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Preparing for M&A Success – Part 2

How to Accurately Assess the Value of Your Dealership

Performing dealership valuations requires examining adjusted assets, liabilities and intangible value to reach a final determination
Dealership valuations are an important step not only in mergers and acquisitions but in sales and divestitures, buying or selling partial interest of a dealership, purchase price allocations, estate and gift tax planning and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP).
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Preparing for M&A Success – Part 1

How to Navigate the Moving Parts of a Dealership Transition

Lance Formwalt, general counsel for NAEDA, explains how best to prepare for a transition and what one may look like
Dealership transitions can be an intimidating process, but with advanced preparation, effective structure and proper generational considerations, it doesn’t have to be as daunting.
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Inaugural Farm Equipment Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Earl Livingston, Livingston Machinery (Parallel Ag)

Livingston Machinery (Parallel Ag) Chickasha, Oklahoma Primary Lines: AGCO, Claas, Apache, Kinze, Duolift, H&S Equipment, Lemken, RhinoAg, RoGator, Vermeer Locations: 13
Earl Livingston became known as “Big Baler Man” because of his pioneering work in introducing big hay balers to Southwestern U.S. farmers. This, along with his commitment to around-the-clock servicing of those 24 hour a day farmers, earned him that title and the loyalty of farmers across 15 states.
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Online Extras: April/May 2022 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes: additional content on ESOP's, Leo Johnson's retirement and the company’s succession plan, and videos about the new Rochelle, Ill., location.
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Executive Q&A

Why Birkey’s Farm Store Set Up an ESOP

Mike Hedge, CEO of 17-store Case IH dealer Birkey’s Farm Store, says the ESOP helps with employee retention and will fuel future acquisitions.

Birkey’s Farm Store, a 17-store Case IH dealership with locations in Illinois and Indiana, announced Jan. 6, 2022, it had become 100% employee-owned as part of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, otherwise known as an ESOP. 


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Livingston Machinery CEO Talks Private Investment, Ending ESOP Program

After receiving a private investment, President and CEO of Livingston Machinery Shawn Skaggs talks new opportunities, details of the investment and ending their ESOP program.
In April 2021, 4-store AGCO dealer Livingston Machinery and 5-store applicator dealer Ag Solutions Group received investment from private equity firm Ag Solutions Group Holding Co. Specifically, Midwest Growth Partners partnered with co-investors Summit Equity Group, Northcreek Mezzanine and company management to capitalize Ag Solutions Group Holding Co. for the acquisitions.
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