UK-based publishing and conference company
Informa plc
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Company type
| Public limited company
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| LSE
:
INF
FTSE 100 Component
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Industry
| Publishing
,
business intelligence
,
global exhibitions
,
Events
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Predecessors
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Founded
| December 1998
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Headquarters
| London
, England, UK
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Number of locations
| 150 offices
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Area served
| 43+ countries worldwide
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Key people
| Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
(CEO)
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Services
| Specialist information,
scholarly research
,
electronic publishing
,
event management
,
exhibitions
,
business intelligence
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Revenue
| £
3,189.6 million (2023)
[1]
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| £
853.8 million (2023)
[1]
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| £
462.7 million (2023)
[1]
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Number of employees
| 11,000 (2024)
[2]
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Divisions
| Informa Connect, Informa Markets, Informa Tech,
Taylor & Francis
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Website
| informa
.com
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Informa plc
is a British
publishing
,
business intelligence
, and
exhibitions
group based in
London
, England. It is listed on the
London Stock Exchange
and is a constituent of the
FTSE 100 Index
.
It has offices in 43 countries and around 11,000 employees. Informa owns numerous brands including
CRC Press
, Fan Expo HQ,
Game Developers Conference
,
Routledge
, and
Taylor & Francis
.
Informa acquired
UBM
in June 2018 as part of its strategy to expand in North America and Asia.
[3]
[4]
History
[
edit
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Informa itself was created in 1998 by the merger of IBC Group plc and LLP Group plc.
[5]
Since then Informa has expanded considerably, including a 2004 merger with the publishing company Taylor & Francis and a 2005 acquisition of IIR Holdings, a human capital development company, for £768 million.
[6]
[7]
In October 2006, the company was approached by
Springer Science and Business Media
in a takeover bid,
[8]
but in early November the Informa board rejected the 630p per share offer as too low.
[9]
In early 2007, chairman Richard Hooper announced his retirement in May and, after consulting with major shareholders, the company moved chief executive Peter Rigby to chairman, and managing director David Gilbertson to Rigby's former post. Informa explained Rigby's move by the need to maintain management stability, although it generated some controversy because it did not follow the advice of the UK's Combined Code on
Corporate Governance
.
[6]
[10]
On 8 June 2008,
The Sunday Telegraph
revealed that
United Business Media
(UBM) had proposed a merger with Informa to create a media group worth over £3 billion.
[11]
The talks were confirmed by Informa in a press release that same day, but described as "preliminary".
[12]
[13]
Previously on 13 May
The Times
had reported that the
Carlyle Group
and
Apax Partners
were considering bidding for the company.
[14]
On 17 June talks with UBM ended because of the rapid rise in Informa's stock price after the public disclosure of the potential merger.
[15]
On 26 June a private equity consortium consisting of
Providence Equity Partners
, the
Carlyle Group
and
Hellman & Friedman
proposed a takeover bid offering 506 pence per share.
[16]
In May 2009 the company announced that it would restructure its business to be incorporated in
Jersey
but tax resident in Switzerland.
[17]
The discontinued domain Informaworld provided subscribers with more than half a million journal articles and 13,000 e-books from all its imprints.
[18]
In June 2011 the journals and e-books transferred to a new website, Taylor & Francis Online. Abstracting and indexing databases and bibliographic databases were to move from Informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online at a later date.
[19]
In July 2013, the company announced that Peter Rigby would retire at the end of 2013 to be replaced as CEO by
Stephen Carter
.
[20]
Also in 2013, Informa acquired the Canadian company Hobby Star Marketing, who ran the
Fan Expo Canada
and
Toronto Comicon
comic book conventions
. Informa has since acquired other conventions and placed them under the auspices of their Fan Expo HQ brand, including
Dallas Comic Con
and
MegaCon
.
[21]
[22]
[23]
In December 2013, Informa acquired the assets of Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI) from
Reed Elsevier
. The EBI business unit includes such publications as The Pink Sheet, The Gray Sheet, IN VIVO, Start-Up, and the Strategic Transactions database along with a series of notable conferences. The EBI assets combined with Scrip, Datamonitor and several other publications formed the newly created Pharma Intelligence division of Informa Business Information.
[24]
In January 2014, Carter became CEO of Informa plc.
[25]
In September 2017, Informa announced that it would be acquiring Dove Medical Press.
[26]
In January 2018, Informa announced its intent to acquire
UBM plc
.
[27]
The transaction was completed in June 2018.
[28]
In 2019, Informa sold the former UBM Life Sciences to MJH Associates.
[29]
Later in 2019, Informa traded it Agriculture Intelligence unit to
IHS Markit
in exchange for most of IHS Markit's Technology, Media and Telecoms division.
