M&A Deal Summary

Verisk Acquires Wood Mackenzie

On March 10, 2015, Verisk acquired information services company Wood Mackenzie for 1.9B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Verisk’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Verisk’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Verisk’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Wood Mackenzie was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-03-10
Target Wood Mackenzie
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Verisk
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.9B GBP
Advisor(s) Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking
Lazard Ltd. (Financial)
Dickson Minto W.S. (Legal)

Target

Wood Mackenzie

London, United Kingdom
website
Wood Mackenzie is a provider of commercial intelligence for the energy, metals, and mining industries, The company provides objective analysis and advice on assets, companies, and markets, giving clients the insight they need to make better strategic decisions. Wood Mackenzie was formed in 1973 and is based in London.

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Buyer

Verisk

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Information Technology
Employees8,960
Revenue 2.8B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Verisk is a source of information about risk.offer risk assessment services and decision analytics for professionals in many fields. property/casualty insurance, financial services, healthcare, government, human resources. Verisk was based in 1971 and is based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 38
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 34
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 11
Year (2015) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-08 Maplecroft.Net

Bath, United Kingdom

Maplecroft is a provider of global risk analytics and advisory services. The company’s expert country risk analysis, risk calculator, and mapping technologies are vital to the risk management processes of some of the world’s largest organizations. Its multi-award-winning Global Risks PortfolioTM has grown to encompass up to eight years of data, spanning 200 risk indices and more than 1,500 political, economic, societal, and environmental issues across 198 countries. The breadth of these analytics allows Maplecroft to identify current threats, emerging trends, and the risk trajectories of countries. This analysis also enables companies to assess, prioritize, and mitigate risk throughout their worldwide operations, investments, and supply chains.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-06 Infield Systems

London, United Kingdom

Infield Systems Ltd. is an energy research and analysis firm that provides accurate and up-to-date information, databases, research, market forecasts, mapping, commercial market due diligence, transaction support, business strategy, analysis, and intelligence to the global offshore oil, gas, renewable energy, and associated marine industries.

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