M&A Deal Summary

Wilmington Acquires Health Service Journal

On January 19, 2017, Wilmington acquired publishing company Health Service Journal from Ascential for 19M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wilmington’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Wilmington’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Wilmington’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-01-19
Target Health Service Journal
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Wilmington
Sellers(s) Ascential
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 19M GBP

Target

Health Service Journal

London, United Kingdom
Health Service Journal is a provider of information for both public and private health professionals.

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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 10 of 11
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 7
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-29 Evantage Consulting

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Evantage Consulting Ltd. is a provider of healthcare and pharmaceutical analytics solutions.

Buy £1M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-06 Astutis

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Astutis provides training for a range of globally recognised and regulated health, safety and environmental qualifications.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ascential

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Media
Employees700
Revenue 206M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Ascential is an international business-to-business media company with a focused portfolio of events and information services products. In Exhibitions & Festivals, It organized a large scale exhibition, congresses, and festivals where customers come together to form business relationships and transact. Ascential was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 10
Country (United Kingdom) 5 of 9
Year (2017) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-25 One Click Retail

Sandy, Utah, United States

One Click Retail LLC is an eCommerce data measurement, sales analytics and search optimization for brand manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-07 MediaLink

New York, New York, United States

MediaLink is a consulting and commercial services company that offers a competitive advantage through business consulting services to a wide range of companies ranging from early-stage to global consolidated entities in the media sector, advertising, technology, marketing, and entertainment. MediaLink was founded in 2003 and is based in New York City.

Buy -
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