M&A Deal Summary

Blue Mountain Wallcoverings Acquires Imperial Home Decor Group

On January 1, 2004, Blue Mountain Wallcoverings acquired consumer products company Imperial Home Decor Group from The Blackstone Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Mountain Wallcoverings’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Blue Mountain Wallcoverings’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Blue Mountain Wallcoverings’ 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-01-01
Target Imperial Home Decor Group
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Blue Mountain Wallcoverings
Sellers(s) The Blackstone Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) SSG Capital Advisors (Financial)

Target

Imperial Home Decor Group

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Imperial Home Décor manufactured residential wall coverings.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Blue Mountain Wallcoverings

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Sector Consumer Services
DESCRIPTION

Blue Mountain Wallcoverings, Inc. manufactures and distributes residential wall coverings in North America.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Blackstone Group

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 394.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Blackstone Group is a global alternative investment management firm. The Firm's investment activities span real estate, secondary investments, hedge funds, credit, infrastructure, and private equity. Blackstone's private equity group targets opportunities globally including buyout acquisitions of established companies, development projects, growth equity financings, and industry consolidations. Sectors of interest include automotive, healthcare, chemicals, industrial, commercial property, lodging, communications, media/publishing, consumer & retail, packaging, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, theme parks, food & beverage, and transportation. Blackstone's private equity real estate group looks for opportunities across North/South America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe. The real estate group will consider both equity and debt investments. Areas of interest include healthcare, hotel, industrial, office, residential, and retail. The Blackstone Group was formed in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 193
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 74
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 10 of 117
Year: 2004 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-01 Knology

West Point, Georgia, United States

Knology operated a cable television network in the U.S.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-22 SULO Group

Australia

SULO was the second largest waste collection service provider in Germany.

Buy $590M