Industrial Services Deals: Disclosure Schedules Done Right
When the deal is industrial services and the question is Disclosure Schedules, the structure decisions in the first 30 days outlast the next five years. This is where Jason Powell works.
An independent sponsor closing industrial services transactions in the $10M to $130M EV range has a defined set of moves at the Disclosure Schedules stage. Most of them are not in a generic M&A textbook.
The typical industrial services platform sits at $10M to $130M EV with EBITDA in the $3M to $22M range. The thesis runs on regional consolidation of plant maintenance, specialty contracting, or rentals. An EMR over 1.0 will cost you a half-turn at close unless you fix the story upfront.
How Disclosure Schedules actually gets structured.
Coordinate disclosure schedule preparation with the seller's diligence file, not against it.
Specifically disclose against specific reps, with cross-reference indexing.
Use the schedules to surface known issues, not to hide them.
Update schedules at signing and again at closing where allowed.
In industrial services, layer in MSA renewal calendar mapped pre-LOI as part of the Disclosure Schedules workstream.
Treating disclosure as a dump. The schedules carry the same legal weight as the reps; they need the same precision.
"Disclosure schedules are the most underrated document in M&A. They protect both sides when done right."Jason Powell · Disclosure Schedules
The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.
Most independent sponsors solve the closing capital and then run into the post-close capital problem alone. The capital markets relationships that matter at month 18 are part of this practice.
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