M&A Deal Summary

ToxPlanet Acquires Expert Publishing

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

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 Information Services
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

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) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EBSCO Information Services

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

EBSCO Information Services offers resources for libraries including EBSCONET, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and EBSCOhost, the world's premier 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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2015) 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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