Update re. Inflexion minority stake investment

GlobalData PLC
05 June 2024
 

05 June 2024

 

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GlobalData Plc

(AIM: DATA, GlobalData, the Group)

 

Investment in Healthcare Division by Inflexion

 

Investment agreement with Inflexion for a minority stake in GlobalData's Healthcare division

 

Further to the announcement made on 21 December 2023 regarding the proposed investment by Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP into GlobalData's Healthcare division, the Company is pleased to announce that all the regulatory and other conditions have now been satisfied and that completion of the investment will take place on 28 June 2024.  On completion, the Company will receive net cash proceeds of approximately £434 million.

 

Mike Danson, CEO of GlobalData, commented: "This investment in our Healthcare division represents a compelling crystallisation of the significant value that has been created for our shareholders through the delivery of our growth strategy. We are delighted to be partnering with Inflexion to take our Healthcare division into its next phase of growth.

 

Our business will continue to evolve rapidly through our 2024-2026 Growth Transformation Plan, as we invest in products and AI and leverage the proceeds from this transaction to accelerate growth investment and targeted M&A across the Group."

 

ENDS

 

 

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Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer

0207 936 6400

Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer




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Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker)

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J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as Sole Financial Advisor to GlobalData Plc. Reed Smith LLP is acting as legal counsel to GlobalData.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking activities as J.P. Morgan Cazenove ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove"), and which is authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively as sole financial adviser for GlobalData Plc and no one else in connection with the Transaction and shall not be responsible to anyone other than GlobalData Plc for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove or its affiliates, nor for providing advice in connection with the Transaction or any other matter referred to herein

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