M&A Deal Summary

CPI Card Acquires Premier Card Solutions

On March 9, 2010, CPI Card acquired technology hardware company Premier Card Solutions from Valor Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CPI Card’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is CPI Card’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is CPI Card’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-03-09
Target Premier Card Solutions
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) CPI Card
Sellers(s) Valor Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Premier Card Solutions

Roseville, Minnesota, United States
Premier Card Solutions LLC is a manufacturer of printed plastic products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CPI Card

Littleton, Colorado, United States
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Financial Services
Employees1,448
Revenue 445M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
CPI's corporate headquarters in Littleton, Colorado.
CPI's corporate headquarters in Littleton, Colorado.

CPI Card is a provider of comprehensive financial payment card solutions in North America. CPI produces financial payment cards, provides integrated card services to card-issuing banks, and personalizes financial payment cards as well. CPI's customers are primarily national and regional banks, independent community banks, credit unions, managers of prepaid debit programs, group service providers, and card processors. CPI Card was founded in 2007 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2010) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-25 EFT Source

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

EFT Source, Inc. personalizes plastic cards, primarily financial institution debit cards. The company's services include card graphics design, printing, encoding, embossing, and data processing services related to plastic card management and issuance. EFT primarily targets small to medium sized financial institutions.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Valor Equity Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Valor Equity Partners is an operationally focused growth equity firm focused on acquiring control or non-control positions in high growth companies across various stages of development. Area of interest include industrial products, manufacturing, infrastructure, industrial maintenance, energy services, healthcare, and business services. Valor Equity Partners is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 10
Year (2010) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-01 Family Home Health Services

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Family Home Health Services is a home health agency. The Company provides in-home skilled nursing care across 31 counties in Florida, servicing the East Coast of Florida, the Tampa Bay area and the majority of Southwest Florida. Family Home Health Services was founded in 2000 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-29 Tesla

Austin, Texas, United States

Tesla designs, manufactures and sells electric cars, batteries, and solar related equipment and systems to consumers, businesses, and municipalities. Tesla was formed in 2003 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

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