Investment Criteria

Meridian General maintains a focused investment strategy following a specific set of criteria listed below.

Acquire and operate lower middle market companies with revenues between $20 and $200 million
Profitable companies with stable cash flows (EBITDA minimum of $3M) (exception: bolt-on acquisitions)
Recurring revenues – Stable/longstanding customer relationships
Potential for growth – Underperforming asset with operational challenges
Company/product is mission-critical to its clients
Targets in a fragmented industry, which has the potential for consolidation through bolt-on acquisitions
Strong management

Buy-outs – sponsored and non-sponsored transactions including acquisitions and shareholder liquidity
Corporate Divestitures – we have successful experience and executive talent available for carve-outs of non-core assets from Fortune 500 companies
Meridian has developed a strong network of investors who would consider control transactions or co-investing with other financial sponsors