M&A Deal Summary

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Acquires Banta

On October 31, 2006, R.R. Donnelley & Sons acquired business services company Banta for 1.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 6th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-10-31
Target Banta
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.3B USD
Advisor(s) UBS Investment Bank (Financial)
Foley & Lardner LLP (Legal)

Target

Banta

Menasha, Wisconsin, United States
Banta Corporation is a technology and market leader in printing and supply-chain management services. Its integrated approach provides a comprehensive combination of printing, binding and digital imaging solutions to leading publishers and direct marketers. Banta excels at helping customers find unique solutions to the complex challenges of getting their products and communications to market. Banta focuses on five printing services segments: books, special-interest magazines, catalogs, direct marketing and literature management. Banta's global supply-chain management business provides a wide range of outsourcing capabilities to some of the world's largest companies. Services range from materials sourcing, product configuration and customized kitting, to order fulfillment and global distribution.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

R.R. Donnelley & Sons

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Business Services
Employees33,000
Revenue 4.8B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to RR Donnelley's office in Warrenville, Illinois.
Entrance to RR Donnelley's office in Warrenville, Illinois.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons is a global provider of integrated communications. The Company works with customers worldwide to develop custom communications solutions that reduce costs, enhance return on investment and ensure compliance. Drawing on a range of proprietary and commercially available digital and conventional technologies deployed across four continents, the Company employs a suite of Internet-based capabilities and other resources to provide premedia, printing, logistics and business process outsourcing products and services to leading clients in virtually every private and public sector. R.R. Donnelley was formed in 1864 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 30
Sector (Business Services) 6 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 25
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 26
Year (2006) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-20 OfficeTiger

New York, New York, United States

OfficeTiger is a global professional support services firm offering industry-focused, judgment-based services that support core functions of its clients in real time. One of the largest diversified BPO solution providers, OfficeTiger has four main lines of business, including Research & Analytics, Premedia, Financial Management and Transaction Processing Services. OfficeTiger creates, processes, and distributes mission-critical information for the world's largest investment banks, diversified financial institutions, legal firms, publishing houses, retail chains and Fortune 500 companies.

Buy $250M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-20 The Cyril-Scott

Lancaster, Ohio, United States

The Cyril-Scott Co. is a provider of in-line finishing web printing services.

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