lse inf industry academicpublishing business intelligence global exhibitions knowledge events founded december 1998 headquarters london number of locations 150 offices area served 43 countries worldwide key people stephen carter baron carter of barnes ceo products specialist information and business knowledge services large scale events exhibitions academic books & journals conferences training specialist publishing and intelligence revenue 1 212.2 million 2015 1 operating income 365.6 million 2015 1 net income 172.7 million 2015 1 divisions academic publishing business intelligence global exhibitions knowledge & networking 2 website www.informa.com informa plc is a multinational publishing and events company with its head office and registered office in london . 3 4 it has offices in 43 countries and around 6 500 employees . it owns numerous brands including crc press datamonitor institute for international research lloyd s list london press lloyd routledge and taylor & francis . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 academic and scientific 2.2 commercial 2.3 professional 3 references 4 external links history edit informa s oldest business started in 1734 when lloyd s list now one of the world s oldest continuously running journals began covering london shipping news . 5 informa itself was created in 1998 by the merger of ibc group plc and llp group plc. 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 may 13 the times had reported that the carlyle group and apax partners were considering bidding for the company . 14 on june 17 talks with ubm ended because of the rapid rise in informa s stock price after the public disclosure of the potential merger . 15 on june 26 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 on 1 may 2009 the company announced that it would be restructure its business so it was incorporated in jersey but tax resident in switzerland . 17 on 10 july 2013 the company announced that peter rigby would retire at the end of 2013 to be replaced as ceo by stephen a carter . 18 also in 2013 informa acquired the canadian company hobby star marketing who runs the comic book convention brand fan expo . informa has since acquired other conventions and placed them under fan expo s auspises including dallas comic con and megacon . 19 20 21 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 . 22 in january 2014 stephen carter became ceo of informa plc. 23 operations edit the company operates more than 10 000 conferences annually and publishes newsletters academic journals commercial databases and academic and business books . topics covered include arts and humanities through social sciences to physical science and technology ; and finance and the law through to telecommunications maritime trade energy biotech commodities and agriculture . its online publishing portal informaworld provided subscribers with more than half a million journal articles and 13 000 e books from all its imprints . 24 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 . 25 besides publishing the group has several other interests represented by the brands it owns in many countries . these brands companies work in the areas of performance improvement and management consulting . it has the following divisions academic and scientific edit informa healthcare 26 informa life sciences taylor & francis commercial edit knect365 knowledge & networking euroforum icbi institute for international research informa telecoms & media ibc informa agra agra europe agrow animal pharm the public ledger f.o. licht phillips mcdougall informa australia informa corporate learning 27 informa economics informa maritime & transport lloyd s list lloyd s miu leaders in india business forum 2008 monaco yacht show professional edit insurance day council on education cpdcast datamonitor health insurance magazine icbi iir finance imoneynet informa finance informa global markets informa insurance informa investment solutions informa law informa research services informadata international faculty of finance international insider marketline pharma intelligence references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . informa . retrieved 25 march 2016 . themediabriefing 10 july 2014 . informa restructure aims to increase operational customer and market focus . retrieved 25 march 2016 . informa plc. informa.com global contacts . retrieved 25 march 2016 . global contacts . informa . retrieved on 4 february 2011 . head office mortimer street london lloyd s list . archived from the original on february 23 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 23 . a b roundup informa names new chairman ceo after fy profits soar . forbes . 2007 03 14 . retrieved 2007 12 31 . t & f informa buys conferences group institute for international research for 768 mln stg . forbes . 2007 06 01 . archived from the original on 2008 11 21 . retrieved 2007 12 31 . kundnani hans 2006 10 19 . springer science & business media launches bid for informa . the guardian . london . retrieved 2007 12 30 . informa rejects springer bid . afx news limited . 2006 11 03 . retrieved 2007 12 30 . informa unveils new ceo chairman as 2006 results top forecasts . forbes . 2006 03 14 . retrieved 2007 12 30 . harrington ben ; kleinman mark 2008 06 08 . media giants united business media and informa open talks on 3bn merger . the sunday telegraph . london . retrieved 2008 06 08 . statement regarding press speculation . informa . 2008 06 08 . retrieved 2008 06 08 . ubm and informa confirm merger talks . the guardian . london . 2008 06 09 . retrieved 2013 07 18 . andrews amanda ; kennedy siobhan 2008 05 13 . informa garners attention of private equity . the times . london . retrieved 2008 06 08 . arnott sarah 2008 06 18 . cash approach for informa as merger talks end with ubm . the independent . london . retrieved 2008 07 07 . thiel simon ; sabine pirone 2008 07 02 . informa rises on 4.29 billion private equity offer . bloomberg . retrieved 2008 07 07 . kollewe julia 2009 05 01 . publishing firm informa blames budget for tax switch . the guardian . london . retrieved 2009 05 04 . informa announces retirement of peter rigby and appointment of stephen carter . 10 july 2013 . retrieved 10 july 2013 . dallas comic con gets a new owner and home . dallas observer . retrieved 24 february 2016 . dineen caitlin 7 april 2015 . orlando s megacon sold to informa . orlando sentinel . 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 . retrieved 9 april 2015 . informa acquires elsevier business intelligence . 9 december 2013 . retrieved 9 december 2013 . informa confirms stephen carter to be ceo effective jan. 1 update . rtt news . 31 december 2013 . retrieved 2 july 2014 . 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 . retrieved 23 september 2012 . welcome to informa healthcare . informahealthcare.com . retrieved 29 march 2015 . informa corporate learning . informa 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