Our approach to Mergers and Acquisitions is a well planned and structured execution which utilizes our resources effectively. At Foster Hunt our emphasis on all transactions revolve around a well planned and administered execution.

Traditional selling practices of a private company should never be viewed as a matter solely based on finance. The finance approach simply uses historical valuation of a business to attempt to predict the future of a business' profit and performance. This method typically will not obtain the best possible price for a company, but rather a modest at market or even below market price.

Most business owners of private companies recognize the best way - perhaps the only way to achieve the best possible price is to deal with the most suitable buyer. Marketing is the best approach to locating the best potential buyer for the private company. Once this potential buyer is determined, then and only then can the focus next be directed towards the details of the sale. Once the right buyer is located, the negotiation

becomes a far less complicated process and in some instances almost "turn-key". Confidentiality is of the utmost importance to every component of a company's sale. At Foster Hunt we pride ourselves by keeping the highest standards of confidentiality from the start through the execution of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. We know how vital confidentiality is to business owners who are even considering the sale of their business and the importance of waiting until the appropriate time to notify employees, vendors, and clients of the new ownership. Only when a sale is fully completed, we work directly with the seller and new owners to announce the change in ownership. Each transition is unique to itself almost as every company sale - hence we work diligently to ensure each announcement is orchestrated properly.