Mergers & Acquisitions

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), Chicago, announced the receipt of an update to the unsolicited non-binding "Alternative Acquisition Proposal" (as defined in the company’s previously announced definitive merger agreement with affiliates of Chatham Asset Management LLC, dated as of Dec. 14, 2021)...

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced that its portfolio company, I.D. Images (IDI), Brunswick, Ohio, has made three significant acquisitions over the past five months. IDI’s acquisitions of Digital Printing Concepts...

SnugZ USA, West Jordan, Utah, has acquired Sweda Company LLC, combining two top 40 promotional products suppliers and enhancing their ability to serve distributor partners with the highest-quality products and service. The combination will drive an aggressive sustainable, diverse and differentiated best-in-class service and product selection...

RBO PrintLogistix, a top brand deployment partner based in Maryland Heights, Missouri, acquired Reign Print Solutions, Arlington Heights, Illinois, further growing the organization’s market footprint. The acquired print solutions provider and its employees will begin operating as Reign Print Solutions, an RBO Company, effective...

On Friday, Dec. 10, RRD's board unanimously determined that the unsolicited (now fourth) proposal from Chatham Asset Management to acquire all of its common stock for $10.85 per share in cash constitutes a “Superior Proposal” over Atlas Holdings' latest bid of $10.35 per share in cash. However, it subjected Chatham...

Everything stopped — for a while. Amid the chaos of a worldwide pandemic, and along with the rise and fall recovery that is still our collective reality, printing industry mergers and acquisitions are back on track. According to those experts who specialize in M&A transactions, sales and purchases today are...

Private equity firm Chatham Asset Management, the largest bondholder and an approximately 14.9% common stock shareholder of RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD), may be hoping the third time proves to be the charm in its attempts to wage a hostile takeover of RRD...

Chatham Asset Management, a private investment firm that already owns approximately 14.9% of the outstanding common stock of Chicago-based  R.R. Donnelley & Sons (RRD) and which is also its largest bondholder, submitted a binding, fully financed...

S&S Activewear, Bolingbrook, Illinois, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire competitor TSC Apparel, marking S&S’s fourth acquisition since 2010. Over the past decade, S&S has made significant investments in North American capacity and technology...

North America's largest commercial printing conglomerate RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Atlas Holdings in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $2.1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022...