Update re. Inflexion minority stake investment

GlobalData PLC

05 June 2024

 

05 June 2024

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."

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ENQUIRIES

GlobalData Plc
Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer	0207 936 6400
Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Nomad, Joint Broker)	0203 493 8000
Bill Hutchings
Mose Adigun
Alex Bruce
Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker)	0207 886 2500
Rupert Dearden
Dougie McLeod
Investec Bank plc (Joint Broker) Henry Reast Virginia Bull	0207 597 5970
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)	0203 727 1000
Edward Bridges
Dwight Burden
Emma Hall

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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