{"id":560984,"date":"2013-08-26T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T18:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrbbd.wpengine.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/key-factors-on-the-acquirers-side\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:43:57","slug":"key-factors-on-the-acquirers-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/key-factors-on-the-acquirers-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Factors on the Acquirer\u2019s Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several key factors on the acquirer\u2019s side of a sale, most of which are necessary to achieve a successful closing. Just as a seller has to deal with quite a few factors, the acquirer must also. Some of the more important ones on the acquisition side are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sufficient financial resources to complete the deal as specified.<\/li>\n<li>Depth of capable staff to run the existing business and also execute an acquisition at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>A rational approach to the type, size and geographic location of target companies.<\/li>\n<li>The willingness to \u201cpay-up\u201d for acquisitions such as 6x EBITDA and, if necessary, the willingness to pay 100% cash, whether the sale is one of assets or a stock transaction.<\/li>\n<li>Assuming the acquisition search generates satisfactory deal flow, a willingness to stay the course for 6 to 12 months in the search process.<\/li>\n<li>A confirmation by the board of directors of their commitment to complete a deal.<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cpoint person\u201d in the search process, preferably the CEO, CFO or Director of Development who is reachable on a daily basis to discuss relevant matters.<\/li>\n<li>Complete access to sales manager and others by the business intermediary to discuss suggestions of target companies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several key factors on the acquirer\u2019s side of a sale, most of which are necessary to achieve a successful closing. Just as a seller has to deal with quite a few factors, the acquirer must also. Some of the more important ones on the acquisition side are: Sufficient financial resources to complete the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-a-business"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}