Add-on Acquisition • Internet Software and Services

Wolters Kluwer Acquires CPE Link

On June 1, 2016, Wolters Kluwer acquired internet software and services company CPE Link

Acquisition Context

This is Wolters Kluwer’s 8th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
This is Wolters Kluwer’s 22nd transaction in the United States.
This is Wolters Kluwer’s 4th transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	June 1, 2016
Target	CPE Link
Sector	Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s)	Wolters Kluwer
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

CPE Link

San Jose, California, United States

CPE Link is an online provider of continuing professional education (CPE) for accountants, tax preparers, and financial advisors. Through its proprietary web-based learning management system (LMS), CPE Link offers an easy way for today's practitioners to meet all their mandatory CPE requirements and keep up with the latest industry changes via live webcasts, and multi-media, mobile friendly on-demand courses.

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Buyer

Wolters Kluwer

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

Category	Company
Founded	1836
Sector	Information Services
Employees	21,467
Revenue	5.9B EUR (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Wolters Kluwer is a global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer was founded in 1836 and is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	43 of 64
Sector: Internet Software and Services	8 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition	36 of 55
State: California	4 of 4
Country: United States	22 of 32
Year: 2016	3 of 6

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2016-04-15	Macmillan Learning - Adaptive Learning Technology Platform New York, New York, United States Macmillan Learning - Adaptive Learning Technology Platform that powers the PrepU quizzing tool for nursing education, more than 700 million questions have been answered in the PrepU solution assisting students with their exam preparation for professional licensure.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2016-04-15

Macmillan Learning - Adaptive Learning Technology Platform

New York, New York, United States

Macmillan Learning - Adaptive Learning Technology Platform that powers the PrepU quizzing tool for nursing education, more than 700 million questions have been answered in the PrepU solution assisting students with their exam preparation for professional licensure.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2016-07-01	Enablon SA Courbevoie, France Enablon SA is a global provider of environmental, health, safety and sustainability and operational risk management software and SaaS solutions, serving major corporations worldwide across a range of industries.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2016-07-01

Enablon SA

Courbevoie, France

Enablon SA is a global provider of environmental, health, safety and sustainability and operational risk management software and SaaS solutions, serving major corporations worldwide across a range of industries.

Buy

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