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TNS Group Holdings Acquires Sinotrust Market Research Co.

On May 13, 2013, TNS Group Holdings acquired media company Sinotrust Market Research Co. from Experian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TNS Group Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is TNS Group Holdings’ 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-05-13
Target Sinotrust Market Research Co.
Sector Media
Buyer(s) TNS Group Holdings
Sellers(s) Experian
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Sinotrust Market Research Co.

Beijing, China
Sinotrust provides business information, market research, consulting and database marketing services to both foreign multinationals and local companies operating in China. Sinotrust helps clients in the automotive, banking, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, technology and retail sectors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TNS Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Media
Employees15,200
DESCRIPTION

TNS Group, ranked #2 worldwide in marketing information. TNS Media Intelligence monitors 3 million brands worldwide across a multitude of media, including TV, radio, print, Internet, cinema and outdoor. The company offers a full range of insights and analyses, including the tracking of advertising expenditures and advertising creative, as well as news monitoring and sports sponsorship evaluation.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-06 Cymfony

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Cymfony, Inc. provides custom information extraction and analysis solutions for marketing and public relations companies, and U.S. government and intelligence agencies.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-29 TNS Ocean Lines Pte

Singapore, Singapore

TNS Ocean Lines (S) Pte Ltd. is a shipping company. TNSO provides a wide array of services locally within the Port's Container Terminals & Multi Purposes Terminal and worldwide freight & logistics service provider through an integrated network of well-established agents and partners.

Sell S$9M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Experian

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1826
Sector Information Services
Employees23,300
Revenue 7.5B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Experian is a global information services group with operations in 40 countries. Experian was founded in 1826 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-03 Decisioning Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Decisioning Solutions provides SaaS solutions to small and mid-tier companies, including financial institutions and telecommunication companies in the US and Canada, to manage their customer acquisitions and loan originations. Decisioning Solutions’ products are multi-lingual and easily deployed to different geographies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-01 The 41st Parameter

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

The 41st Parameter, Inc. offers FraudNet, a software solution that helps to identify and reduce fraud losses over the Internet.

Buy $324M
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