NEW YORK’S WELLSPRING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Acquires The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess Company.

9/20/2006 12:00:00 AM

SEPTEMBER 2006 – NEW YORK’S WELLSPRING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Acquires The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess Company.


Wellspring Capital Management LLC has acquired The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess Company, two leading printing companies that serve the education, catalog and commercial markets. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Carl Stanton, Partner, Wellspring Capital said, "The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess are highly respected printers of short to medium run books and maintain the highest standards of reliability and customer service. We are excited to partner with the firms' management teams as they continue their long tradition as the print supplier of choice."

About Wellspring Capital Management

Founded in 1995, Wellspring Capital Management LLC is a New York-based private equity firm with more than $2 billion in equity capital under management. The firm takes controlling positions in promising middle-market companies where it can realize substantial value by contributing innovative operating and financing strategies and capital. Wellspring's limited partners include some of the largest and most respected institutional investors in the United States, Canada, and Europe. More information on the Company is available on the Company's Web site, http:// www.wellspringcapital.com

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