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ToxPlanet Acquires Expert Publishing

On June 9, 2015, ToxPlanet acquired information services company Expert Publishing from EBSCO

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ToxPlanet’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is ToxPlanet’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is ToxPlanet’s 1st transaction in North Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-06-09
Target Expert Publishing
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) ToxPlanet
Sellers(s) EBSCO
Deal Type Divestiture

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Expert Publishing

Huntersville, North Carolina, United States
Expert Publishing aggregates and optimizes chemical hazard and toxicology information.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ToxPlanet

Cornelius, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

ToxPlanet is a developer of software as a service (SaaS) analytical, intelligence, regulatory, and decision-support solutions designed to address the spectrum of information and decision-support needs for toxicology, product stewardship, and chemical safety professionals.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: North Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1

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SELLER

EBSCO

Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

EBSCO offers resources for libraries including EBSCONET, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and EBSCOhost, a for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and nearly 450,000 e-books plus subscription management services for more than 360,000 unique titles including more than 57,000 online titles. EBSCO was founded in 1984 and is based in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: North Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-16 LearningExpress

New York, New York, United States

LearningExpress LLC is an educational technology company involved in developing eLearning tools for workplace, professional, and academic development needs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-01 The Co-info Subscription Management Divisions

Australia

The Co-info Subscription Management Division is a supplier of journals from publishers worldwide for the academic, library and professional markets.

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