This week’s M&A digest explores protecting your legacy with a solid exit strategy, explains what private equity activity means to you, and investigates the motivating factor behind a recent deal.
Generational Wealth – Your Legacy
“There is an old Scottish proverb that goes something like this: The grandfather buys, the father builds, the son sells, and the grandchild begs.
This saying is referring to the transfer of wealth from generation to generation. Sadly, as we have seen over the decades, it is often all too true. A family creates a business that is well run and profitable, and as successive generations take the reins, too often the investment and the legacy in the business is completely lost through bad management, lack of focus, and poor decision-making.”
Who is qualified to replace you as the owner of your private business? Carl Doerksen explores your options and provides tips for planning an exit strategy.
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Private Equity Activity – What it Means to You (Part II)
Pitchbook revealed acquisition activity of the 20 most active lower middle-market equity firms during 2001-2010, showing that firms were quite active during the 10-year time period. What should take away from this? Read on for the answer.
“As you begin to look for buyers for your organization, keep equity firms in mind. If you are too small to be a primary platform company, you may be the right size for an add-on to a platform.”
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Synergies Make the Deal Happen
Generational Equity recently helped Bellwyck Packaging Solutions acquire Generational Equity client Ace Packaging Limited.
“’The offer presented by Bellwyck was creative in addressing the needs of the Sellers and was structured very effectively to realize the full potential of the synergies of the companies,’ said managing director Mike Hammer.”
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