Thomson Reuters Fact Book 2012
Business Overview
ACQUISITIONS
Acquisitions & Divestitures
10
Quick Facts
Acquisitions have always played a key role in our corporate strategy. Our acquisitions are generally tactical in nature and primarily relate to the purchase of information, products or services that we integrate into our operations to broaden the range of our offerings in order to better serve our customers, to enter adjacent markets and to expand our global presence. Acquisitions in 2011 that were greater than $50 million in purchase price
Business Unit
Acquisition
Country
Description
Tax & Accounting
Manatron
U.S.
Provider of property tax automation and land registry software for governments and municipalities
Tax & Accounting
Mastersaf
Brazil
Provider of tax and accounting software
Governance, Risk & Compliance
World-Check
U.K.
Provider of financial crime and corruption prevention information
Financial & Risk
Rafferty Capital Markets
U.S.
Registered broker-dealer
39
We completed 39 acquisitions in 2011.
$1.3 Billion
The total cash consideration for our 2011 acquisitions was approximately $1.3 billion, net of cash acquired.