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News & Resources
Blackbridge Partners recent newsletters
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- Getting Full Value for Your Brands
- Where Was the M&A Action in Q1?
- Seller's Due Diligence
- Loose Lips Shrink Values
- Long Term Capital Pain
- Where Did the Money Go?
- Is This Pent Up Demand?
- Are We There Yet?
- The Paradox of a Business Exit in a Recession
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- Bargain Hunters and Bottom Feeders
- Getting the Best Price: A third party’s view
- The Timing Dilemma
- Making the Timing Work for You
- Survival of Family Businesses
- Business Exit Factoids
- The Real Deal: Examples of active buyer inquiries
- Incentive Payments
- Earnout Metrics
- Earnout Cautions
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• The Capital Crises (Special Issue) |
- What just hit the fan?
- Passivity is not a viable option
- Alternative Sources of Capital
- Information Asymmetry
- Distressed Situations
- Retirement Accounts
- Can I Sell My Business in This Environment?
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- Value, Price and Perspective
- Price is Not Everything
- Cocktail Party Multiples
- Valuation Based on Assets and Discounted Cash Flow
- Avoiding Deal Killers
- Sell Side Tax Implications
- Capital Sources
- Representations and Warranties
- How Accurate Must Reps and Warranties Be
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- Foreign Acquirers: Attracted but Attractive?
- PEGs Are Courting Smaller Companies
- Roll-Up in a Down Market
- Comparative Exchange Rates Over the Last 12 Months
- Smoothing the Road from Letter of Intent to Closing
- Considerations in an Earnout
- Tax Cost of Exits to Rise?
- Earnouts: Buyers Covenants
- Thoughts and Considerations
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- Why Design an Exit Strategy When I'm Still Enjoying the Business?
- Plan for the Future of loyal Employees
- Responding to an Unsolicited Buyer
- Preparing Your Company for Exit
- There's More than One Way to Exit a Business
- The Tax Aspects of an Exit
- Sale to a Private Company: Cash or Shares?
- Reasons Owners Sell
- Should You Engage an Investment Banker to Sell Your Business
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| Long Term Capital Gains Tax Model |
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Download this Excel working model and calculate the impact of the expected rise in LTCG tax on your business.You can run what-if scenarios by adjusting 5 different variables and using 2 different price multiples.” |
| Download the Long Term Capital Gains Tax Calculator |
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Outlook for Organic Growth in 2009
This recent survey shows bullishness for some sectors organic growth in 2009.
(Source: ACG-Thomson Reuters Year-End 2008 Dealmakers Survey, sample size = 970)
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Lower Middle Market Deals Predominate
Although mega deals get press attention deals valued at less than $50m (the lower middle market) accounted for 45% of the Private Equity deals done in the first 3 quarters of 2008. This share may climb further while tight credit prohibits the leverage needed to do larger deals.
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