Message: Westridge Management International WMI
International Ltd. is a leading investment advisory firm providing complex financial solutions to meet the value creation and liquidity needs of our clients. Past and present clients include: multi national companies, private equity groups, small private business owners and management teams. Approximately sixty percent (60%) of our business is in oil & gas, and resource sectors with the remaining forty percent (40%) distributed among a wide range of technology and industry sectors.
The services that we provide include the following:
- Recapitalization
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Management Buyouts
- Special Situations/Distressed
Recapitalizations:
Recapitalizations (“recaps”) involve the sale of a partial interest in a company as opposed to the sale of the company in its entirety. There are a variety of scenarios which may give rise to a recapitalization: (i) one or more shareholders may wish to divest their holdings whereas the remaining shareholders wish to continue their ownership; (ii) a sole shareholder may for planning purposes seek to diversify his/her holdings (which are overly concentrated in illiquid company stock) by selling a portion of the stock (either control or non-control) to a financial buyer; (iii) the company needs growth capital to fund internal expansion or acquisitions, and issues debt or equity (or a combination of the two) to a financial buyer; or (iv) the Board of Directors or shareholders want to change the capital structure of the company by either: (a) increasing or decreasing its “leverage” (the composition of long term debt relative to equity), or (b) changing the nature of the equity or debt (common stock versus preferred stock, senior secured debt versus subordinated debt etc). Westridge Management International Ltd. is a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner of recapitalizations. Our role includes; exploring and developing various financial alternatives, presenting recommendations to the company’s Board of Directors and shareholders, ascertaining the most advantageous balance sheet structure, and arranging competitive and flexible financing.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
Our primary focus involves assisting private business owners with the sale of their companies (“Sell-Side” M&A transactions). Whereas most sellers have never bought or sold a business, many buyers, especially large corporations or private equity firms, buy or sell businesses on a routine basis. We bridge the experience gap between buyer and seller and in so doing: (i) safeguard the private business owner from the many potential pitfalls, (ii) maintain control of the process and ensure that it moves in a deliberate, timely and confidential manner, (iii) insulate the business owner from the day-to-day demands of the M&A process, so they can remain squarely focused on running the company for peak performance and (iv) assist our client in realizing the maximum valuation for the business. ?? Westridge Management International Ltd maintains relationships with a large number of strategic and financial buyers, both domestic and international. We aim to provide the “know who” as well as the “know how”, unhindered by geographic or industry boundaries. Although there is a strong preference for financially qualified buyers, in the event acquisition financing is called for, Westridge Management International Ltd. may help source the capital from among the numerous capital providers with whom we maintain relationships. Our goal is to remove any and all impediments to getting the right deal done for our client—including but not limited to a buyer’s ability to finance the transaction.
Management Buyouts:
Westridge Management International Ltd. assists management teams with the development and implementation of a Management Buyout (“MBO”). This typically includes developing various financial scenarios, recommending the best approach, formulating an attractive acquisition proposal, presenting the proposal to the company’s Board of Directors and major shareholders, arranging competitive and flexible financing, and conducting negotiations on behalf of managements. During the transaction, Westridge Management International Ltd. will do the “heavy lifting” thereby insulating management from the tenuous position of having to go “toe-to-toe” with their current employer.
Special Situations/Distressed
Westridge Management International Ltd. is experienced with and may participate in special situations/distressed M&A— providing advice to those companies facing difficult financial or operating conditions. This often necessitates the sale of assets within a short time horizon either pre- or post-bankruptcy.
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