| Type | Subsidiary | 
|---|---|
| Industry | holding company | 
| Founded | June 1, 1988 | 
| Headquarters | ,  USA  | 
Key people  | Barry F. Schwartz, CEO Ronald O. Perelman  | 
| Products | checks, licorice products | 
| Services | direct marketing, contact center | 
| Parent | MacAndrews & Forbes | 
| Subsidiaries | Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.[1] Mafco  | 
M&F Worldwide Corp. is a privately held holding company based in New York City. It was incorporated in Delaware on June 1, 1988.[2] Formerly Power Control Technologies, Inc., the company was previously a New York Stock Exchange listed public holding company (MFW) that became part of the Ronald O. Perelman group of companies. It was acquired by private company MacAndrews & Forbes in 2011.[3]
History
Mafco Holdings acquired Abex, Inc., an aircraft control system & hydraulic pump manufacturer, and then merged it into a Mafco subsidiary in 1995 while the aerospace subsidiary, Power Control Technologies Inc., became publicly traded. Power Control then acquired Flavors Holdings Inc. in 1996 for $180 million, which included the licorice business subsidiary Mafco Worldwide Corp., which manufactures more than 70% of the worldwide licorice flavors.
An Abex, Inc. subsidiary, Pneumo Abex Inc., merged through multiple transactions with Mafco Worldwide. Power Control Technologies was renamed M & F Worldwide in 1997. In 2000, Perelman proposed that Mafco Holdings' major share in Panavision Inc. be sold to M & F Worldwide at Mafco Holdings' purchase price but was block by an M & F shareholder as the stock was trading at only 23% of that value.[4]
In July 2013, the firm’s main subsidiary, Harland Clarke, agreed to sell Harland Financial Solutions to Davis & Henderson for $1.2 billion.[5]
Subsidiaries
- Name (state of Incorporation)
 
- Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. (Delaware) – formerly CA Acquisition Holdings Inc.
- Harland Clarke Corp. (Delaware)
- Checks in the Mail, Inc. (Delaware)
 - John H. Harland Company of Decatur (Georgia)
 
 - Harland Financial Solutions (Oregon)
 - HFS Scantron Holdings Corp. (New York)
- Scantron Corporation (Delaware)[1]
- Data Management I LLC [6]
 
 
 - Scantron Corporation (Delaware)[1]
 - Valassis
 - RetailMeNot
 
 - Harland Clarke Corp. (Delaware)
 - Flavors Holdings Inc. (Delaware)
- Mafco Worldwide Corp. (Delaware)
 - Mafco Shanghai Corp. (Delaware)
 - Pneumo Abex LLC (Delaware)
 - Pneumo Abex Lessee Corp. (Delaware)
 - Merisant Corp.
 
 - PCT International Holdings Inc. (Delaware)
 - EVD Holdings Inc. (Delaware)
 - Concord Pacific Corp. (Maine)
 - Centralia Holdings Corp. (Georgia)[7]
 
Foreign
Name of Subsidiary (Jurisdiction)
- EVD Holdings S.A. (France)
 - Extraits Vegetaux Et Derives, S.A. (France)
 - Wei Feng Enterprises Ltd. (British Virgin Islands)
 - Xianyang Concord Natural Products Co. Ltd. (People’s Republic of China)
 - Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone MAFCO Liantai Biotech Co., Ltd. (People’s Republic of China)
 - Mafco Weihai Green Industry of Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (40% owned) (People’s Republic of China)
 - Scantron Canada, Ltd. (Canada)
 - Harland Israel Ltd. (Israel)
 - Harland Financial Solutions Worldwide Limited (Ireland) [7]
 
References
- 1 2 "New Brand in Financial Services Brings Industry's Most Expansive Lineup of Checks and Payment Products to its Clients". Harland Clarke Press Releases. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
 - ↑ M & F Worldwide CorpP (1997-12-31). "10-K ANNUAL REPORT" (text). SEC. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
 - ↑ "M & F Worldwide Announces Completion of Acquisition by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
 - ↑ "M & F Worldwide Corp. -- Company History". Funding Universe Company Histories. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
 - ↑ Euan Rocha (23 July 2013). "Davis + Henderson to buy Harland Financial for $1.2 billion". Reuters.
 - ↑ M & F Worldwide Corp. (2007-12-31). "Form 10-K Annual Repor". secinfo.com. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
 - 1 2 "Form 10-K Annual Report EX-21.1 Subsidiaries". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 2007-12-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-05-20.