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The M&A cycle is changing who sits at the deal table.
Employee stock ownership plans are expanding their deal activity, operating as acquirers and appearing as acquisition targets, and a new handbook identifies five distinct opportunities within that two-sided role, along with strategies for success in each.
The dual positioning marks where the practical guidance takes hold. An ESOP faces different demands as an acquirer than as a target. Buying differs from being bought.
Against the backdrop of a broader shift in deal flow, the growing footprint of employee ownership plans on both ends of M&A is a sector-wide development.
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