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Separate Escrows for Purchase Price Adjustments

What's Market

Market Trends: What You Need to Know As shown in the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies: The use of separate escrows for purchase price adjustments has been increasing on a fairly steady basis since 2007 (with a slight dip in 2021 from a 2019 high).

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Unrealistic Business Valuation Expectations

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One of the biggest struggles with selling in the middle to lower middle market is business valuation expectations. Sellers almost always feel their business is worth far more than what the market will bear. Nowhere was this more prevalent than in 2007 and 2008. Believe me, nothing gets better than 2007.

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Stand-Alone Indemnities

What's Market

Market Trends: What You Need to Know According to the American Bar Association's nine Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies, the use of stand-alone indemnities in reported private company M&A transactions has increased from 69% in its 2007 study to 96% in 2021.

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The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

They also use “buy and build” strategies, such as bolt-on acquisitions , but most large deals are motivated by efficiency gains. If you go even smaller, you’ll find names like Sumeru (Silver Lake’s middle-market firm), Banneker (founded by ex-Vista employees), Riverwood, and Leeds (with a “knowledge industries” focus).