July 2009                                                            


   Cashing In!
 
Selling Your Company For Maximum Profit
 

                                                  Douglas Group

 
Business Owners: Protect Yourself Post-Sale
 
In the current environment of turbulent operating results for so many sellers, one of the things that the M&A world is seeing at an elevated level today is complex and sensitive post-sale contingencies, which may offer longer connections after the deal is closed, between buyer and seller.  This has always been an area of interest and concern for sellers with any contingent "back end" relationship with the buyer - but today it takes a step up in importance, due to the increased commonality of longer term connections, in the average transaction.
 
The following is an outline of some of the common issues to be explored and tightly structured between buyer and seller before today's deal completion.
 
One of the areas commonly discussed between buyer and seller is the intent of the buyer for holding the company into the future.  Sellers commonly prefer to know......read more


Written by Deborah Douglas, Managing Director of the Douglas Group, a St. Louis-based private investment banking firm which represents sellers of middle-market companies. Ms. Douglas is also author of "Cashing In!"  For more information, contact her at  ddouglas@douglasgroup.net or call 314-991-5150.
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