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Ivy Lane Design Acquires Beverly Clark Collection

On January 7, 2009, Ivy Lane Design acquired distribution company Beverly Clark Collection from Waveland Investments

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ivy Lane Design’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Ivy Lane Design’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ivy Lane Design’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-01-07
Target Beverly Clark Collection
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Ivy Lane Design
Sellers(s) Waveland Investments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Beverly Clark Collection

North Chicago, Illinois, United States
Beverly Clark is the original founder of the company who had exited the business in 2000, and Portfolio Solutions to purchase the Beverly Clark Collection out of bankruptcy. The company is one of the nation?s leading manufacturers and distributors of wedding products. The company currently distributes to more than 3,000 wedding retailers countrywide.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ivy Lane Design

North Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Sector Apparel/Textiles
DESCRIPTION

Ivy Lane Design is a design-focused company bringing you wedding accessories.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Waveland Investments

Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Waveland Investments LLC is a private investment firm focused on lower middle market companies operating in the manufacturing, distribution or service sectors. Waveland pursues companies with revenues of at least $10 million and EBITDA of $1 to $8 million. The Firm primarily seeks buyouts of healthy businesses, but will consider select turnaround situations. Waveland Investments LLC is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 5
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-01 Justice Design Group

Los Angeles, California, United States

Justice Design Group, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, and importer of decorative residential, hospitality, and commercial lighting. Justice Design Group was founded in 1985 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-05-01 Avrio RMS Group

Easton, Maryland, United States

Avrio RMS Group is a provider of IP-surveillance solutions for the public safety market. The company designs, engineers and deploys turnkey wireless security solutions for municipalities and organizations with wide-area surveillance needs. Avrio RMS Group was founded in 1976 and is based in Easton, Maryland.

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