M&A Deal Summary

ALJ Regional Holdings Acquires Phoenix Color

On July 12, 2015, ALJ Regional Holdings acquired publishing company Phoenix Color from Visant for 90M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ALJ Regional Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is ALJ Regional Holdings’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ALJ Regional Holdings’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is ALJ Regional Holdings’ 1st transaction in Maryland.
Investment Fate
  • Phoenix Color was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-07-12
Target Phoenix Color
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) ALJ Regional Holdings
Sellers(s) Visant
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 90M USD

Target

Phoenix Color

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
Phoenix Color is a full-service, full-color printer of cover components, heavily-illustrated and juvenile books, as well as specialty commercial products such as collectible cards, posters, box wraps, game boards, folders, catalogs, and brochures. With its technologically advanced prepress and press operations, a knowledgeable customer service team, and dependable freight services, the company is committed to delivering high-quality products to customers. Phoenix Color was formed in 1979 and is based in Hagerstown, Maryland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ALJ Regional Holdings

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Business Services
Employees3,202
Revenue 149M USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. is a provider of business process outsourcing and co-sourced services to both commercial and government entities in the healthcare, utility, toll and transportation industries.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 5
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-16 Carpets N More

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Floors N More LLC is a provider of high-quality flooring products and flooring installation services to the home builder and consumer markets in Southern Nevada. The Company sells and installs carpet, vinyl, tile, natural stone and other floor covering and home furnishings to home builders, such as KB Home, for their Southern Nevada development projects, as well as to individual consumers at its three retail locations in the Las Vegas Valley.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-16 Vertex Business Services - BPO & Contact Center Operations

Richardson, Texas, United States

Vertex Business Services LLC - BPO & Contact Center Operations is a provider of contact centers and back-office processes, including billing, collections and business analytics, and installing and supporting cloud-based customer care and billing technologies exclusively for the utilities industry.

Buy $13M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Visant

Armonk, New York, United States
Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Visant Corporation is a provider of marketing and publishing services in the school affinity products, sampling, packaging, direct marketing and educational and trade publishing segments.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2015) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 Phoenix Color

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Phoenix Color is a full-service, full-color printer of cover components, heavily-illustrated and juvenile books, as well as specialty commercial products such as collectible cards, posters, box wraps, game boards, folders, catalogs, and brochures. With its technologically advanced prepress and press operations, a knowledgeable customer service team, and dependable freight services, the company is committed to delivering high-quality products to customers. Phoenix Color was formed in 1979 and is based in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-14 Jostens

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Jostens is a producer of school-related affinity products, including yearbooks, class rings, announcements and accessories, diplomas, caps and gowns and school photography. Jostens' products celebrate important moments and recognize achievements in high schools, colleges and middle schools and the Company is also a leading provider of products to athletic chmiampions and their fans.

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