"Company","Current Parent Company","Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement","Recap of Ownership Changes","City / Town","County","Nation / Region","Company Number","Penalty (in pounds)","Penalty Year","Penalty Date","Offence Group","Offence Type","Violation Description","Settlement Type","Case Number","Agency","HQ Country of Parent","Ownership Structure of Parent","Major Industry of Parent","Specific Industry of Parent","Parent company ISIN","Source of Data","Source Notes" "Macmillan Publishers Limited","Holtzbrinck Publishing Group","Holtzbrinck Publishing Group","","","","","","11,263,852","2011","20110722","competition-related offences","bribery","The Director of the Serious Fraud Office took action in the High Court, which resulted in an Order for Macmillan Publishers Limited, to pay in excess of £11 million in recognition of sums it received which were generated through unlawful conduct related to its Education Division in East and West Africa. The Order was made under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The initial enquiry commenced following a report from the World Bank. An attempt had been made by an agent to pay a sum of money with the view in mind of persuading the award of a World Bank funded tender to supply educational materials in Southern Sudan. The Company did not win the contract.","","","Serious Fraud Office","Germany","privately held","media","publishing","","https://web.archive.org/web/20120716140911/http://www.sfo.gov.uk//press-room/latest-press-releases/press-releases-2011/action-on-macmillan-publishers-limited.aspx",""