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	<title>The Potomac Company - Mergers &#38; Acquisitions, Valuations and Corporate Development</title>
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	<description>Merger and acquisition, management buyout, capital raising and strategic advisory services to small and middle market companies.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lawn Doctor Acquired by Private Equity Firm Levine Leichtman</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2012/01/03/lawn-doctor-acquired-by-private-equity-firm-levine-leichtman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawn &amp; Landscape]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consolidation continues in the lawn and landscape industry with Levine Leichtman Capital Partners purchase of Lawn Doctor Inc., a leading franchisor of lawn care services, which operates through a nationwide network of over 460 independently-owned franchise locations in 38 states.   Levine Leichtman, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, invested $17.5 million in the acquisition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey Services Acquires American Pest Control Management of Port Charlotte, FL.</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/11/21/massey-services-acquires-american-pest-control-management-of-port-charlotte-fl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Massey Services acquired American Pest Control Management in move to further bolster the Company&#8217;s presence on Florida&#8217;s Southwest coast.  This is Massey&#8217;s first acquisition since the integration of the Sunair / Middleton transaction.
Based in Southwest Florida, American Pest Control Management has been providing services to more than 7,000 homes and businesses in counties from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrellgas Acquires Federal Petroleum Company</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/10/21/ferrellgas-acquires-federal-petroleum-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. acquired Federal Petroleum Company, an independent propane retailer with locations in Weslasco and Brownsville, Texas. The acquisition opens new market areas for Ferrellgas and marks the partnership&#8217;s second acquisition of its young fiscal year, which began August 1, 2011. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

&#8220;The addition of Federal Petroleum provides us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securitas Acquires Orbis Security Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/10/07/securitas-acquires-orbis-security-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/10/07/securitas-acquires-orbis-security-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orbis Security Solutions has annual sales of MSEK 76 (MZAR 90) and approximately 1,500 employees. The company offers specialized guarding solutions in the Western Cape Province.
With this acquisition, Securitas in South Africa has approximately 3,000 employees, with operations in guarding, mobile, alarm monitoring, technology, forensics and risk management services. Securitas also becomes one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto Acquires Beelogics, a Pest Control Biotech Startup</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/09/28/monsanto-acquires-beelogic-a-pest-control-biotech-startup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/09/28/monsanto-acquires-beelogic-a-pest-control-biotech-startup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monsanto Co. acquired Beeologics, a startup that researches and develops biological tools for targeted pest and disease control and protecting bee health.
Beelogics is dedicated to restoring bee health and protecting the future of insect pollination. While its primary goal is to control the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) infection crises, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantic Pest Solutions Acquired by HomeTeam Pest Defense</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/09/08/atlantic-pest-solutions-acquired-by-hometeam-pest-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/09/08/atlantic-pest-solutions-acquired-by-hometeam-pest-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HomeTeam Pest Defense has acquired Atlantic Pest Solutions, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based pest control business.
With the acquisition of Atlantic Pest Solutions, HomeTeam Pest Defense, a subsidiary of Rollins, Inc. continues its expansion in the north Florida marketplace. 

Interested in learning more about valuation and mergers &#038; acquisitions in the pest control industry?  Subscribe to Potomac [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Pest Prevention Acquires Willard Termite &#038; Pest Control</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/08/18/black-pest-prevention-acquires-willard-termite-pest-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/08/18/black-pest-prevention-acquires-willard-termite-pest-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black Pest Prevention acquired the assets of Willard Termite &#038; Pest Control of Charleston, S.C.  The Willard team will join Black Pest Prevention and continue to serve its customer base in the greater Charleston metro area.   Steve Willard founded Willard Termite &#038; Pest Control in the fall of 1976 at the age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Giannamore to Address the Professional Pest Management Association of New York City</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/08/01/paul-giannamore-to-address-the-professional-pest-management-association-of-new-york-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/08/01/paul-giannamore-to-address-the-professional-pest-management-association-of-new-york-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 23, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] The Potomac Company announced that Director of Mergers &#038; Acquisitions, Paul Giannamore, will be the keynote speaker at the Professional Pest Management Association of New York City meeting on August 23, 2011. Mr. Giannamore’s presentation will address the following topics:

	Acquiring a pest control company

	Selling a pest control company

	Valuing a pest control business]]></description>
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		<title>Potomac Releases Report:  Mitigating Taxes Upon the Sale of a Pest Control Company</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/04/07/potomac-releases-report-mitigating-taxes-upon-the-sale-of-a-pest-control-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/04/07/potomac-releases-report-mitigating-taxes-upon-the-sale-of-a-pest-control-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the pest control industry, business owners are often confronted with punitive, double taxation upon the sale of their businesses.   One extremely effective solution is to allocate a portion of the purchase price to personal goodwill, as opposed to corporate goodwill.  This allows the business seller to avoid the dreaded double tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Brother Out - Why 20% of a Company is Worth Less than 20%</title>
		<link>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/03/21/buying-a-brother-out-why-20-of-a-company-is-worth-less-than-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.potomaccompany.com/2011/03/21/buying-a-brother-out-why-20-of-a-company-is-worth-less-than-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After working together for years at Rockford Pest Control, Mark and Tim decided it was time to part ways.   Tim asked his brother Mark to buy out his 20% share in the family business, which was left to the brothers when their father died.
After bickering with Mark over valuation for months, Tim decided [...]]]></description>
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