GlobalData Plc is a data analytics and consulting company, headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Background
The company was founded as a London-based provider of online marketing, business information, research and marketing services named TheMutual.net in 1999,[3] and was listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2000.[4] It changed its name to TMN Group in December 2006.[5]
In December 2007, it acquired Internet Business Group in a £9.8m deal.[6] Four months later, in March 2008, TMN rejected a £40m cash and shares offer from Tangent Communications, another marketing services group. Then in May 2008, two TMN directors, CEO Mark Smith and CFO Craig Dixon, put together a £52.8m management buy-out offer for the business, backed by August Equity.[7] Following the Tangent offer, withdrawn in April 2008, founder and former Datamonitor CEO, Mike Danson had built a 27% shareholding in TMN.[7]
In 2009, TMN was acquired via a reverse takeover by Progressive Digital Media Ltd,[8] and changed its name to Progressive Digital Media Group.[5] Progressive Digital Media had been founded in 2007 as a holding company for a set of media assets purchased from Wilmington plc; it expanded further by a series of acquisitions, purchasing Business Review from Datamonitor PLC in July 2008,[9] followed by SPG Media Group PLC in November 2008.[10]
Progressive Digital Media acquired Current Analysis Inc in 2014.[11]
On 27 July 2015, Progressive Digital Media announced that it had agreed to acquire Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict businesses from Informa for a combined cash price of £25m.[12]
In January 2016, Progressive Digital Media bought the GlobalData Holding Ltd business and changed its own name to GlobalData Plc.[13]
GlobalData acquired entertainment publisher Media Business Insight (including Broadcast and Screen International) in June 2022.[14]
The company moved from the Alternative investment Market to the main market in March 2026.[15]
References
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- ^ a b c “Annual Report 2026” (PDF). GlobalData. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ “TMN Group Overview”. Pitchbook. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ “GlobalData rises on Main Market move and share buy-back”. Proactive Investors. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ a b “GlobalData plc”. Companies House. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ Sandison, Nikki (14 December 2007). “TMN to acquire Internet Business Group for £9.8m”. Campaign. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b Farey-Jones, Daniel (19 May 2008). “TMN receives £52.8m management buy-out offer”. Campaign. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ “Danson Set For Digital Marketer TMN Group Reverse Takeover — paidContent”. Paidcontent.org. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ “Archived copy” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ “FE Investegate |Progressive Capital Announcements | Progressive Capital: Offer for SPG Media Group Plc”. Investegate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ “Current Analysis Acquired by Progressive Digital Media”. Calysto. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ “Progressive Digital Media to buy some assets from Informa” Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Reuters. 27 July 2015.
- ^ “Progressive Digital Media to buy GlobalData, change name”. Morningstar. 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ “GlobalData buys Media Business Insight”. Press Gazette. Progressive Media Investments. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
- ^ “Investment Monitor’s parent company GlobalData moves to Main Market of LSE”. Investment Monitor. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.