M&A Deal Summary

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Acquires Moore Wallace

On November 10, 2003, R.R. Donnelley & Sons acquired business services company Moore Wallace for 2.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2003-11-10
Target Moore Wallace
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.8B USD

Target

Moore Wallace

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Moore Wallace offers management and distribution of print and digital information. Moore operates in three complementary business segments: Forms and Labels, Outsourcing and Commercial.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

R.R. Donnelley & Sons

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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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 4 of 30
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 25
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2003) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-02-08 Iridio

Seattle, Washington, United States

Iridio, Inc. a Seattle provider of digital photography.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-18 The Astron Group

London, United Kingdom

Astron is Europe's premier integrated document solutions provider, combining world class Corporate Solutions with end-to-end Document Management and Marketing Support services. Astron is the UK's largest print and mail provider, delivering fully integrated document strategies to leading companies on a global scale.

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