Tag: Marc Katz
Deal ready, not perfect: Experts share what security sellers need to prepare for M&A
September 9, 2026Theresa Flaherty, Senior Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – In today’s strong M&A market, sellers don't need perfection, but they do need clean contracts, reliable financials, organized records and a business that can thrive beyond the owner, says Kelly Bond, partner and founder at Bridgepoint Advisors.
“We are at an interesting time in our industry,” she said. “We have more interested buyers than I have ever seen, and those are made up of private equity groups, family offices, strategic buyers and search...
Security M&A boom spurs need for better seller preparation, experts say
March 18, 2026Cory Harris, Editor
DENVER—With mergers and acquisition activity in the security industry setting a record pace, Kelly Bond and Marc P. Katz say sellers need to understand the work, timing and preparation required to successfully complete a deal.
Bond, partner at Bridgepoint Advisors, and Katz, attorney-at-law at the Law Offices of Marc P. Katz, have spent years helping owners, dealers and integrators navigate transactions. They’ll share their insights in a session, “The...
On the Mic
June 22, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
From the keyboard to the big stage!
Growing up, I had aspirations of becoming a sportscaster. When I was in college, I took a major step in fulfilling that dream as I called basketball and football games on the school radio station, and even hosted a one-hour sports talk show on Sunday nights.
After graduating, I took my goals of becoming a sportscaster one step further by enrolling in the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in, where else, New Jersey! Unfortunately, if I wanted a job right...
Monitoring contract provision can stand in way of sale
April 4, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
LAS VEGAS—Read the fine print on your contract with your third-party monitoring center. You may find there's a clause buried in it that says the monitoring center has the right to buy your alarm company before you can sell it to somebody else.Such “right of first refusal” language is not in every monitoring contract, but it is in enough of them that Ron Davis, president and CEO of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group, warned potential sellers about the problem at an educational...