Compass Capital Partners and WhatTheyThink Present Timely Educational Webinar on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Printing Industry

April 28, 2008 -- Lexington, Kentucky USA -- WhatTheyThink.com today announced the opportunity for industry professionals to attend a free printing industry educational webinar. Mergers & Acquisitions in the Printing Industry will be led by industry expert Peter J. Schaefer, President of Compass Capital Partners, Ltd.  The program will be held Wednesday, May 7th, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EDT (-4 GMT).

No-charge registration is available here.

“While the number of mergers and acquisitions in the printing industry spiked in the late 1990s, we are still seeing in the range of 50 deals annually in a contracting industry, and the number appears to be on the rise again,” said Schaefer. “Certainly, the size of many of the deals has increased and there is more focus on specialty companies.”

Schaefer will address the following topics during the session:

• Current Trends in Printing M&A
• What Determines Value?
• Consolidation—Why It Is Attractive to Buyers
• What’s Attractive (and What’s Not) to Buyers

“We are extremely pleased that Compass Capital Partners, Ltd., is partnering with us to present this very important educational session,” said Randy Davidson, President, WhatTheyThink. “Attendees will be able to benefit from hearing what Schaefer has to say about the role of mergers and acquisitions in today’s unsettled economic climate.”

Attendees will be able to participate in a live question and answer session to get the most from the experience and will be able to view and listen to the presentation using a standard Internet browser with audio streamed via computer.

Compass Capital Partners has provided the printing industry with exceptional advisory services since 1980. Since 1996 we have completed 135 transactions for aggregate total consideration in excess of $4.0 billion representing companies with total revenues of more than $5.5 billion.

Compass Capital Partners is recognized nationally as a leader in investment banking, valuation services, financial advisory services and management consulting. In fact, the firm was the recipient of NAPL’s prestigious Industry Award for 1998. Its Chairman & CEO, Harris DeWese, was the recipient of the prestigious 2005 Walter E. Soderstrom Award.

WhatTheyThink.com is the printing and publishing industry's leading online media organization; offering a wide range of publications delivering unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. Serving a membership base of more than 50,000, WhatTheyThink.com also hosts webinars and live events as well as providing content through a syndication program, which delivers content directly to related websites and through RSS.

Peter Schaefer is President, COO and Partner at Compass and he specializes in mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate valuations. He has a hands-on, proactive approach to negotiating deals and has been instrumental in the structuring and development of many of Compass’s most important transactions during his thirteen years at the firm.
Peter is an experienced dealmaker with numerous completed sales engagements to his credit. His transactions include the sale of T/O Printing to Consolidated Graphics, the divestiture of Media General's Beacon Press to Cadmus Communications, the sale of Midwest Bank Note to an international conglomerate and the sale of Keystone Helicopter Corporation to Ranger Aerospace.

Prior to joining Compass in 1993, Peter worked in the investment banking departments of KPMG Peat Marwick and Coopers & Lybrand. He received a BS in Economics and Political Science from Trinity College and an MBA from Villanova University. He is a Candidate Member of the American Society of Appraisers. Peter is a member of the printing industry's prestigious Soderstrom Society.

Peter can be reached by calling (866) 879-2100 or his direct line at (484) 879-1881 or by email at schaeferp@comcapltd.com.

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