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Pest Control Outlook for the 2nd Half of 2018
Pest Control M&A Commentary — As you’re about to see over the course of the next six months, the PCT Top 100 is about to be rearranged … again.
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A Visit to Anticimex’s Stockholm
Pest Control M&A Commentary — This week’s edition of the market commentary is light on M&A and the market and heavy on photos…due to extensive travel I didn’t have much time to write.
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Pest Control Private Equity and Search Funds, A Public Service Announcement
This is a friendly message to those in the private equity and search fund space, in hopes to save you (and us) a lot of time.
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Pest Control M&A Commentary – May 21, 2018
This is a short week as I am off to Madrid for meetings with some Spanish companies and then to see our friends at Anticimex next week in Stockholm.
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Should You Knock Doors? The Economics of Pest Control Door-to-Door Sales
This article was printed on the heels of the ServiceMaster acquisition of Alterra, which, at the time, was the largest door-to-door (“D2D”) pest control company on the globe, having gone from $0 to $75 million in the three years prior to the acquisition.
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Pest Control M&A Commentary – May 15, 2018
Valuations remain frothy as consolidation continues across North America. We suspect that this will continue throughout the summer, although we are accelerating going to market.
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Legal Viewpoint: Understanding and Mitigating the Holdback in an M&A Transaction, a Sell-Side Perspective
So you’ve decided to sell your business. You’ve grown the business’s revenues over the last couple of years through blood, sweat and possibly some tears.
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Rollins Enters United Kingdom with Acquisition of Safeguard Pest Control
Rollins, Inc. the parent company of Orkin, has acquired the stock of Safeguard Pest Control and Environmental Services Limited, operating in greater London and Southeastern England.
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The Curious Case of Western Exterminator: How One Mistake Cost the Shareholders Millions on Their Sale to Rentokil and How You Can Avoid Making the Same Mistake
On the morning of November 29th, 2011, I arrived at the offices of the wealth management firm Greycourt & Co. in Pittsburgh to meet with David Lovejoy, the grandson of Ray Lovejoy, one of the founders of Western Exterminators (“Western”).
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Do You Make These Mistakes with Your Pest Control Employment and Non-Competition Agreements?
While my job is not always a pride-swallowing siege, I often find myself in similar conversations with clients.
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Forbes Magazine on Pest Control M&A
In the May 31, 2016 print edition of Forbes, the magazine discussed the recent acquisition of our client Alterra by Terminix as well as Potomac Company Forbes Magazine transaction multiples in the industry.
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What You Don’t Know Could Cost You — Paul Giannamore and Patrick Baldwin on the Arthropodcast
Special thanks to Patrick Baldwin and the Arthropodcast crew for having our very own Paul Giannamore on the podcast.
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