We meet with you and perhaps your advisors to understand your future goals. There can be many situations that could be present.

Important issues include:

• Your company is growing and you need capital.
• Your company is growing and you need expertise to take it to the next level.
• You would like to take some chips off the table.
• You need to retire and there are no family successors.
• There are family successors and they will need capital and/or expertise.
• You have been approached by your competition to sell your business.
• There is an industry consolidation happening.
• The marketplace is changing and you cannot or are not willing to invest to keep up.
• You're tired and want to do something else with your life.

Whatever the issues are, we need to understand them completely.

There are many options you must consider. Transworld can help you understand them all.

Important issues include:

• Is it time to sell?
• Who are the buyers?
• Strategic or financial?
• Can I raise capital?
• Can or should I go public?
• Will I have to stay on and how long?
• What are Transworld's fees?
• Are their any upfront fees? (Most probably NO!)

Transworld can help you understand how much the company is worth.

Important issues include:

• Should I pay for a valuation? How much? (Not 50k!)
• What multiples apply to my business?
• What methods or rules of thumb are used in our industry?
• Do assets matter?
• Do you apply gross sales?
• What are the tax implications?

Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. Transworld mergers and acquisitions will set up a plan of action to take your business to market.

Important issues include:

• Which buyers do we approach first?
• How do we get the best price?
• How do we create completion for the deal?
• How do we keep it CONFIDENTIAL?
• How do we prepare the right marketing package? (Deal book!)

Transworld is one of the largest and most successful business sales organizations in the country. We work our mergers and acquisitions differently.

Important issues include:

• The multifaceted approach. First strategic buyers, then financial, then open market.
• Create competition for the deal to get you the best price.
• Qualify buyers.
• Review their qualifications.

Transworld will attend most meetings with buyers and be present on conference calls. We will prepare beforehand. We will also have a post mortem meeting to go over how the meeting progressed.

Important issues include:

• Meet with only the best buyers.
• How to handle conference calls.
• How to handle face-to-face meetings.
• Limited but important information.

Transworld will work with you and your advisors to decide who the best buyer is and which one will eventually close.

Important issues include:

• Who's the best buyer?
• Cash, notes, earnouts, stock, escrow?
• Senior debt, mezzanine, secondary?
• No shops and non-solicitation agreements?

Important issues include:

• Meet with only the best buyers.
• How to handle conference calls.
• How to handle face-to-face meetings.
• Limited but important information.

Transworld has an in-house, rigorous training program to refine negotiating skills. Most companies in the M&A process are professional buyers. You need an expert on your side.

Important issues include:

• Negotiation never ends.
• What should be in the LOI?
• When should the definitive agreements be drawn?
• How long for due diligence?
• Who pays the attorneys or CPAs?
• Is an audit necessary?

50% of unmanaged deals die in due diligence. Transworld will quarterback this process and keep everyone in the game.

Important issues include:

• What information is necessary?
• Where is due diligence done?
• What to do when the buyer asks you to cut out the intermediary, your attorney, or CPA?
• How not to get a "haircut" as the deal progresses.

Once due diligence is over, then the merger and acquisitions process must be completed. Transworld will work tirelessly to get the transaction closed.

Important issues include:

• Review and negotiate definitive agreements.
• Follow up with financing sources.
• Arrange real estate sales or lease transfers.
• Notify key employees at the appropriate time.
• Help arrange wire transfers.
• Make reservations for the celebratory dinner! (Perhaps even pick up the tab!)