# Multi-Color Corporation agrees to be acquired by Platinum Equity affiliate for $2.5B

Multi-Color Corporation, a Cincinnati-based label maker, agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity for $50.00 per share, in a transaction valued at $2.5 billion including $1.5 billion of debt. The deal was announced on 25 February 2019.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-02-25
- Where: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Value: $2.50B
- Status: announced
- Products: label solutions
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Platinum Equity](https://endata.com/companies/1087.md) (acquirer)
- [Multi-Color Corp](https://endata.com/companies/1783.md) (target)
- [WS Packaging Group](https://endata.com/companies/2775.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [platinumequity.com](https://www.platinumequity.com/news/multi-color-corporation-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to/), 2019-02-25: "Multi-Color Corporation shareholders will receive $50.00 in cash for each share of common stock they own, in a transaction valued at $2.5 billion including the assumption of $1.5 billion of debt."

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