M&A Deal Summary

Enesco Acquires Things Remembered

On February 6, 2019, Enesco acquired consumer products company Things Remembered from Madison Dearborn Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Enesco’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Enesco’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Enesco’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-02-06
Target Things Remembered
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Enesco
Sellers(s) Madison Dearborn Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Stifel
Miller Buckfire & Co. (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Things Remembered

Highland Heights, Ohio, United States
Things Remembered is a personalized gift chain providing solutions for all gift-giving occasions through more than 650 stores across the U.S. and through its catalogs and website. The Company specializes in personalizing gifts through its engraving and monogramming technology.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Enesco

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

Enesco is a distributor of products to wide variety of specialty card and gift retailers, home décor boutiques, as well as mass-market chains and direct mail retailers. Enesco was founded in 2007 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-05 GUND

Edison, New Jersey, United States

GUND is one of the major plush toy manufacturers in the world, recognized by the American Brand Council as one of the most trusted toy brands in the U.S. Universally known and loved for its iconic "Gotta Getta GUND" campaign, the brand connects effortlessly with multiple generations of people who have shared special moments of their lives with this affordable luxury.

Sell $79M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Madison Dearborn Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 62 of 79
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 28 of 37
State: Ohio M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 55 of 69
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-30 LGS Innovations

Herndon, Virginia, United States

LGS Innovations LLC is a technology company delivering mission-critical communications products, R&D, and supporting services to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies and commercial customers around the world. We create advanced solutions in wireless communications, signals processing, and analysis, optical networking, photonics, routing and switching, and spectrum management. These solutions drive mission success in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), cyberspace operations, and network assurance. LGS Innovations is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with offices across the U.S. and overseas.

Sell $750M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-15 Option Care

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

Option Care Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of home and alternate treatment site infusion services. Holding accreditations from industry quality organizations ACHC, PCAB, ASHP and URAC,* the company draws on nearly 40 years of clinical care experience to offer patient-centered therapy management. Option Care’s signature Home Infusion Plus services include the clinical management of infusion medicines, nursing support and care coordination. Option Care’s multidisciplinary team of more than 1,800 clinicians – including pharmacists, nurses and dietitians – are able to provide home infusion service coverage for nearly all patients across the United States needing treatment for complex and chronic conditions.

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