This week’s M&A digest features content about succession planning, what types of deals private equity firms are focusing on, and what the rest of 2012 should hold for M&A activity.
Succession Planning
“One of the fundamental issues with many privately held businesses is the fact that they are completely dependent on their owners for success far too often…the truth is that one day you will eventually exit your company. When you get to that point, if your business is totally dependent on you for its ongoing success, you will have a challenge finding buyers who will pay you a premium for your company.
This concept was demonstrated a few months ago when a lower middle-market equity firm, Milestone Partners, announced it was raising its fourth fund in order to invest in smaller companies.”
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Private Equity Activity
Carl Doerksen takes a look at recent data from Pitchbook, which shows that private equity firms have been investing in more add-on acquisitions – acquisitions of companies that complement companies the private equity firms already own during the past several years.
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M&A Activity – What 2012 May Hold
“Recently the publication President & CEO published an article regarding their expectations for middle-market M&A activity in 2012. As is true of other analysts, President & CEO is very positive about activity this year.
In fact, according to the publication, ‘The global market for companies with revenues between $5 million and $1 billion, the bulk of which are less than $500 million, is on track to exceed every year in recent history except 2007 in terms of the number of reported deals; over half of these transactions are with companies with revenues between $5 million and $150 million.’”
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