-01-04
Target Extel
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Thomson Reuters
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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
Employees25,600
Revenue 7.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.
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 STATS #
Overall 4 of 59
Sector: Marketing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 51
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 13
Year: 1999 M&A 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
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
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