International scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has acquired all shares of Sense Publishers B.V. (Dordrecht, NL), effective July 1, 2017 upon completion of satisfactory due diligence.
Brill and Sense Publishers signed an agreement to transfer all shares of Sense Publishers to Brill. With this agreement, Brill acquires an international English language publication list in Educational Research and related fields. In total the list includes over 1400 book titles, with 160 new books added each year. The annual revenues amount to approx. 1 million Euros.
All current editorial staff of Sense will move to Brill. To ensure the continuity of the program with editors, authors and customers, Peter de Liefde, owner and managing director of Sense, has agreed to support Brill in a consultancy role for the next two years.
The acquisition is effective July 1, 2017 and is expected to contribute to this year’s earnings per share.
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