M&A Deal Summary

Taylor Acquires First Marketing

On August 1, 1999, Taylor acquired publishing company First Marketing from Summit Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Taylor’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Taylor’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Taylor’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-08-01
Target First Marketing
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Taylor
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

First Marketing

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
First Marketing Co, Inc. publishes custom newsletters in the United States.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Taylor

North Mankato, Minnesota, United States
Category Company
Founded 1975
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Taylor Corporation is a global printing and marketing. Taylor helps millions of consumers celebrate events and milestones and enables businesses, including more than half of Fortune 500 companies, to express their brands and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. Headquartered in North Mankato, Minnesota, Taylor Corporation operates facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., France, India, China, Bulgaria and the Philippines.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
State (Florida) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 1 of 8
Year (1999) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-05-01 G. Neil Companies/ Centis

Sunrise, Florida, United States

G.Neil was part of an industry wide roll-up attempt focusing on office products. With the struggling economy causing falling sales at retail chains, the roll-up attempt failed under the cost of an exorbitant infrastructure.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 59 of 285
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 127
State (Florida) 4 of 17
Country (United States) 57 of 246
Year (1999) 10 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-07-06 Dorn Technology Group

Livonia, Michigan, United States

Dorn Technology Group provides software solutions for the insurance industry. Its product is used primarily by risk and claim managers, adjusters, insurance managers, attorneys, and third-party administrators.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-08-26 Takara Bio USA Holdings

Mountain View, California, United States

Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. is a provider of kits, reagents, and services that help researchers explore questions about gene discovery, regulation, and function.

Sell $200M
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