M&A Deal Summary

Visant Acquires Jostens

On October 1, 2004, Visant acquired consumer products company Jostens from MidOcean Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Visant’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Visant’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Visant’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.
Investment Fate
  • Jostens was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2015.
  • Jostens was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2018 for 1.3B USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-10-01
Target Jostens
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Visant
Sellers(s) MidOcean Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Jostens

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jostens' corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jostens' corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jostens is a producer of school-related affinity products, including yearbooks, class rings, announcements and accessories, diplomas, caps and gowns and school photography. Jostens' products celebrate important moments and recognize achievements in high schools, colleges and middle schools and the Company is also a provider of products to athletic chmiampions and their fans. Jostens was founded in 1897 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Visant

Armonk, New York, United States

Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Visant Corporation is a provider of marketing and publishing services in the school affinity products, sampling, packaging, direct marketing and educational and trade publishing segments.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 4
State: Minnesota M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-10-04 Arcade Marketing

New York, New York, United States

Arcade Marketing, Inc. is a provider of sensory sampling solutions to the world’s major beauty, fragrance and skin-care brands, Arcade Marketing offers solutions that can accelerate consumer trial and purchase. Whether the goal is engaging consumers via magazines, catalogs, direct to consumer, stores and online or all of these channels. Arcade Marketing can power the success of your next campaign.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MidOcean Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MidOcean Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in middle-market companies throughout North America. The Firm has a preference for consumer and business services sectors including automotive, food/beverage, retail, consumer products, information services, infrastructure services, training and more. MidOcean seeks opportunities valued between $150 and $750 million where it can commit $75 to $300 million. In addition to investing equity, MidOcean also looks to provide flexible credit solutions as well. MidOcean Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 37
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 19
State: Minnesota M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 32
Year: 2004 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-01 Noveon International

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Noveon International, Inc is a global developer, producer, and marketer of technologically advanced specialty chemicals for a broad range of consumer and industrial applications.

Sell $1.8B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-17 VITAQUEST International

West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States

VITAQUEST INTERNATIONAL has built a reputation over three decades as a trusted leader in the formulation, development and manufacture of custom dietary supplements. We pride ourselves on our ability to innovate, creating more than 2000 new products every year for clients in more than 40 countries around the world.

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