Case Study:

Club Colors - Recapitalization

Situation
  • Club Colors is a Schaumburg, IL based value-added provider of promotional products and logo apparel to the corporate and collegiate market.
Objective
  • Matrix was retained by Club Colors’ parent.  RAF Industries, to conduct a full auction process. Shareholders not only desired to move quickly and maximize their return, but also wanted to ensure that management would have a supportive partner going forward with whom they could co-invest.
Solution
  • Matrix contacted both financial and strategic buyers and distributed Confidential Information Memoranda to interested parties and ultimately received multiple Indications of Interest.
  • After completing management presentations, RAF Industries and Management selected CID Capital as the acquirer due to its favorable valuation and deal terms, enthusiasm for the business, and willingness to form a strategic partnership with management in order to grow the business over the next several years.