M&A Deal Summary

Liturgical Publications Acquires Parish Publishing Solutions

On December 1, 2004, Liturgical Publications acquired publishing company Parish Publishing Solutions from Waud Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Liturgical Publications’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Liturgical Publications’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Liturgical Publications’ 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-12-01
Target Parish Publishing Solutions
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Liturgical Publications
Sellers(s) Waud Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Parish Publishing Solutions

Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States
Parish is a niche publishing company that produces advertising-supported weekly church bulletins primarily for the Catholic Church.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Liturgical Publications

New Berlin, Washington, United States
Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Liturgical Publications is a stewardship communication company that serves as a single source for products and services that help create more vibrant faith communities.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2004) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-17 ParishPay

Santa Monica, California, United States

ParishPay is a processor of electronic donations for faith-based organizations in the US. ParishPay has processed hundreds of millions in electronic donations nationwide. ParishPay offers its customers an easy-to-use, entirely web-based payment solution that accepts one-time and recurring credit card and ACH payments, and seamlessly integrates with most church software and accounting packages.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Waud Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Waud Capital Partners is a private equity firm that pursues investments in mid-sized manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Waud looks for businesses with proven management, operating in well defined markets, and that demonstrate strong growth potential. The Firm typically invests $75 to $200 million. Specific areas of interest include adhesives, air/water treatment, alarm monitoring, auto components, coatings, consumer products, home healthcare services, hospitals, lighting, litigation support, medical distribution, petroleum distribution, pharmaceuticals, publishing, sealants, specialty hospitals, and tax consultants. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, recapitalizations and industry consolidations. Waud Capital Partners was established in 1993 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 27
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 10
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 26
Year (2004) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-01 Maxum Petroleum

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Maxum Petroleum, Inc. is a provider of logistics and energy management services in the United States.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-27 Sovereign Specialty Chemicals

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sovereign Specialty Chemicals Corporation was a consolidation of several brands of specialty chemicals. Sovereign was formed to build, through acquisition and internal growth, a worldwide provider of specialty chemical companies.

Sell $575M
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