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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: June 18, 2008
YORK
Label Poised for Continued Growth with New Equity Partner.
Industry-leading YORK Label partners with Diamond Castle Holdings,
LLC.
OMAHA, Neb.,
June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- YORK Label CEO Rich Egan announced today
that LabelCorp Holdings, Inc. ("YORK Label") has partnered with
a new private equity sponsor, Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC of New
York. Diamond Castle, in partnership with YORK's Senior Management
Team, has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire YORK
Label from Wind Point Partners of Chicago, Illinois.
YORK Label
has steadily become a leading force in the prime label market through
strategic acquisitions over the last twenty-four months, most recently
with Cameo Crafts of Montreal, Canada. The company is a leading
provider of high quality and innovative labeling technologies to
major consumer products, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical, and food
and beverage companies worldwide. With fourteen world-class label
production facilities and fifteen sales & technical offices throughout
the Americas, the company services over 3,000 customers and employs
over 800 associates.
YORK Label
CEO Rich Egan comments, "We are excited about this new partnership
with Diamond Castle. YORK Label is now well positioned to make immense
progress in reaching our goal of becoming a significant global supplier
to our major customers and end markets. Diamond Castle has a phenomenal
record of partnering with Senior Management to provide significant
capital necessary to create more valuable organizations." Egan added,
"We expect the transaction to close within the next 60 days."
About YORK
Label
Omaha, NE based
YORK Label is a leading provider of high quality, innovative label
and package solutions to global consumer products, wine and spirits,
pharmaceutical and food and beverage companies. YORK Label has fourteen
state-of-the art production facilities and over 800 associates throughout
the Americas. For more information please visit http://www.yorklabel.com.
About Diamond
Castle Holdings, LLC
Diamond Castle
Holdings, LLC is a private equity firm with over $1.85 billion of
committed capital under management. Founded in 2004, Diamond Castle
specializes in leveraged buyouts, growth capital and equity-like
investments in both public and private companies. Diamond Castle
targets investments in the following industry sectors: media and
communications, energy and power, financial services, healthcare
and diversified industries. Diamond Castle has 25 employees located
in New York, New York. For more information please visit http://www.dchold.com.
About Wind
Point Partners
Wind Point
Partners is a private equity investment firm with $2 billion of
capital under management. Wind Point focuses on partnering with
top caliber management teams to acquire solid middle market businesses
with a clear path to value creation. Additional information about
Wind Point is available at http://www.windpointpartners.com.
Contact: David
E. Klotter, Vice President of Marketing
Phone: 402-829-4571
Email: dave.klotter@yorklabel.com
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