Considering a Sale

If you heard from us, a serious buyer is interested.

M&A overview

This wasn’t a mass mailing

SGP contacts a small number of companies that fit a specific buyer’s mandate. If we reached out, your business matches real acquisition criteria, not a generic list.

A specific mandate

Someone is looking for a business like yours

We reach out only when a company matches defined criteria, including market, capabilities, customers, and strategic fit.

One buyer, represented

We work for buyers exclusively

We don’t collect listings, shop companies around, or play both sides. Behind the outreach is a committed buyer.

No cost to you

The buyer pays our fees

A conversation, or a completed transaction, costs you nothing in fees to SGP.

You control every step

The process is defined, finite, and yours to stop at any point.

  • A short conversation

    A confidential call to introduce the opportunity and answer your questions. No documents, disclosure, or obligation.

  • Mutual NDA

    If the conversation warrants it, a mutual non-disclosure agreement comes before anything substantive is shared.

  • The fit discussion

    You learn about the buyer’s profile and intent. We learn about your goals, timing, and what would make a transaction worthwhile.

  • You decide

    Proceed, pause, or pass. There is no fee meter running and no penalty for walking away at any point.

Confidentiality isn’t a promise. It’s the process

Nothing substantive is exchanged before a mutual NDA is in place. Information moves in stages, and only as far as the process has earned.

No disclosure required

A confidential introduction to the opportunity and your questions, without documents, financials, or commitment.

Mutual NDA first

Protection is in place before anything substantive is shared, in either direction.

You control the pace

Your employees, customers, and competitors do not learn about a potential transaction from us.

Not ready? That’s normal

Most owners we contact aren’t actively selling. Start with the questions owners ask us first. A short conversation simply means that when your timing is right, this year or in five, you’ll know who is interested and what your business may be worth to them. The door stays open.

How did you find my company?

Through research against a buyer’s specific criteria, public contract data, capability profiles, agency relationships, and market knowledge. We study the market before sending a letter and contact only a small number of companies that genuinely fit.

Who is the buyer?

We cannot name the buyer before an NDA is in place, the same confidentiality that protects you protects them. In the first conversation, we can describe the buyer’s profile, intent, and why a business like yours fits their strategy.

What will this cost me?

Nothing in fees to SGP. We are engaged and paid by the buyer. You should expect to involve your own attorney and accountant as a process becomes serious, as you would in any transaction.

What do I have to share, and when?

Nothing before a mutual NDA. After that, information moves in stages matched to the seriousness of the process, high-level first, detail only as both sides commit.

What if I’m not ready to sell?

Then don’t sell. A conversation costs you nothing and gives you a useful data point about the market’s interest in your business. The door stays open.

How long does a process like this take?

Every transaction is different. In the first conversation, we will walk through a realistic sequence, what happens, in what order, and where the decision points are, so you can judge the commitment before making any.

Jerrod Mallinger
Jerrod Mallinger

Chief Development Officer & President, M&A SBU

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