mergers and acquisitions survey

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Company Name:
Company location (head office):
Name of representative:
Title:
Company activity:


Company size (Revenues):
Number of employees:
Acquisition or investment
objectives:


Most recent acquisition or
investment:


Acquisition history over past 3 years ( company size, valuation, Deal rationale)




Primary Acquisition or investment market drivers ( 1= High priority , 2 = nice to have, 3 = not relevant
     1.   Access to new technologies that can increase competiveness in current or new markets
          inline with strategic orientation
     2.   Target company offers access to new clients or additional market share
     3.   Target company offers cross selling opportunities
     4.   Products that provide economic benefits to clients by reducing operating expenditures
     5.   Products that provides economic benefits to clients with payback < 3 years
     6.   Products that provide social benefits such as reduction of energy consumption
     7.   Product that provide social benefits such as reduction of water usage
     8.   Product that provide social benefits such as reduction or elimination of chemicals
     9.   Experienced management team with ability and skills to grow business
     10. Emerging companies with sales > 10$M USD
     11. Profitable companies with EBITDA
     12. Companies with experienced investors (Venture capital or strategics)


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   13. Ease of deployment into existing utility infrastructure – hardware and software. Much talk
       about solutions and whether they are retrofitted or not.
   14. Products that help integrate others within grid deployment – whether telemetry, software
       integration between large operating systems like SCADA and more agile programs smart
       water analytical software.


Other important acquisition or investment market drivers:

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Please email survey once completed to wils@smartcleantechpartners.com or
mike@smartcleantechpartners.com.
You can also reach us at 1.514.616.1698 or 1.650.619.1235



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