Want
to sell your business or looking for some liquidity?
Need
help establishing an Exit Strategy?
The Network's resources can help owners of established
businesses with the following:
The
Network's resources have the financial capability and deal
experience to efficiently close transactions. They
also have substantial operating experience and a
collaborative approach to build value for the companies with
whom they partner. The Network has the unique ability to provide
an ideal partner
for liquidity and growth, possessing the requisite level of
character, experience, ability, and desire to help a company prosper.
Total or
Partial Sale of their Business
The
Network's different resources can make either majority and
minority equity investments, or 100% acquisitions as called
for. The following are some specific types of scenarios,
needs or desires that business owners and executives often
have and the Network's resources can provide to
business owners as part of their exit or growth strategy.
Growth Capital
Companies need capital to grow and reach their next level of
success. Without it, many companies face a long struggle of
bootstrapping growth through internal cash flow. When an
established company that meets investment criteria has
significant opportunities to grow its business, as well as the
management team to execute the plan, the Network can deliver
the resources to
assist them.
Recapitalizations
Company owners often seek a recapitalization in order to
achieve what may appear to be conflicting goals: the sale of
a significant portion of the business to create personal
liquidity diversifying personal net worth, while retaining a
significant stake in the business to participate in the
future growth. Both of these goals are well served by a
recapitalization from one of the Network's resources.
Family Succession Recapitalizations
In the life of family businesses, there often comes a time
when a recap is necessary to transition ownership from one
generation of the family to another, to create liquidity and
diversification in an estate, and to ensure that the next
generation gets its opportunity to run and grow the
business. The Network's resources have an extensive history of
successfully navigating family dynamics and achieving the
often-divergent goals of different family members.
Management Buy-Outs
When incumbent managers have the opportunity to buy the
company or a division that they run but do not own, they need
a partner with the credibility, funding and experience to
get the deal done. They want a partner who will treat the
manager(s) generously, afford them significant ownership,
and serve as an effective partner for growth. The Network's resources
have proven to be highly effective partners in MBO’s of
privately held companies, as well as divisions of Fortune
500 companies. Should a management team have its own
wherewithal to fund its own buy-out or acquisition of the
business, our Network can help structure the transaction and
secure financing to supplement their equity contribution.
Management Buy-Ins
Company owners face profound challenges in the sale of their
businesses or divisions when there is a need for talent at the
most senior levels of management. When asked, the Network's resources
have successfully recruited outstanding leadership, enabling
this challenging type of transaction. We believe it is
important to recruit not only the correct technical talent,
but also the right personality who will fit with and respect
the company's culture. Moreover, the Network's resources have proven
to be outstanding partners to recruited senior managers by
sharing equity generously and helping to build value.
Industry Consolidations
One of the greatest opportunities for business owners and
equity investors to build value is found in fragmented
industries where solid management teams have the ability to
grow through add-on acquisitions. Several of the Network's resources
have been some of the nation's most active and successful
consolidators of industries starting with lower middle
market companies. Such consolidations entail partnering with
a platform company and backing its owner/operators in the
acquisition of several strategically attractive add-on
companies. Some of their consolidation projects have grown
in profit ten-fold, enjoying significant value creation,
particularly given the purchase price multiple expansion
realized because of increased size. The Network's resources have
demonstrated a healthy balance between the ability and
desire to create significant growth, and the understanding
that sufficient infrastructure and management talent must
exist to ensure that the growth is both profitable and
sustainable.
Solutions for Business Buyers
If you would like to purchase a
business
please contact us to discuss how we may be able to
help you with the following:
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Acquisition Search Projects
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Partnering opportunities with the
Network's resources to support your acquisition plan
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