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Our Strategy
Our goal is to invest in
healthy, established companies (see Investment
Criteria) and to increase their value using proven management techniques
that entail pursuing both internal and external growth opportunities. This
includes among others product/service innovations, geographic and vertical
market expansion, strategic alliances, and add-on acquisitions. Our
preference is to take outright ownership or a controlling stake in our
acquisitions. We are unlikely
to consider turnaround or startup opportunities.
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Abacus Partners is
particularly interested in investment opportunities where the current owner is
considering retirement or where there is a need to add external senior executives to
grow the business. We focus on opportunities where the collective talents of
our team can be applied to maximise the long-term value of the business. We
actively pursue both owner operated companies and non-core divisions
being divested by corporate parent organisations.
A key
part of our strategy is to have an active management role in the
companies we acquire. As owner-operators, we can concentrate on
generating long-term value for employees, customers, investors and
the community. For retiring owners, our active participation
provides an option for them to realise the value of their ownership
in the company and still maintain the business as a going concern
for its most prized constituencies, namely its employees, customers
and suppliers. This new management team will have the benefit of
drawing on the extensive experience of the Abacus Partners'
syndicate of investors (see Management Team), all of whom are proven business leaders.
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Investment opportunities are
gathered from traditional intermediaries, our extensive advisory network, and
through proprietary sources. Although our investment evaluation systems follow traditional private equity practices, we also consider
a candidate’s fit with our management-centric and growth-oriented investment
philosophy. Size, market position, current management, ownership positions,
ongoing operating strategy and growth potential are all evaluated to determine
whether we are the right partners to facilitate the acquisition candidate’s
transition.
Working with Abacus
Partners
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Abacus Partners is a
unique option for business owners looking to sell their companies. We provide
financial liquidity on flexible terms and the management experience required to
ensure the ongoing success of the enterprise. Our management team and investors
are successful business operators and entrepreneurs who understand the concerns
of both individual business owners and family-owned enterprises.
Please
feel free to Contact Us. We welcome inquiries
directly from business owners and managers, as well as from
intermediaries, legal and corporate finance advisors, business
valuators, estate planners, accountants, consultants and industry
experts. We do not require a written business plan in order to
discuss an opportunity. We pay industry-standard fees for referrals
that lead to the closing of a transaction.
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