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Informa

September 27, 2023

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.

Informa plc
TypePublic limited company
LSE: INF
FTSE 100 Component
IndustryPublishing, business intelligence, global exhibitions, Events
Predecessors
FoundedDecember 1998
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Number of locations
150 offices
Area served
43+ countries worldwide
Key people
Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes (CEO) 
ServicesSpecialist information, scholarly research, electronic publishing, event management, exhibitions, business intelligence
Revenue £2,262.4 million (2022)[1]
£496.3 million (2022)[1]
£1,635.3 million (2022)[1]
Number of employees
10,000 (2023)[2]
DivisionsInforma Connect, Informa Markets, Informa Tech, Taylor & Francis
Websiteinforma.com

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

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]

 
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It also sold Lloyd's List and EPFR to Montagu Private Equity in 2022.[34]

Operations Edit

Informa is organized into four operating divisions: Informa Connect, Informa Markets, Informa Tech, and Taylor & Francis.[35]

In June 2021, John Rishton was appointed as chairman, replacing Derek Mapp.[36]

Brands Edit

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 Edit

  1. ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2022" (PDF). Informa. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "About us". Informa. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ Fildes, Nic (15 September 2016). "Informa acquires US events and publishing rival for £1.2bn". Financial Times. FT. from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ Nilsson, Patricia (7 March 2019). "Informa sales climb after £4bn UBM takeover". Financial Times. FT. from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ "LLP links with IBC in pounds 300m business group". The Independent. 20 November 1998. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "ROUNDUP Informa names new chairman, CEO after FY profits soar". Forbes. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007.[dead link]
  7. ^ . Forbes. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  8. ^ Kundnani, Hans (19 October 2006). "Springer Science & Business Media launches bid for Informa". The Guardian. London. from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  9. ^ "Informa rejects Springer bid". AFX News Limited. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2007.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Informa unveils new CEO, chairman as 2006 results top forecasts". Forbes. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2007.[dead link]
  11. ^ Harrington, Ben; Kleinman, Mark (8 June 2008). . The Sunday Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  12. ^ "Statement Regarding Press Speculation". Informa. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "UBM and Informa confirm merger talks". The Guardian. London. 9 June 2008. from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  14. ^ Andrews, Amanda; Kennedy, Siobhan (13 May 2008). "Informa garners attention of private equity". The Times. London. from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  15. ^ Arnott, Sarah (18 June 2008). "Cash approach for Informa as merger talks end with UBM". The Independent. London. from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  16. ^ Thiel, Simon; Sabine Pirone (2 July 2008). "Informa Rises on $4.29 Billion Private-Equity Offer". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  17. ^ Kollewe, Julia (1 May 2009). "Publishing firm Informa blames budget for tax switch". The Guardian. London. from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  18. ^ Griffin, Daniel (December 2006). "Single vision of the world at Informa". Information World Review (230): 2.
  19. ^ (PDF). Taylor & Francis Group. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  20. ^ . 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  21. ^ "Dallas Comic Con Gets a New Owner and Home". Dallas Observer. 18 February 2014. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  22. ^ Dineen, Caitlin (7 April 2015). "Orlando's MegaCon sold to Informa". Orlando Sentinel. from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  23. ^ Mantei, Shelley (9 April 2015). "Informa Exhibitions Expands Pop Culture Convention Portfolio With MegaCon Orlando" (PDF) (Press release). Orlando, Florida: FAN EXPO HQ. (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Informa Acquires Elsevier Business Intelligence". 9 December 2013. from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  25. ^ "Informa Confirms Stephen Carter To Be CEO, Effective Jan. 1 – Update". RTT News. 31 December 2013. from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  26. ^ "Informa acquires Dove Medical Press, AA appoints Simon Breakwell as permanent chief executive". BOLSAMANIA. from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  27. ^ Garrahan, Matthew; Pfeifer, Sylvia (16 January 2018). "Informa to buy exhibitions rival UBM for £4bn". Financial Times. from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  28. ^ . Alliance News. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  29. ^ "Informa Sells UBM Life Sciences Media Brands to MJH Associates for $100 Million". Folio. 1 February 2019. from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  30. ^ "IHS Markit swaps group that researches optical communications for Informa's agribusiness unit". Lightwave. 24 May 2019. from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  31. ^ "Endeavor Business Media Acquires More Than 20 B2B Titles from Informa Plc". Folio. 11 November 2019. from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  32. ^ "Informa Tech launches "research powerhouse" Omdia". Digital TV. 10 February 2020. from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  33. ^ "Informa sells Informa Intelligence business unit". Reuters. London. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "Informa sells Lloyd's List for £385m as B2B giant sees revenue bounce back". Press Gazette. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  35. ^ "Divisions - Informa PLC". from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  36. ^ "John Rishton". www.informa.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  37. ^ "Everything you need to check out at FAN EXPO Vancouver 2022 | Listed". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Inside Self-Storage World Expo, Las Vegas, July 13–16, 2021". www.issworldexpo.com. from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  39. ^ "About". Industry Dive. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links Edit

