M&A Deal Summary

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Acquires Bowne

On November 24, 2010, R.R. Donnelley & Sons acquired publishing company Bowne

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-11-24
Target Bowne
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Bowne

New York, New York, United States
Bowne & Co. Inc. is a provider of capital markets services, shareholder reporting services, marketing communications, and commercial printing services in the United States and internationally.

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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 12 of 30
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 25
State (New York) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 9 of 26
Year (2010) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-27 Pro Line Printing

Pineville, North Carolina, United States

Pro Line Printing, Inc., produces newspaper inserts for retail advertising. The company operates plants in Arlington, Texas; Avon, Connecticut; Pineville, North Carolina; and (Charlotte) and Reno, Nevada.

Buy $122M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-01 Nimblefish Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States

Nimblefish's innovative software services include integrating direct mail, email, web, PURL, and variable video components into multi-touch, multi-channel customer prospecting and engagement programs. Among Nimblefish's strategic products is Nurture, which enhances customer relationship management programs with highly personalized, direct multi-channel communications that speak to the individual interests of each prospect and customer.

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