AnchorMed Strategy Our strategy is basically a merger / recapitalization plan which will bring together 8-12 high quality medical billing companies into one organization. Individual owners will be able to immediately take out up to 80% of their company value in cash, while continuing to manage their operations for 3-5 years (or longer) as part of the larger organization. The combined company will be controlled and managed by you and a group of your peers, who are some of the most successful in the industry. Over a period of time, systems and operating procedures will be standardized to the "best of breed" methods from among the companies. As the number two company in our industry has demonstrated over the last five years, bigger companies have a definite advantage when they go after large accounts. We intend to position ourselves to gain additional momentum because of our size. Valuation Smaller, privately owned companies are typically valued at 4-5 times EBITDA (profit), if they are growing moderately and have a stable base of business. Large, publicly-traded companies are usually valued at 15-25 times EBITDA, when the same conditions are present. In many cases, we will be able to pay based upon a 6 times valuation. Larger, privately owned companies ($50+ million in revenue) can get a value of 7-10 times EBITDA under the right circumstances in which they become attractive to large institutional investors. These large investment funds make investments into companies where they can place tens of millions of dollars. These investors are comfortable with higher valuations and prefer to count on the existing management to make the venture achieve further success. The simplest explanation for this higher valuation is that over a long period of time, investors have found larger companies to be much better investments -- which means that they are worth more per dollar of revenue and profit - and more cash to you as part of this investment package. Larger companies (i.e. $25-200 million) do better because they can invest more heavily in: Sales and Marketing Information Technology Specialized Management Talent Improved Operating Facilities etc. Larger companies can develop a much stronger national market presence. Summary The plan that we are in the process of orchestrating will result in more of the high multiple value money going to the selling owners instead of to financial middlemen and wealthy investors. Our strategy will be to rely upon the management talents and energy of the managing owners to continue to grow and improve their operations while adding the resources of a much larger organization. We Are Looking Forward to Talking with You. |