“2015 M&A Outlook and Practical Implications
for the San Diego Small Business Defense Contractor”

San Diego Chapter meeting on September 22

Exit strategies are an important topic for all companies in the A&D community. Many small business contractors make decisions every day that have potential impacts on their exit strategy including: which programs to pursue, bid strategy decisions, teaming agreements, contract awards and contractor performance.

This event will provide contractors with current market information on M&A trends and multiples and to discuss specific business decisions and practices that may impact your ultimate company valuation.

Please join us in San Diego on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (registration & Networking: 5:30-6:15pm, meeting: 6:15-7:45pm PST), when a diverse panel of experts will provide specific insights that may help guide your decision process. Panelists include John Gaffney (Managing Principal, Renaissance Strategic Advisors), Michael Fink (VP Contracts, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions), Robert Pennoyer (President, Mission Solutions, Epsilon Systems), and Ed Lake (Moderator, Managing Director, Shoreline Partners, LLC).

The meeting is free for A&D Forum members and $40 for non-members ($30 Early Bird until September 15). For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to http://adfsdsep15.eventbrite.com.

Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.

The San Diego chapter was founded by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton and Frontier Associates, and is sponsored by Moss Adams, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and LevitZacks.