[30]
Also in 2019, Informa sold the former Penton design & engineering, manufacturing, energy, buildings, and commercial vehicle divisions, and the former UBM Automotive, to Endeavor Business Media.
[31]
In February 2020, Informa launched Omdia by consolidating its portfolio of market analyst companies,
Ovum Ltd
, Heavy Reading, Tractica, and the majority of
IHS Markit
's technology, media and telecommunications research business, into a unified brand. The combined research offering includes more than 400 analysts and consultants covering 150 technology markets. Collectively, Omdia issues over 3,000 research reports annually.
[32]
In February 2022, Informa sold its Informa Pharma Intelligence unit to investment fund,
Warburg Pincus
for $2.6 billion.
[33]
It also sold
Lloyd's List
and EPFR to
Montagu Private Equity
in 2022.
[34]
In March 2023, in a cash and shares deal, Informa acquired the Irish Tarsus Group from
Charterhouse Capital Partners
for a reported GBP 790m.
[35]
[36]
[37]
Operations
[
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]
Informa is organized into four operating divisions: Informa Connect, Informa Markets, Informa Tech, and
Taylor & Francis
.
[38]
In June 2021,
John Rishton
was appointed as chairman, replacing Derek Mapp.
[39]
Brands
[
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]
Informa owns numerous brands including
CRC Press
, Fan Expo HQ,
Game Developers Conference
,
Routledge
, and
Taylor & Francis
. Retired and consolidated brands include
Institute for International Research
,
Ovum Ltd
,
Penton
,
The Public Ledger
, and
UBM
.
Informa Connect
[
edit
]
Informa Markets
[
edit
]
Informa Tech
[
edit
]
Taylor & Francis
[
edit
]
References
[
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a
b
c
"Preliminary Results 2023"
(PDF)
. Informa
. Retrieved
8 March
2024
.
- ^
"About us"
. Informa
. Retrieved
11 February
2024
.
- ^
Fildes, Nic (15 September 2016).
"Informa acquires US events and publishing rival for £1.2bn"
.
Financial Times
. FT.
Archived
from the original on 19 February 2020
. Retrieved
19 February
2020
.
- ^
Nilsson, Patricia (7 March 2019).
"Informa sales climb after £4bn UBM takeover"
.
Financial Times
. FT.
Archived
from the original on 19 February 2020
. Retrieved
19 February
2020
.
- ^
"LLP links with IBC in pounds 300m business group"
.
The Independent
. 20 November 1998
. Retrieved
29 April
2023
.
- ^
a
b
"ROUNDUP Informa names new chairman, CEO after FY profits soar"
.
Forbes
. 14 March 2007
. Retrieved
31 December
2007
.
[
dead link
]
- ^
"T&F Informa buys conferences group Institute for International Research for 768 mln stg"
.
Forbes
. 1 June 2007. Archived from
the original
on 21 November 2008
. Retrieved
31 December
2007
.
- ^
Kundnani, Hans (19 October 2006).
"Springer Science & Business Media launches bid for Informa"
.
The Guardian
. London.
Archived
from the original on 4 October 2013
. Retrieved
30 December
2007
.
- ^
"Informa rejects Springer bid"
.
AFX News Limited
. 3 November 2006
. Retrieved
30 December
2007
.
[
dead link
]
- ^
"Informa unveils new CEO, chairman as 2006 results top forecasts"
.
Forbes
. 14 March 2006
. Retrieved
30 December
2007
.
[
dead link
]
- ^
Harrington, Ben; Kleinman, Mark (8 June 2008).
"Media giants United Business Media and Informa open talks on £3bn merger"
.
The Sunday Telegraph
. London. Archived from
the original
on 13 June 2008
. Retrieved
8 June
2008
.
- ^
"Statement Regarding Press Speculation"
. Informa. 8 June 2008
. Retrieved
8 June
2008
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ^
"UBM and Informa confirm merger talks"
.
The Guardian
. London. 9 June 2008.
Archived
from the original on 8 July 2015
. Retrieved
18 July
2013
.
- ^
Andrews, Amanda; Kennedy, Siobhan (13 May 2008).
"Informa garners attention of private equity"
.
The Times
. London.
Archived
from the original on 9 July 2008
. Retrieved
8 June
2008
.
- ^
Arnott, Sarah (18 June 2008).
"Cash approach for Informa as merger talks end with UBM"
.
The Independent
. London.
Archived
from the original on 19 June 2008
. Retrieved
7 July
2008
.
- ^
Thiel, Simon; Sabine Pirone (2 July 2008).
"Informa Rises on $4.29 Billion Private-Equity Offer"
. Bloomberg
. Retrieved
7 July
2008
.
- ^
Kollewe, Julia (1 May 2009).
