立石为领先的世界级品牌广告设计、印刷、物流一条龙服务提供商GFX International, Inc. 出售予Oak Hill Capital Partners 旗下的Imagine! Print Solutions 提供咨询

Livingstone’s Business Services sector team has advised GFX International, Inc. (“GFX”) on its sale to Imagine! Print Solutions (“Imagine!”), a portfolio company of Oak Hill Capital Partners. Livingstone acted as the exclusive financial adviser to GFX. The acquisition provides additional world-class capabilities and technology solutions to Imagine in support of its long-term growth strategy.

GFX, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Grayslake, IL, is a retail design and execution firm utilising proprietary software and custom technology to minimise retailers’ and brands’ Total Cost To Communicate with shoppers in store. GFX delivers both temporary in-store campaigns and sustainable in-store décor solutions. GFX’s unique approach and proprietary technology enable retailers to greatly simplify how they address retail chain complexities.

Imagine! Print Solutions is an industry-leading, complete visual communications provider, delivering end-to-end solutions for retailers, CPGs and various other segments. Imagine! helps brand marketers execute in-store campaigns with the highest level of quality and accuracy while maintaining a streamlined, cost-effective process.

GFX engaged Livingstone to run a sales process to identify and secure a transaction with a partner that would support the long-term growth strategy set in place by GFX’s experienced leadership team. Chuck Huttinger, Founder and CEO commented, “Livingstone was instrumental in advising our management team throughout the process. Their expert knowledge and collaborative approach allowed us to navigate the process and make key decisions that benefited both parties in the transaction.”

Partner Brennan Libbey commented, “The sale of GFX International represents another outstanding outcome for our Business Services practice. We are excited about the future of GFX and Imagine!, as together they are in an excellent position to leverage their combined capabilities to significantly grow their market share.”

Vedder Price provided legal counsel to GFX.

GFX follows on the heels of Law Business Research, a transaction in which the leading global provider of legal news, data and insights was the subject of a secondary management buy-out backed by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.