Added Value For Both Sellers and Buyers

A professional association to which we belong, M&A Source, commissioned a study of people who had sold and bought companies, using an intermediary. The result was resoundingly clear that intermediaries bring tremendous value to the process.  A summary of the study shows:
 

Benefits to Company Sellers

Benefits to Company Buyers

· Increased price of transaction

· 53% said reduced stress significantly

- 90% said increased price by more than 10%

· 60% said closed deal faster

- 60% said by more than 20%

· 80% said that negotiation was easier

- 40% said by more than 30%

· 92% said that the seller was committed to the process

· 90% said that there was greater confidentiality

· 90% said that the intermediary reduced stress

· 86% said that the intermediary created a better business plan for selling the company