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Selling: What Does An Intermediary Expect From You

Deal Studio June 22, 2016 0 Comments

If you are seriously considering selling your company, you have no doubt considered using the services of an intermediary.  You probably have wondered what you could expect from him or her.  It works both ways.  To do their job, which is selling your company; maximizing the selling price, terms and net proceeds; plus handling the details effectively; there are some things intermediaries will expect from you.  By understanding these expectations, you will greatly improve the chances of a successful sale. Here are just a few:

• Next to continuing to run the business, working with your intermediary in helping to sell the company is a close second.  It takes this kind of partnering to get the job done.  You have to return all of his or her telephone calls promptly and be available to handle any other requests.  You, other key executives, and primary advisors have to be readily available to your intermediary.

• Selling a company is a group effort that will involve you, key executives, and your financial and legal advisors all working in a coordinated manner with the intermediary.  Beginning with the gathering of information, through the transaction closing, you need input about all aspects of the sale.  Only they can provide the necessary information.

• Keep in mind that the selling process can take anywhere from six months to a year — or even a bit longer.  An intermediary needs to know what is happening — and changing — within the company, the competition, customers, etc.  The lines of communication must be kept open.

• The intermediary will need key management’s cooperation in preparation for the future visits from prospective acquirers.  They will need to know just what is required, and expected, from such visits.

• You will rightfully expect the intermediary to develop a list of possible acquirers.  You can help in several ways.  First, you could offer the names of possible candidates who might be interested in acquiring your business.  Second, supplying the intermediary with industry publications, magazines and directories will help in increasing the number of possible purchasers, and will help in educating the intermediary in the nature of your business.

• Keep your intermediary in the loop.  Hopefully, at some point, a letter of intent will be signed and the deal turned over to the lawyers for the drafting of the final documents.  Now is not the time to assume that the intermediary’s job is done.  It may just be beginning as the details of financing are completed and final deal points are resolved.  The intermediary knows the buyer, the seller, and what they really agreed on.  You may be keeping the deal from falling apart by keeping the intermediary involved in the negotiations.

• Be open to all suggestions.  You may feel that you only want one type of buyer to look at your business.  For example, you may think that only a foreign company will pay you what you want for the company.  Your intermediary may have some other prospects.  Sometimes you have to be willing to change directions.

The time to call a business intermediary professional is when you are considering the sale of your company.  He or she is a major member of your team.  Selling a company can be a long-term proposition.  Make sure you are willing to be involved in the process until the job is done.  Maintain open communications with the intermediary.  And, most of all – listen. He or she is the expert.

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