M&A Deal Summary

PCA Acquires Boise

On September 16, 2013, PCA acquired forest products company Boise for 2.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PCA’s 1st transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is PCA’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is PCA’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is PCA’s 1st transaction in Idaho.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-09-16
Target Boise
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) PCA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.0B USD
Advisor(s) J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

Boise

Boise, Idaho, United States
Boise, manufactures a wide variety of packaging and paper products. Boise's range of packaging products includes linerboard and corrugating medium, corrugated containers and sheets, and protective packaging products. Boise's paper products include imaging papers for the office and home, printing and converting papers, and papers used in packaging, such as label and release papers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PCA

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1867
Sector Packaging
Employees14,900
Revenue 7.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Packaging Corporation of America's corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Entrance to Packaging Corporation of America's corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.

PCA is a producer of container board and corrugated packaging products. PCA was founded in 1867 and is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Forest Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 11
State (Idaho) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 11
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-30 Colorado Container

Denver, Colorado, United States

Colorado Container Corp. is a containerboard and packaging solutions company.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-25 Crockett Packaging

Industry, California, United States

Crockett Packaging is a manufacturer of folding cartons and corrugated boxes.

Buy $21M
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Product

Company

Legal