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	<title>The Potomac Company - Mergers &#38; Acquisitions, Valuations and Corporate Development</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Selling Without Selling Out:  An Interview with Waud Capital Partners</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/10/25/selling-without-selling-out-an-interview-with-waud-capital-partners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download this Article in PDF format
Many of you are currently wrestling with the following questions:  What do I do about my loyal management team or my children who are working in the business, they don’t have enough capital to buy it from me?  I’d like to diversify my wealth, which is largely locked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunair Services and George Costanza: Negotiating Hard for Less Money</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/10/12/sunair-services-and-george-constanza-negotiating-hard-for-less-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download Massey / Sunair Services Purchase Agreement
This deal reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when George and Jerry were trying to sell their sitcom pilot to NBC and George took control of the negotiation process.  George began by telling the NBC executive who championed their show that the network&#8217;s offer for the pilot episode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orkin Acquires Precision Pest Control and Bob’s Termite and Pest Services</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/02/04/orkin-acquires-precision-pest-control-and-bob%e2%80%99s-termite-and-pest-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Potomac Company</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA – Orkin, Inc., acquired Precision Pest Control, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., and Bob’s Termite and Pest Services, Woodbridge, Va., just prior to the end of 2008.
“We welcome the opportunity to expand our customer service areas in these growing markets,” said Bob Hines, director of acquisitions for Orkin. “We look forward to increasing our local presence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey Withdraws Offer to Acquire Sunair Services</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/01/27/massey-withdraws-offer-to-acquire-sunair-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of Massey Services is tired of waiting around and finally withdrew the offer on Sunair Services after Sunair announced its intent to pursue a formal sale process.  Here is a copy of the withdrawal letter:
January 23, 2009
Board of Directors of Sunair Services Corporation
c/o Mr. John H. Hill, Jr.
Senior Managing Director
Hyde [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey Acquires Sunair&#8230; We&#8217;ll Know by Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/01/21/massey-acquires-sunair-well-know-by-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download Massey / Sunair LOI - 12.05.08
Download Massey / Sunair LOI - 01.15.09
At this point, I don’t know which one is crazier, the board of Sunair Services or the board of Massey Services.  
The saga began in the fall of 2008 when the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Sunair rejected Massey’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review:  Designing &#038; Conducting Survey Research - A Comprehensive Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/01/18/book-review-designing-conducting-survey-research-a-comprehensive-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our research department conducts a fair amount of survey research in the industries that we cover.  Over the years, we have been asked by quite a few clients to suggest some reference materials to assist them in designing and conducting surveys.  While our research department utilizes the skills of a statistician to design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orkin Acquires Crane Pest Control</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2009/01/06/orkin-acquires-crane-pest-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Potomac Company</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA and SAN FRANCISCO — Rollins, Inc., parent company of Orkin, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Crane Pest Control.
Crane Pest Control, Inc. was established in 1930 in San Francisco, Calif. The Company with annual revenues exceeding $10 million (which ranked it #50 on PCT&#8217;s 2008 Top 100 list) is a leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terminix Acquires 19 Pest Control Companies in First Six Months of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2008/12/01/terminix-acquires-19-pest-control-companies-in-first-six-months-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Terminix acquired 19 pest management companies across nine states during the first six months of 2008.
The acquisitions included:

    * ABC Termite &#038; Pest (Baltimore)
    * All About Bugs (Ocala, Fla.)
    * America’s Bug Busters (Nashville, Tenn.)
    * Bugfree Pest Elimination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potomac Announces Sale of ABC Termite &#038; Pest Control to Terminix</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2008/09/29/potomac-announces-sale-of-abc-termite-pest-control-to-terminix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Potomac Company announced the Sale of ABC Termite &#038; Pest Control of Hampstead, MD to Terminix, the pest control division of ServiceMaster.  Potomac initiated the sale and advised the sellers in this transaction.
Interested in learning more about valuation and mergers &#038; acquisitions in the pest control industry? The Potomac Pest Control Weekly is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ehrlich/Rentokil Acquires Shamrock Pest Management</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2008/08/09/ehrlichrentokil-acquires-shamrock-pest-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[READING, Pa. – Shamrock Pest Management, headquartered in Middletown, N.Y., has entered into an agreement to join Ehrlich Pest Control. The announcement was made by Victor Hammel, Ehrlich President and CEO of Rentokil North America.
Shamrock services Westchester, Rockland, Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange Counties in New York as well as a portion of northern New Jersey. [...]]]></description>
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