An Important Message about Selling, Merging or Recapitalizing Your Business in 2008

Spotlight Transaction:

	Winner Steel, Inc. Transaction Value: $300+ million Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
Winner Steel, Inc. is a leading U.S. producer of hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) steel sheet and galvanneal. Winner operates three of the most modern, flexible and efficient HDG production lines in North America, capable of producing over 1.2 million tons of a combination of commercial, construction and unexposed automotive quality HDG steels and galvanneal annually... Read more

Have you considered the benefits and opportunities available to you, your company, your employees, your shareholders and the right acquirer now, while business is good, merger and acquisition activity is robust and the market for premier, private companies remains strong?

Or that if you are like several recent Etkin & Company clients, you are in a position to realize an extraordinary value for your business today and a transaction specifically tailored to your unique combination of personal and professional objectives?

But with the global economic outlook looking less certain and capital gains and ordinary income tax rates virtually certain to rise, now may be a particularly opportune time to reflect on your situation and goals, and make sure that you are fully aware of your sale, merger and recapitalization options.

And that’s where Etkin & Company comes in.

Spotlight Transaction:

	Farnam Companies, Inc. Transaction Value: $340+ million Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
Founded in 1948, Farnam Companies, Inc. is America’s premier manufacturer and marketer of premium, branded over-the-counter (“OTC”) animal health care products and among the most well-known and highly-regarded participants in the worldwide animal health care industry. Farnam dominates the U.S. horse health care products market... Read more

If the time is right, Etkin & Company will maximize the value and benefits you receive in your transaction.

Etkin & Company’s approach to maximizing value is unique, entrepreneurial and begins with a fully informed owner.  If you think the time may be right for you, we will get to know you, your goals and your business.  We will provide you with all of the information and tools you need to make an informed decision, including a straightforward, professional assessment of your company’s value and prospects today.  And if you decide the opportunity and timing is right, Etkin & Company will:

• Commit our professionals, our expertise and our resources to your transaction.
  
• Create and develop strategies that will make your company maximally appealing to acquirers.
  
• Identify the strongest and most compelling acquirers for your company worldwide.
  
• Customize presentations so that each prospective acquirer views your business in its most favorable light.
  
• Identify and articulate the benefits that each acquirer will realize from a transaction with your company.
  
• Create a confidential, competitive, tightly-controlled market for your business.
  
• Place you in a position to choose among competing proposals from competing acquirers.
  
• Be your uncompromised advocate and negotiate aggressively on your behalf.
  
• Place you on equal footing with even the most experienced acquirers.
  
• Coordinate all aspects of your transaction from our offices.
  
• Earn a contingent success fee only after a transaction meeting your goals is completed.
  

When you choose Etkin & Company, you get a team of experienced professionals on your side, dedicated to accomplishing the best result for you.  You get the expertise and the immediate, personal attention you will need every step of the way.

Get to know Etkin & Company.

Read Selling, Merging or Recapitalizing a Privately Held Business in 2008, Etkin & Company’s Research Report that discusses all of the issues an owner must consider before deciding to sell, merge or recapitalize a successful, private company in 2008.  Reconstruct your company’s earnings, calculate the true earnings power of your business and determine a preliminary value for your company using each of the methods acquirers use today in our secure, interactive Business Valuation and Personal Wealth Workshop. Review actual Case Studies and details of transactions Etkin & Company has completed for owners like you.

Then contact Bill Etkin, President at (212) 888-7812 or by e-mail at betkin@etkincompany.com, in complete confidence, to learn what Etkin & Company can accomplish for you today.