Speakers set for spring seminar on mergers

By Industrial Distribution Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 10/1/1999

Newton, Mass.--Bill Wade, chairman of Quality Distribution Service Partners, an active acquirer in the heavy duty automotive aftermarket, will deliver the keynote address during next spring's seminar on mergers and acquisitions.

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

Under Wade's leadership, Quality Distribution Service Providers acquired 15 distributors during its first year and merged with its largest competitor to form a $550 million firm with 160 branches. He is the former CEO of FAG Bearings Corp., president of CR Services and a former vice president for Parker Hannifin Corp.

The conference will include informative breakout sessions and talks by distribution executives and investment managers. 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; and Mark Baldwin, president and CEO, Pentacon, Inc.

Other sessions will cover critical tax issues; preparing for merger intermediaries; distribution roll-ups; and ESOPs and alliances. Richard Witmer, a partner at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., will discuss options using three distributor case studies.

For more information, call 1-877-787-1861.

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