M&A Deal Summary

Wilmington Acquires Compliance Week

On August 16, 2013, Wilmington acquired digital media company Compliance Week from Haymarket Media for 11M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wilmington’s 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Wilmington’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Wilmington’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Wilmington’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-08-16
Target Compliance Week
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Wilmington
Sellers(s) Haymarket Media
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 11M USD

Target

Compliance Week

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Compliance Week, Inc. is a provider of governance , risk and compliance ("GRC") information and events for public companies and large enterprises primarily in the US.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Wilmington

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Business Services
Employees1,000
Revenue 123M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Wilmington is a provider of risk & compliance, finance, legal, and insight solutions. Wilmington businesses enable professionals and their organisations to perform better by providing quality, relevant and reliable information, education and networking. Wilmington was founded in 1995 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 11
Sector (Digital Media) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2013) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-04 Inese S.L.

Madrid, Spain

Inese S.L. is a provider of information and events to the insurance industry. Inese provides language subscription based publications, online services for the Spanish Insurance Industry along with a number of annual events including the industry congress; "Insurance Week".

Buy €1M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-07 Financial Research Associates

Capitola, California, United States

Financial Research Associates LLC is a conference and networking provider of specialist events in healthcare and finance.

Buy $21M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Haymarket Media

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Haymarket Media, Inc. is a provider of specialist content for international audiences. The company has 72 brands in 20 offices across six countries, connecting people and communities across digital, mobile, print and live media. Haymarket’s brands include Stuff, FourFourTwo, What Car?, PistonHeads, Campaign, PRWeek, MyCME and Finance Asia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 4
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2013) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-30 Nursery World

London, United Kingdom

Nursery World Ltd. is a weekly magazine publisher.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-03 Group DCA

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Group DCA LLC is a privately held interactive digital communications agency serving biopharmaceutical companies.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

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