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How to sell your business, while providing for your employees and maximizing the value of your enterprise...

Sell to a trusted buyer who has a track record of maximizing shareholder value by putting people ahead of things.

Our goal, in conjunction with the existing management team, is to build the company's sales and earnings toward an exit strategy in 3 to 5 years. We strive to have the management team own up to 20% of the company through buy in at time of purchase and through stock option grants. Management usually stays at the exit and gets a cash out in addition to new equity from the exit proceeds.

Typically, we would purchase a controlling interest and take responsibility for strategically directing the company. If there is a President in place who desires to remain, we would continue to work with him/her. Our role would be one of providing assistance in improving operations, finding acquisitions and integrating them. We seek to substantially increase sales and profitability of the company through acquisitions and drive organic growth by providing the necessary capital.

On behalf of its clients, Archfield Consulting Group has made over 15 acquisitions and successfully integrated personnel and operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, China and India.

We are prepared to make investments in conjunction with our equity affiliate Hamilton Robinson LLC www.hrco.com within the following industries for companies with consistent operating cash flows:

• Temporary Staffing Companies.
• Power generation and related products and services.
• Environmental products and services.
• Sensors and controls for temperature, pressure, humidity, gas, liquid, motion and proximity.
• Commercial and military aerospace products and services.
• Electrical and electronic components.
• Capital equipment manufacturers.

Turnaround/ Distressed situations will be given consideration.

We will also consider other industries.  However, we focus on industries where a demonstrated record of our specific success strategies have been proven  We do not  focus on real estate, construction developers, construction contractors, retail or start up companies.

We evaluate the following attributes in committing our investment funds: Industry, Management, Business Environment, Financial and the Deal.

INDUSTRY: 

•  Growing, smooth or stable
•  Superior product quality
•  Consistency and service are valued over price
•  Open market with weak or diffused competitors
•  Technology mainly influences business process

MANAGEMENT: 

•  Ideal to replace absentee owner
•  Prefer to back existing senior executives
•  Management depth
•  Experienced and motivated
•  Strong open culture

THE BUSINESS: 

•  Longstanding, broad based, “stickey” customers
•  Avoid high customer concentration
•  Dominant market share
•  Strong brand identity
•  Non commodity products
•  ISO certified
•  Lean Enterprise with Six Sigma
•  Excellent growth prospects

FINANCIAL: 

•  Consistent earnings growth
•  Stable and good margins
•  Strong and current Information Technology
•  Internal controls
•  Audited financials

THE DEAL: 

•  Attractive/low multiple EBITDA to price
•  Prefer southeast location
•  Audited financials
•  Negotiated deal. We will not participate in auctions

If you are interested in partnering through a sale of a majority equity stake or outright sale of your company, please e-mail us at info@archfield.com