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.