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Selling a C Corporation — Stock Deals Have Returned to the Pest Control Industry
While we haven’t seen them for over a decade, today’s competitive M&A market has driven Orkin, Terminix and Rentokil to consider stock purchase transactions — and in some instances actually do them.
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Why My Father Chose Orkin…
Today’s edition of The Potomac Pest Control Executive is a personal story. It recounts the experience my father and I had as we shopped for termite and pest control services for his home.
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Potomac Engaged to Advise PCT Top 100 Company on Strategic Alternatives
The Potomac Company has been engaged by a top 50 company on the PCT Top 100 list to explore strategic alternatives for the shareholders.
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Potomac Engaged to Advise on Family Transition for New York Pest Control Company
The Potomac Pest Control group was engaged by a New York-based pest control company
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Paul Giannamore to Present at PCT Virtual M&A Conference
Paul Giannamore, Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, The Potomac Company The decision to sell a business is one of the most significant – and potentially gut-wrenching – decisions in an entrepreneur’s career.
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Rentokil Acquires Western Exterminators
Rentokil Initial plc (”Rentokil”) has agreed to acquire the assets of Western Exterminator Company (”Western”), a leading pest control company on the US West Coast, for an initial cash consideration of $99.6m, with a deferred consideration of up to $15.0m payable within 18 months, from existing financial facilities.
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Personal Goodwill Hunting – Bifurcating Personal & Corporate Goodwill in the Pest Control Industry
This article discusses the innovative approach of bifurcating goodwill into both corporate and personal components in the context of an asset sale by a C corporation.
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Ask the Advisor: When to Tell Employees You Are Selling
Although it is very easy to stay quiet during the initial stages of a deal, once the suits start showing up to the office, anyone there with an IQ above 20 will start piecing things together.
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Buyer and Seller Beware: The Assignability of Contracts in the Context of M&A
It’s the morning of closing and excitement is in the air. You are a few hours away from acquiring your first pest control company which will add a nice chunk of sales and technical expertise to your current operations.