March 2000 forum focuses on mergers

Pentacon CEO Mark Baldwin will speak at next March's conference on mergers and acquisitions.

By Industrial Distribution Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 9/1/1999

NEWTON, MASS.--Industrial Distribution and Pembroke Consulting will co-sponsor an in-depth seminar on mergers and acquisitions March 8-9, 2000, at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta, Ga.

The conference includes informative breakout sessions and talks by leading distribution executives and investment managers. Planned speakers include Jeffrey Germanotta, senior vice president at Robert W. Baird & Co.; Robert McBeth, president and CEO, Associated Industrial Supply, Inc; Steve Pinsky, vice president of corporate development, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc; Bill Wade, chairman and CEO of Quality Distribution Service Partners; and Mark Baldwin, president and CEO, Pentacon, Inc.

A panel discussion on the buyer's perspective will include Ben Taber, director of mergers and acquisitions, Wurth Group; Ted Cowie, COO and executive vice president, the McGraw Group, Inc; and Joe Homa, president and COO of J. Fegely, mid-Atlantic region of Industrial Distribution Partners.

Other sessions will cover topics such as critical tax issues; preparing for merger and acquisition intermediaries; distribution roll-up as a strategic option; and alternatives for the business owner such as ESOPs and alliances. Richard Witmer, a partner at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., will discuss options using three distributor case studies.

The conference will be co-chaired by Jack Keough, associate publisher/editor of Industrial Distribution and Adam Fein of Pembroke Consulting.

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