How do You Get the Highest Valuation When You Sell or Retire from Your Business? This Exit Strategy Seminar Conducted by Fairfield Capital and Merrill Lynch Can Help You.

Ridgefield, CT, March 24, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Fairfield Capital M & A advisors will join forces with Merrill Lynch Financial Advisors to help business owners in the CT & NY area learn how to start planning for their business exit. Fairfield Capital will present statistics compiled from a business owner, business broker, M & A advisor and Investment Banker, and tell you what tangible steps you need to take now to assure you will get the maximum value for your business when the time is right.

Business owners that inquire about the seminar will receive a report from Merrill Lynch on Business Exit Strategies. To register and receive this report for free contact Fairfield Capital at 203-431-1600, email seminar@fairfieldcapital.com or visit them on the web at www.fairfieldcapital.com/exitseminar/

Business owners that do not develop a business exit strategy or personal retirement plan risk losing significant value when the time comes according to a new study. Learn how to get the highest value for your company, prepare your company for sale, and transition gracefully.

“It’s hard to believe how much money people lose by not adequately planning for their exit,” says Ken Ducey, president of Fairfield Capital. “We will give business owners concrete steps that will increase their company value,” Ducey continues. A survey shows that 75% of business owners who have successfully sold their companies wished they had begun preparing for that process much earlier.

According to a MassMutual Survey published in 2007, within the next decade over 40% of small business owners are expected to retire and most are not prepared to. Less than half of those expecting to retire in five years and less than a third of those expecting to retire between six and 11 years have selected a successor. Almost a third of these small business owners have no estate plan beyond a will. This explains why about 70 per cent of family businesses never make it to the second generation, and a stunning 90 per cent of family companies go bust before a third generation can take over the management of the firm according to Grant Thornton.

The Seminars will be held on March 25th and 30th at VFW Post 399 in Westport CT, located at 465 Riverside Ave, Westport, CT will show small business owners how to plan ahead to have a successful exit strategy whether you expect to sell your business to a strategic acquirer, a merger or acquisition, succession planning to a family member or management buy-out, tax-effective transfer planning, and retirement planning. Admission is free. To register and receive a free expert strategy analysis report contact Fairfield Capital at 203-431-1600, email seminar@fairfieldcapital.com or visit them on the web at www.fairfieldcapital.com/exitseminar/.

Fairfield Capital assists business owners seeking to exit or sell their business with a proprietary and custom process proven to obtain maximum value with the greatest amount of efficiency. Fairfield Capital can bring more qualified buyers to a business owner in less time, because our methods come from world-class investment banks instead of typical business brokers.

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If you would like to register please email seminar@fairfieldcapital.com, call (203)431-1600, or go to www.fairfieldcapital.com.