"Publishing firm Informa blames budget for tax switch"
.
The Guardian
. London.
Archived
from the original on 8 July 2015
. Retrieved
4 May
2009
.
- ^
Griffin, Daniel (December 2006). "Single vision of the world at Informa".
Information World Review
(230): 2.
- ^
"Taylor & Francis Online ? FAQs"
(PDF)
. Taylor & Francis Group. 2011. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 9 May 2013
. Retrieved
23 September
2012
.
- ^
"Informa announces retirement of Peter Rigby and appointment of Stephen Carter"
. 10 July 2013. Archived from
the original
on 16 August 2013
. Retrieved
10 July
2013
.
- ^
"Dallas Comic Con Gets a New Owner and Home"
.
Dallas Observer
. 18 February 2014.
Archived
from the original on 4 March 2016
. Retrieved
24 February
2016
.
- ^
Dineen, Caitlin (7 April 2015).
"Orlando's MegaCon sold to Informa"
.
Orlando Sentinel
.
Archived
from the original on 8 April 2015
. Retrieved
9 April
2015
.
- ^
Mantei, Shelley (9 April 2015).
"Informa Exhibitions Expands Pop Culture Convention Portfolio With MegaCon Orlando"
(PDF)
(Press release). Orlando, Florida: FAN EXPO HQ.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on 4 March 2016
. Retrieved
9 April
2015
.
- ^
"Informa Acquires Elsevier Business Intelligence"
. 9 December 2013.
Archived
from the original on 12 December 2013
. Retrieved
9 December
2013
.
- ^
"Informa Confirms Stephen Carter To Be CEO, Effective Jan. 1 ? Update"
. RTT News. 31 December 2013.
Archived
from the original on 14 July 2014
. Retrieved
2 July
2014
.
- ^
"Informa acquires Dove Medical Press, AA appoints Simon Breakwell as permanent chief executive"
.
BOLSAMANIA
.
Archived
from the original on 12 October 2017
. Retrieved
12 October
2017
.
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Garrahan, Matthew; Pfeifer, Sylvia (16 January 2018).
"Informa to buy exhibitions rival UBM for £4bn"
.
Financial Times
.
Archived
from the original on 16 June 2018
. Retrieved
1 June
2018
.
- ^
"Informa's takeover of peer UBM effective after court sanction"
. Alliance News. 15 June 2018. Archived from
the original
on 16 June 2018
. Retrieved
16 June
2018
.
- ^
"Informa Sells UBM Life Sciences Media Brands to MJH Associates for $100 Million"
.
Folio
. 1 February 2019.
Archived
from the original on 28 March 2020
. Retrieved
29 November
2019
.
- ^
"IHS Markit swaps group that researches optical communications for Informa's agribusiness unit"
.
Lightwave
. 24 May 2019.
Archived
from the original on 9 August 2020
. Retrieved
29 November
2019
.
- ^
"Endeavor Business Media Acquires More Than 20 B2B Titles from Informa Plc"
.
Folio
. 11 November 2019.
Archived
from the original on 26 February 2021
. Retrieved
29 November
2019
.
- ^
"Informa Tech launches "research powerhouse" Omdia"
. Digital TV. 10 February 2020.
Archived
from the original on 7 May 2021
. Retrieved
8 March
2021
.
- ^
"Informa sells Informa Intelligence business unit"
.
Reuters
. London. 10 February 2022
. Retrieved
2 July
2022
.
- ^
"Informa sells Lloyd's List for £385m as B2B giant sees revenue bounce back"
.
Press Gazette
. 5 August 2022
. Retrieved
26 December
2022
.
- ^
"Charterhouse exits Tarsus to Informa for GBP 790m EV | Unquote"
.
www.unquote.com
. 9 March 2023
. Retrieved
28 September
2023
.
- ^
"Informa Acquires Tarsus Group in $940 Million Mega Deal"
.
TSNN
. Retrieved
28 September
2023
.
- ^
"Informa acquires Tarsus in $940m deal"
.
Exhibition World
. Retrieved
28 September
2023
.
- ^
"Divisions - Informa PLC"
.
Archived
from the original on 13 February 2021
. Retrieved
8 March
2021
.
- ^
"John Rishton"
.
www.informa.com
. Retrieved
17 May
2022
.
- ^
"Everything you need to check out at FAN EXPO Vancouver 2022 | Listed"
.
dailyhive.com
. Retrieved
23 April
2022
.
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"Inside Self-Storage World Expo, Las Vegas, July 13?16, 2021"
.
issworldexpo.com
.
Archived
from the original on 28 December 2021
. Retrieved
28 December
2021
.
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"About"
.
Industry Dive
. Retrieved
12 August
2023
.
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