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Acosta Acquires Mosaic Sales Solutions

On June 11, 2012, Acosta acquired business services company Mosaic Sales Solutions from Court Square Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Acosta’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Acosta’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Acosta’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-06-11
Target Mosaic Sales Solutions
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Acosta
Sellers(s) Court Square Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mosaic Sales Solutions

Irving, Texas, United States
Mosaic Sales Solutions Corp. is the North American leader in providing outsourced sales and marketing solutions at the point-of-purchase for global branded consumer products and services companies such as Disney, Epson, Microsoft, American Express, Procter & Gamble, MBNA and LaBatt, as well as for “big box” retailers such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart and K-Mart. Mosaic leverages its nationwide network of 10,000 sales and marketing personnel in the field to create sales solutions that are more efficient than what most companies could achieve in-house. These representatives provide three general types of sales and marketing services to Mosaic’s consumer products and retail customers: merchandising (62% of revenues), selling (30% of revenues) and event marketing (8% of revenues).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Acosta

Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 1927
Sector Marketing
Employees17,000
DESCRIPTION
Acosta's headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
Acosta's headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.

Acosta Sales & Marketing provides outsourced sales, marketing and merchandising services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of consumer packaged goods. Acosta was founded in 1927 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 19
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 18
State: Texas M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 2 of 17
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-15 Venture Sales Group

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

Venture Sales Group LLC operates as a sales and marketing agency that serves foodservice customers and suppliers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-30 Sell-Thru Services

Austin, Texas, United States

Sell-Thru Services, Inc. is a provider of sales, marketing, information, and retail services.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Court Square Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 7.7B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Court Square Capital Partners (CSCP) is a generalist private equity firm that seeks middle market company investments across the US. CSCP looks to partner with management teams to accelerate revenue growth and improve operating efficiency. Sectors of interest include business services, building products, chemicals, consumer products, food products/services, healthcare, aerospace/defense, manufacturing, media, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. Court Square Capital Partners was formerly known as Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners. The Group spun out of Citigroup and became independent in 2006. CSCP is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 57
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 25
State: Texas M&A 3 of 7
Country: United States M&A 23 of 54
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-14 Verus Aerospace

Anaheim, California, United States

Verus Aerospace is a precision manufacturer of flight critical components for the commercial aerospace and defense industries. Verus Aerospace was founded in 2010 and is based in Anaheim, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-04 SGS

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

SGS is a global provider of packaging graphic services to branded consumer products companies, retailers and the printers that service them. SGS was founded in 1946 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Sell $813M
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