Speakers set for March seminar on mergers & acquisitions

By Industrial Distribution Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 11/1/1999

NEWTON, Mass.--Executives from MSC Industrial Direct and Pentacon, as well as other distributors and manufacturers, will lead a spring seminar on mergers and acquisitions. Industrial Distribution and Pembroke Consulting will co-sponsor the event March 8-9, 2000, at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta, Ga.

The conference will include informative breakout sessions and talks by leading distribution executives and investment managers.

A lineup of speakers includes 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.

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.

Bill Wade, chairman of Quality Distribution Service Partners, an active acquirer in the heavy duty automotive aftermarket, will deliver the keynote address. Wade is the former CEO of FAG Bearings Corp., president of CR Services and a former vice president for Parker Hannifin Corp.'s automotive aftermarket group.

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