Premium Purchase Price
Keystone recognizes that exceptional businesses can only be purchased at premium prices. We have been successful in competing against larger, industry buyers because of our willingness and flexibility to not only pay top dollar but also to customize acquisition proposals that meet each seller's unique needs in terms of legal structuring, tax issues and timing.

Timely and Professional Execution
Because our reputation is more important than anything else, Keystone only commits to do what we know we can deliver on. Our professionals have a long and proven history over the last 25 years of closing over $1 billion of merger and acquisition transactions as principals, as well as a national reputation and network in the financial markets. Keystone's nimble size and lack of outside approval committees allow us to be a quick and dependable buyer, often closing transactions in 30 days or less.

Intermediary Compensation
Keystone has a long-standing track record of paying over $10 million in fees to referral sources. We are also willing to extend our partnership approach of doing business to intermediaries by offering them a co-investment or fee rollover opportunity where appropriate. Furthermore, if the situation is outside of our parameters we typically make quality referrals to other buyers in order to assist the intermediary in closing the transaction.

Management Transition Assistance
Unlike most private equity firms, Keystone is willing to acquire businesses where there is a void in the management team because a founding entrepreneur wants to retire, a division manager prefers to stay with the selling parent company, or no chief financial officer exists at the business. Our professionals are capable of filling such leadership needs on a transitional basis until a new manager can be recruited, thus facilitating the sale of the business without penalty for the lack of a full management team.