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M&A Weekly Digest – March 30th, 2012

March 30, 2012 By Lindsey Perkins Wade

Today we discuss a textbook example of a private equity firm expanding via an add-on company; how to properly document your business when you’re ready to sell it; and how active equity firms are in Canada.

Private Equity Firms – Expansion (Not Contraction) via Add-Ons

“[A] partial sale is a fantastic opportunity to gain access to capital while retaining a share in your company. The really good news is that there are equity firms that specialize in providing this type of funding for middle-market companies.

A perfect example of this scenario was announced last month. Building Industry Partners LLC (BIP), a Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity investment firm focused in the U.S. building products industry, sponsored a newly formed entity, United Cabinet Holdings LLC (United).”

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Selling A Business – Part IV – Documentation You Will Need

“In this article we walk you through the key documentation you will need to develop in order to give buyers a comfort level with your company and confidence in its future growth possibilities. If you have done a thorough evaluation, the documentation we will be discussing here should already be available to you to expand into your offering documents.”

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Canadian M&A – Equity Firms and the Middle Market

“We were curious if the same is true for our neighbors to the north–are equity firms as keen on middle-market companies in the Canadian M&A market? Recently Pitchbook released their Canadian Private Equity Breakdown…

Canadian middle-market companies are even more popular with equity firms. They represented more than 80% of deals closed by these firms in 2011 and nearly 90% the year before. In fact, more than 50% of the Canadian companies acquired last year by financial buyers were under $50 million in size.”

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About Lindsey Perkins Wade

Lindsey Perkins Wade is managing editor of The Private Business Owner.

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