M&A Deal Summary

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Acquires Cardinal Brands

On October 16, 2007, R.R. Donnelley & Sons acquired business services company Cardinal Brands for 130M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 8th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ 1st transaction in Kansas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-10-16
Target Cardinal Brands
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 130M USD

Target

Cardinal Brands

Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Cardinal Brands, Inc. is a designer, developer and manufacturer of document related business, consumer and hobby products.

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Buyer

R.R. Donnelley & Sons

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Business Services
Employees33,000
Revenue 4.8B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to RR Donnelley's office in Warrenville, Illinois.
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 STATS #
Overall 10 of 30
Sector (Business Services) 8 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 25
State (Kansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 26
Year (2007) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-20 The Cyril-Scott

Lancaster, Ohio, United States

The Cyril-Scott Co. is a provider of in-line finishing web printing services.

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FOLLOWING 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
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