Ipsos SA: Takeover offer for the acquisition of infas Holding AG

Munich/Bonn — Rödl & Part­ner has advi­sed Ipsos SA with an inter­di­sci­pli­nary team on a public take­over offer to acquire infas Holding AG, a major player in the field of market, opinion and social rese­arch in Germany.
Ipsos, one of the world’s leading market rese­arch compa­nies, has laun­ched a volun­t­ary public take­over offer for infas Holding AG.
This tran­sac­tion enables Ipsos to combine its inter­na­tio­nal reach and opera­tio­nal know-how with the exper­tise and repu­ta­tion of infas.
This will enable Ipsos to further streng­then its posi­tion as a provi­der of market rese­arch and consul­ting services in Germany.
The Rödl & Part­ner team supported Ipsos with a finan­cial and tax due diligence.
Part­ner James Murphy was respon­si­ble for the over­all project manage­ment and finan­cial due diligence.
The tax due dili­gence was carried out by part­ner Dr. Chris­toph Götz. About Ipsos SA Ipsos claims to be one of the world’s leading market and opinion rese­arch companies.
The company employs around 20,000 people and is repre­sen­ted in 90 countries.
With more than 5,000 clients, Ipsos offers compre­hen­sive rese­arch and analy­sis exper­tise that provi­des deep insights into people’s beha­vior, opini­ons and motives.
In Germany, more than 500 employees work in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Frank­furt and Nuremberg.
The company was foun­ded in 1975 by Didier Truchot and is head­quar­te­red in Paris, France.
Ipsos has been listed on the Paris Stock Exch­ange since 1999. About infas Holding AG infas is a listed, private and inde­pen­dent rese­arch insti­tute based in Bonn, Germany, which conducts natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal ad hoc studies on topics such as the labor market, educa­tion and transport.
Foun­ded in 1959, the company employs 300 people, inclu­ding over 150 scien­tists, and gene­ra­ted a turno­ver of around 50 million euros in 2023.
The company consists of seve­ral subsi­dia­ries, inclu­ding infas Insti­tut für ange­wandte Sozi­al­wis­sen­schaft, infas 360, infas quo and Lutum+Tappert.
infas conducts quali­ta­tive and quan­ti­ta­tive surveys as well as market analy­ses in various subject areas, inclu­ding trans­por­ta­tion and health. Rödl & Part­ner — The agile caret­a­ker for medium-sized global market leaders As lawy­ers, tax consul­tants, busi­ness and IT consul­tants and audi­tors, we are repre­sen­ted at 110 of our own loca­ti­ons in 50 count­ries. Our clients trust our 5,800 colle­agues world­wide. www.roedl.de. Advi­sor to Ipsos SA: Rödl & Part­ner­Ja­mesMurphy, Part­ner, Munich (© Roedl & Part­ner) — Over­all project manage­ment Nick Phil­lips, Mana­ger, London Chris­toph Niederl, Senior Asso­ciate, Munich Tax Services: Dr. Chris­toph Götz, Part­ner, Munich, Dr. Susann Sturm, Mana­ger, Munich Lucas Reilly-Schott, Tax Assistant, Munich