News Release

DALLAS – Safeguard was again recognized on Print + Promo Magazine’s annual Top 50 list with eight of the brand’s top performing distributors. The leading source of business strategies for the distributor sales professional, Print + Promo Magazine’s annual ranking recognizes the industry’s highest-selling companies based on revenue for the last completed fiscal year.

The accolades confirm Safeguard’s place as the leader in the printing, promotional products, apparel and business services industries, and comes on the heels of a landmark year for the brand. Earlier this year, Safeguard’s Business Acquisitions & Mergers (BAM) team won an M&A Advisors Deal of the Year award in the Professional Services (B-to-B) category as well as a bronze Stevie® American Business Award as Support Team of the Year.

“We are thrilled about the growth our distributors have enjoyed in 2017, and this recognition of their hard work is cause for celebration,” said R. Scott Sutton, Vice President at Safeguard and leader of the BAM team. “We look forward to achieving even more together in 2018.”

Safeguard’s top-ranking distributors on the Print + Promo list include the following:

• #14 – Fontis Solutions, a Safeguard Company
• #19 – Brand Advantage Group by Safeguard
• #21 – Inspired Results LLC, a Safeguard Company
• #27 – Consolidated Graphic Communications, a Safeguard Company
• #28 – USFI, a Safeguard Company
• #38 – Bradley Marketing Group, a Safeguard Company
• #49 – PerfectPartner Business Solutions, a Safeguard Company
• #50 – SOLV, a Safeguard Company

ABOUT SAFEGUARD
For more than 60 years, Safeguard, through its network of distributors, has been providing the products, services and expertise needed by business owners to help their businesses grow. Through innovation, dedication and a commitment to quality and integrity, Safeguard has transformed itself from a small check printing business to a fully diversified business solutions enterprise. To learn more about Safeguard, please visit www.gosafeguard.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/safeguardgrowth.

ABOUT SAFEGUARD BAM
Since 2008, Safeguard’s award-winning Business Acquisitions and Mergers (BAM) Team has emerged as the most decorated strategic growth team in the industry. With more than 100 years of collective experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business strategy and financial performance assessment, the BAM Team possesses the “know how” needed by Safeguard, its affiliates, distributors and franchisees to complete complex transactions across multiple business channels. The BAM team has completed more than 150 total transactions since its inception, earning accolades at the highest levels. In 2017, the BAM team won an M&A Advisors Deal of the Year award in the Professional Services (B-to-B) category as well as a bronze Stevie® American Business Award as Support Team of the Year. In 2014, the BAM team won a coveted Dealmaker of the Year award, presented by Franchise Times® Magazine. To learn more about the BAM Team, please visit safeguardbam.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/safeguardgrowth