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The M&A Front
Mergers, Acquisitions, & Enhancing Your Business
September 2007
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in this issue
-Strategic Planning - Your Guide to Success
-M&A Financial Due Diligence
-VERCOR Partners With AMERGE Corporation & Keystone Partners, LLC
-VERCOR News
VERCOR is a middle market mergers and acquisitions firm with a proven record for success, confidentiality, and integrity. Our mission is to provide global resources and results in the facilitation of business sales, mergers, and acquisitions. We focus on deals ranging from 5 million to 100 million in value. |
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Strategic Planning - Your Guide to Success ______________________________________________________________
I continue to be amazed at the number of privately held
companies without a strategic plan. Most business
owners agree it is sound business sense to have
strategic plan. Why do so few businesses have one?
My experience uncovers two primary reasons - lack of
true belief that a strategic plan will help their business
and complexity of the process. I hope the following
overview not only inspires you to take action, but also
gives you new hope that you can formulate a strategic
plan with modest effort.
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M&A Financial Due Diligence ______________________________________________________________
Financial due diligence is a surprisingly complex
process
and a key element of any M&A transaction, oftentimes
enduring throughout the M&A process. In this day and
age, buyers and lenders are placing more emphasis
on
the financial due diligence component of the M&A
process, and rightfully so. With so much at stake in
any M&A deal, there is no excuse for a lack of proper
financial due diligence. Continue reading to find out
how you can prepare ahead of time.
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VERCOR Partners With AMERGE Corporation & Keystone Partners, LLC ______________________________________________________________
VERCOR is proud to announce a new partnership with Ron Lasko and Ted Gardiner in Cleveland and John Meyering in Grand Rapids. The move brings the total number of VERCOR offices to 13 worldwide. Ron Lasko and Ted Gardiner stand at the helm of the Cleveland office as Managing Directors. Lasko has been involved in all aspects of the mergers and acquisitions business, as managing partner of a successful law practice, Lasko & Associates Co., L.P.A., and in consulting for a variety of completed M&A transactions. Gardiner boasts over 25 years of mergers and acquisitions experience. He is a former attorney with Jones Day and the U.S. Department of Justice. "We are confident that our collective efforts will enhance our services to the benefit of our clients," states Lasko. John Meyering leads the efforts in the Grand Rapids office. After growing his family's privately owned truck rental and leasing company into the nation's largest independently owned truck-leasing company, Meyering was deeply involved in its sale to a Fortune 500 company. He has since completed over 40 business transactions in a variety of industries. "I am excited about my partnership with VERCOR. Their global resources and national footprint provide our middle market clients the same services offered by much larger investment banking firms that only work on transactions exceeding $100 million," says Meyering. "We are excited about what these partnerships mean for our clients," exclaims Mark Jordan, VERCOR's Managing Partner. "Ron, Ted and John offer the expertise and commitment that is synonymous with VERCOR."
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VERCOR News ______________________________________________________________
VERCOR recently held its biannual, two-day
conference August 16-17. Held in San Francisco, CA,
the conference featured presentations from industry
leaders such as Deborah M. Sewell (Hub International
Pennsylvania, LLC), Jillian Alexander (Conduit
Consulting, LLC), Douglas Diggs and Cliff
McFarland (LITMUS Consulting, LLC) and Patrick S.
Jolliffe & Eric Barden (Jolliffe Capital).
Presenters spoke on everything from cross border
financing to enhancing transaction value. "This
conference provides a forum for VERCOR's Managing
Directors to strengthen relationships and share
knowledge about deals and deal-making with each
other as well as external experts," states Jillian
Alexander, a presenter. The event also provided
VERCOR offices the opportunity to network with each
other, discuss professional development initiatives
and share ideas to the benefit of their clients.
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Quick Links... ______________________________________________________________
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Contact Information ______________________________________________________________
email:
mark@vercoradvisor.com
phone:
770 399-9512
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