Wilmington has sold ICP to its management

Wilmington, the provider of information, education and networking services in Risk & Compliance, Professional and Healthcare knowledge areas, has announced the sale of ICP, its specialist leading credit reporting company, to its current management team. The transaction price of £3.0m will be paid in instalments over the next five years. 

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Wilmington to acquire Interactive Medica

Press release: Wilmington plc, the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Professional, and Healthcare, announces it has reached an agreement to acquire the Interactive Medica S.L. group of companies for an initial consideration of €2.8m with an adjustment for working capital, payable on completion. IM comes with an estimated €0.6m of cash on completion with further deferred consideration of up to €1.6m subject to IM achieving revenue targets for the period to 31 December 2019. The consideration is to be funded from the Group’s existing debt facilities and the Acquisition is expected to complete by 31 January 2018.

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Ascential sells 11 “heritage” brands to Meropolis International for £23.5m

Press Release: Ascential plc (the “Group” / LSE: ASCL.L), the global business-to-business information company, today announces that it has agreed the sale of the remaining 11 UK-based Heritage Brands to Metropolis International Limited for a consideration of £23.5m, payable in cash and subject to normal working capital adjustments. The sale has completed and the proceeds will be used to reduce Ascential’s net debt. On 5 January 2017 the Group announced that it had separated 13 Heritage Brands into a new operating entity and that these brands would develop an independent business strategy while new owners were sought.

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Wilmington acquires HSJ from Ascential

Press Relase: Wilmington plc (“Wilmington” or the “Group”), the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight, announces it has reached agreement to acquire the Health Service Journal (“HSJ” and the “Acquisition”), the UK’s leading health information, insight and networking business, from Ascential plc for £19m with an adjustment for working capital, payable on completion. The consideration is to be funded from the Group’s existing debt facilities. The Acquisition is expected to complete on 31 January 2017

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Wilmington acquires SWAT, a financial services training company

Wilmington plc (“Wilmington”), the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight announces the acquisition by its subsidiary, Mercia Group Limited, of SWAT Group Limited (“SWAT” or “the Business”), a provider of training and technical compliance support to accountancy firms in London and the South West of England

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Wilmington acquires Evantage Consulting

Wilmington plc (“Wilmington” or “the Group”), the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight, announces the acquisition of Evantage Consulting Ltd (“Evantage” or “the business”), a leading UK-based provider of specialist Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Analytics solutions

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Acquisition of Compliance Week

Wilmington Group plc, the provider of Information, Compliance and Education to professional markets announces the acquisition of the trading assets and certain liabilities of Compliance Week (RNS Extract)

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