Making
it right for you
What
are your needs? Our size and our exclusive focus on smaller,
family-owned rural LECs gives us the flexibility to structure a
financial transaction that meets your value goals. For instance,
we can negotiate acquisition of full or partial interest, a
merger, or other form of arrangement while building the
compensation package that you tell us you want (all cash, cash and
equity, cash and note, etc.). We even offer a unique, tax-free
acquisition structure that provides 30% more after-tax proceeds to
the sellers. We will offer any or all of the current shareholders
the choice of maintaining a management and/or equity interest in
the company after the acquisition.
Typically, our process begins with an introductory meeting where
we can get to know each other a little better. If you are
interested in further discussions, our next meeting involves
assessing your needs and collecting information on the company so
that we can develop ideas regarding transaction structure and a
valuation analysis. Based on your feedback, we will then deliver a
bona fide offer (letter of intent) and standard documentation for
the transaction contemplated. This process can move very quickly
or at whatever timetable meets your particular needs and
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Acquisitions
By
building our acquisition strategy on rural telecommunications
firms with fewer than 5,000 lines, we are growing a national
organization that couples breadth of experience and resources with
a community-focused commitment to high quality personal service.
It’s a strategy that sets us apart.
The smaller rural telecommunications firms can benefit most from
joining in a larger federation of telcos. As a part of American
Broadband, they get the operational synergies, deregulated
business and broadband deployment resources, economies of scale,
and diversified risk that helps ensure financial stability in the
face of whatever regulatory and competitive challenges the future
holds.
At the same time, American Broadband encourages
each company to continue operating in the efficient, small-company
manner that was a part of the individual company’s success in the
past. We continue to be neighbors serving neighbors.
Completely confidential
We respect and understand the sensitivities of your position
in considering the sale of your telephone company. That’s why we
work with you in great confidence to make sure your company’s
heritage – and its people and customers – are given first
priority. We work hard to establish a trust-based relationship
that satisfies your concerns and leads to an acquisition
transaction that also meets your essential wealth diversification,
succession, tax or estate planning requirements.. |
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