This document discusses various exit strategies for business owners looking to transition out of their company. It outlines steps in the exit process like setting exit goals, assessing personal readiness, and choosing an optimal exit option such as selling to an emotional partner, acquisition, IPO, liquidation, or maintaining as a lifestyle company. Key considerations for each option are provided, such as potential tax implications, preserving value, and minimizing risks. Examples of real companies that used different exit strategies are also briefly described. The document concludes with discussing the valuation and exit structuring process.
2. Business Exit Strategy
…a strategic withdrawal
THE PLANNED EXIT OF AN OWNER FROM
BUSINESS
In entrepreneurship and strategic
management an exit strategy, exit plan
or strategic withdrawal, is a way to
transition one’s ownership of a
company or the operation of the some
part of the company .
8. Lifestyle Company
KEEP THINGS SMALL, TAKE OUT A
COMFORTABLE CHUNK,
AND SIMPLY LIVE ON THE INCOME.
Pros:
Financial freedom.
Cons:
Negative tax factors.
Without long-term planning, sources of fund will
finish soon.
10. Acquisition
A CORPORATE ACTION IN WHICH A COMPANY
BUYS MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE
TARGET COMPANY’S OWNERSHIP STAKES IN
ORDER TO ASSUME CONTROL OF THE TARGET
FIRM.
Pros
Strategic value Enjoy optimum value
Multiple bidders Price to the stratosphere
Cons
Acquisitions are messy and often difficult when
cultures and systems clash in the merged company.
12. TRANSITION
OWNERSHIP
TO AN
EMOTIONAL
PARTNER…
Someday, my son, all this will be
yours…
13. Transition Ownership To An
Emotional Partner
PASSING OWNERSHIP TO ANOTHER
TRUE BELIEVER WHO WILL
PRESERVE
YOUR LEGACY .
Pros
Less due diligence required
Emotional satisfaction
Cons
Selling to family can tear the company apart with
jealousies and promotions that put emotion way
ahead of business needs .
14. EMPIRE… AS A GIFT
ANY FAMILY BUSINESS
THE WILLY WONKA CANDY COMPANY
The Brand is used on a range of candies in North America and a
range of chocolates bars in the United Kingdom.
The fictional Willy Wonka handed off his chocolate empire
to a little boy who was a loyal Wonka customer.
16. Initial Public Offering - IPO
SALE OF A COMPANY VIA
STOCK MARKET
Pros
Highest value
Covers of the magazines
Cons
Long processing time
High attorney and accounting cost
Huge restriction and conditions
19. Liquidation
QUIT AND CLOSE THE BUSINESS
DOORS
Pros
Easy and natural
No negotiation involved
No worry about transfer and control
Cons
Just waste
Undervaluation of assets
End of reputation and business relationships
20. APPOLO LIFE SCIENCE
Country : Australia
Sector: Bio-technology
Date: October,2008
Reason: Huge debts
KLEINS
Country: Australia and New Zealand
Sector: Retail
Date: June, 2008
Reason: Mismanagement and debts
22. Process of Valuation
DETERMINING THE VALUE
Market share
Product line
Particular industry’s position – Growing or
dying
FINDING THE BEST BUYERS
WATCH THE DEBTS
RECEIVE THE RECEIVABLES
CONSIDER A SCHEDULE
23. EXIT …
STRUCTURING
TAX PLANNIING
LEGAL
AGREEMENTS
NOW,
ITS TIME TO
QUIT