  • Official website  

September 27, 2023
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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 Informa plcTypePublic limited companyTraded asLSE INFFTSE 100 ComponentIndustryPublishing business intelligence global exhibitions EventsPredecessorsPenton 1904 2017 UBM plc 1918 2018 FoundedDecember 1998HeadquartersLondon England UKNumber of locations150 officesArea served43 countries worldwideKey peopleStephen Carter Baron Carter of Barnes CEO ServicesSpecialist information scholarly research electronic publishing event management exhibitions business intelligenceRevenue 2 262 4 million 2022 1 Operating income 496 3 million 2022 1 Net income 1 635 3 million 2022 1 Number of employees10 000 2023 2 DivisionsInforma Connect Informa Markets Informa Tech Taylor amp FrancisWebsiteinforma wbr comIt 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 amp Francis Informa acquired UBM in June 2018 as part of its strategy to expand in North America and Asia 3 4 Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Brands 3 1 Informa Connect 3 2 Informa Markets 3 3 Informa Tech 3 4 Taylor amp Francis 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditInforma 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp Francis Online Abstracting and indexing databases and bibliographic databases were to move from Informaworld to Taylor amp 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 amp 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 nbsp Previous logoIt also sold Lloyd s List and EPFR to Montagu Private Equity in 2022 34 Operations EditInforma is organized into four operating divisions Informa Connect Informa Markets Informa Tech and Taylor amp Francis 35 In June 2021 John Rishton was appointed as chairman replacing Derek Mapp 36 Brands EditInforma owns numerous brands including CRC Press Fan Expo HQ Game Developers Conference Routledge and Taylor amp Francis Retired and consolidated brands include Institute for International Research Ovum Ltd Penton The Public Ledger and UBM Informa Connect Edit The Bride Show Fan Expo Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo Fan Expo Boston Fan Expo Canada Toronto Toronto Comicon Fan Expo Chicago Fan Expo Cleveland Fan Expo Dallas Dallas Fan Festival Fan Expo Denver Fan Expo New Orleans Fan Expo San Francisco Fan Expo St Louis Fan Expo Philadelphia Fan Expo Portland Fan Expo Vancouver 37 MegaCon HRSE Lloyd s Maritime Academy MedTech Summit Middle East Film and Comic Con Nation s Restaurant News TMREInforma Markets Edit Arab Health Aviation Week Network CAPA Centre for Aviation Coterie Farm Progress Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Inside Self Storage 38 Magic Monaco Yacht Show Project Qualifi Routes World of ConcreteInforma Tech Edit Black Hat Briefings Game Developer Game Developers Conference Industry Dive 39 InformationWeek Light Reading London Tech Week The AI Summit Omdia Ward sTaylor amp Francis Edit CRC Press Dove Medical Press RoutledgeReferences Edit a b c Preliminary Results 2022 PDF Informa Retrieved 9 March 2023 About us Informa Retrieved 14 February 2023 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp Francis Online FAQs PDF Taylor amp 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 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 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint url status link Informa sells Lloyd s List for 385m as B2B giant sees revenue bounce back Press Gazette 5 August 2022 Retrieved 26 December 2022 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 Inside Self Storage World Expo Las Vegas July 13 16 2021 www issworldexpo com Archived from the original on 28 December 2021 Retrieved 28 December 2021 About Industry Dive Retrieved 12 August 2023 External links EditOfficial website nbsp Portals nbsp Switzerland nbsp Companies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Informa amp oldid 1170026862, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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