Add-on Acquisition • Publishing

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Acquires Bowne & Co.

On November 24, 2010, R.R. Donnelley & Sons acquired publishing company Bowne & Co.

Acquisition Context

This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 9th transaction in the United States.
This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 2nd transaction in New York.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	November 24, 2010
Target	Bowne & Co.
Sector	Publishing
Buyer(s)	R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Bowne & Co.

New York, New York, United States

Bowne & Co. Inc. is a provider of capital markets services, shareholder reporting services, marketing communications, and commercial printing services in the United States and internationally.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

R.R. Donnelley & Sons

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1864
Sector	Business Services
Employees	33,000
Revenue	4.8B USD (2020)

DESCRIPTION

Entrance to RR Donnelley's office in Warrenville, Illinois.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons is a global provider of integrated communications. The Company works with customers worldwide to develop custom communications solutions that reduce costs, enhance return on investment and ensure compliance. Drawing on a range of proprietary and commercially available digital and conventional technologies deployed across four continents, the Company employs a suite of Internet-based capabilities and other resources to provide premedia, printing, logistics and business process outsourcing products and services to leading clients in virtually every private and public sector. R.R. Donnelley was formed in 1864 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	12 of 31
Sector: Publishing	2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition	11 of 26
State: New York	2 of 5
Country: United States	9 of 27
Year: 2010	1 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2008-02-27	Pro Line Printing Pineville, North Carolina, United States Pro Line Printing, Inc., produces newspaper inserts for retail advertising. The company operates plants in Arlington, Texas; Avon, Connecticut; Pineville, North Carolina; and (Charlotte) and Reno, Nevada.	Buy	$122M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2008-02-27

Pro Line Printing

Pineville, North Carolina, United States

Pro Line Printing, Inc., produces newspaper inserts for retail advertising. The company operates plants in Arlington, Texas; Avon, Connecticut; Pineville, North Carolina; and (Charlotte) and Reno, Nevada.

Buy

$122M

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2010-12-01	Nimblefish Technologies San Francisco, California, United States Nimblefish's innovative software services include integrating direct mail, email, web, PURL, and variable video components into multi-touch, multi-channel customer prospecting and engagement programs. Among Nimblefish's strategic products is Nurture, which enhances customer relationship management programs with highly personalized, direct multi-channel communications that speak to the individual interests of each prospect and customer.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2010-12-01

Nimblefish Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States

Nimblefish's innovative software services include integrating direct mail, email, web, PURL, and variable video components into multi-touch, multi-channel customer prospecting and engagement programs. Among Nimblefish's strategic products is Nurture, which enhances customer relationship management programs with highly personalized, direct multi-channel communications that speak to the individual interests of each prospect and customer.

Buy

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