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Distribution M&A 2007 Update:
More Buyers, New Drivers in U.S. and Overseas
Home Depot's sale of Home Depot Supply has grabbed the headlines, but there is more M&A activity than ever in wholesale distribution. Key drivers include unprecedented liquidity and availability of acquisition financing, historically high valuations, a growing pool of consolidators, and emerging global opportunities.
What's the impact for your company in this fast-changing landscape? Three seasoned M&A experts share their insight on the state of the 2007 distribution M&A market. In this two-hour audio conference, you'll hear practical tips from professionals with deep experience helping distribution executives navigate successful deals across a range of company sizes, sectors, countries and ownership structures.
Speakers:
- Brent R. Grover, President, Evergreen Consulting
- Thomas E. Lange, Managing Director, Head of Distribution Group, Investment Banking, Robert W. Baird & Co.
- Jim Miller, Managing Director and Principal, Vetus Partners
Our Panelists will update you on the latest in
- Financing/debt market trends
- Strategic buyer activity
- Private equity markets
- M&A drivers nationally and overseas
- Valuation trends at all market levels
- The outlook for 2007 and beyond
HOW TO ORDER
1. Order the CD Package - Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express)
2. Phone: 1-888-742-5060
You will receive an e-mail confirmation shortly after you complete your order.
Our three panelists are tapped into the heart of distribution deal-making in North American and European distribution markets. They'll give you a concise and comprehensive two-hour briefing on the latest events shaping acquisition activity – from the smallest to largest distribution companies, from buyer and seller perspectives.
At the end of this session, participants will understand:
- The impact of HD Supply’s future on current markets
- The latest on M&A activity for small, medium and large distributors
- Critical benchmarks and investment rationale of financial buyers
- Emerging cross border and trans-Atlantic consolidation trends
- Economic cycle impacts by distribution sector on M&A activity
- How to position your distribution company to leverage current M&A trends
Who should order? CEOs, Presidents, CFOs and Directors of Business Development of public and privately-held wholesale distribution companies, senior staff and executive teams. Manufacturers, service providers and industry analysts will gain a critical update on consolidation trends. This session has value for any size company to better understand wholesale distribution M&A activity today, where it's heading, and its impact on your positioning. Order here.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Brent is currently working on his third book for the NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence (formerly called DREF). His book about wholesale distributor M&A, The Acquisitive Distributor: Four Keys to Buying A Wholesale Distributor, was published in 2005. Grover is also the author of More to the Bottom Line: Customer Profitability Tools for Distributors. Brent is a frequent contributor to Modern Distribution Management. He was named an NAW Institute Fellow in 2005, one of only four Fellows so recognized by the research arm of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.
Grover was CEO and co-owner of National Paper & Packaging Co., which he sold in 1999. He was also a consultant at an international public accounting firm and served on the teaching faculty at Case Weatherhead School of Management.
Prior to joining Baird, he was a partner in the securities and mergers and acquisitions practice of the law firm of Foley & Lardner. He is a member of the State Bars of Florida and Wisconsin, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Tom graduated, magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, and received a BBA degree with a concentration in Accounting, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. He began his career in the Chicago office of Ernst & Whinney.
Jim is also a Partner in Supply Chain Equity, a value-added private equity firm founded and backed by former distribution executives, financial advisors and distribution-focused consultants that invests exclusively in wholesale distribution companies. Jim graduated, magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University with JD/MBA degrees, and received a B.S. degree, cum laude, from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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