Thomson Reuters closes sale of intellectual property & science business for $3.55 billion
(3 October 2016, New York) Thomson Reuters today announced that it has closed the sale of its Intellectual Property & Science (IP&S) business to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash. Thomson Reuters plans to use about $1 billion of the net proceeds to buy back shares and the balance to pay…