FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (October 6th, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

kevin@tusk-partners.com

Sam Lupton, Analyst

TUSK adds to its financial and operational strengths

Charlotte, NC: Today, TUSK Partners announced it is adding significant depth to an already strong and talented team with the addition of Sam Lupton. Lupton will help to expand the company’s financial modeling and analytical services, which should be immediately impactful on the Sell-Side Advisory service area of the company.

“Sam is a great addition to our already impressive analytics team.  He loves data and Excel (two “musts” in our world) and possesses the analytical curiosity and horsepower required to prepare a business for the market.  He has a knack for the numbers and is the perfect fit with our team culturally.  We are lucky to have him on the team,” said Kevin Cumbus, President of TUSK Partners.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (September 21st, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

kevin@tusk-partners.com

Maggie Jarrett, joins TUSK Partners as new Director of Business Development

TUSK Continues to Expand its M&A Advisory Focus

Charlotte, NC: Today TUSK Partners announced it is adding significant depth to an already strong and talented team with the addition of Maggie Jarrett. Mrs. Jarrett will join TUSK as Director of Business Development and expand the company’s reach in the dental Sell-Side Advisory services.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 8th, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

Kevin@Tusk-Partners.com

TUSK Partners Advises Today’s Dental Network On Its Recapitalization And Growth Capital Led By HealthEdge Investment Partners & Synergistic Capital Partners...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 8th, 2021 — TUSK Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Sarasota, FL-based Today’s Dental Network (“TDN”) on its recapitalization and growth investment led by HealthEdge Investment Partners and Synergistic Capital Partners. TDN is a leading multi-location multi-specialty group in Florida, with 18 clinic locations across the state. The transaction, which closed July 11^th, 2021, will support TDN’s continued growth and future add-on acquisitions as the company expands into new markets and new specialty practice areas.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (July 1, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

kevin@tusk-partners.com

 Director of Business Development, Kevin Sauer, joins TUSK Partners

The Company Continues to Expand its M&A Advisory Focus.

Charlotte, NC: Today TUSK Partners announced it is adding significant depth to an already strong and talented team with the addition of Kevin Sauer.  Sauer will help to expand the company’s Mergers & Acquisitions services which should be immediately impactful in the Sell-Side Advisory service area of the company.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MAY 27th, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

Kevin@Tusk-Partners.com

TUSK Partners advises Spark Orthodontics on its recapitalization and growth capital led by Rock Mountain Capital...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 27th, 2021 — TUSK Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Bethlehem, PA-based Spark Orthodontics on its recapitalization and growth capital led by Rock Mountain Capital. Spark Orthodontics is a leading multi-location Ortho group in Pennsylvania, with 10 clinic locations across the state. The transaction, which closed April 19, 2021, will support continued growth and future acquisitions as the company expands into new markets.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (MAY 20th, 2021)

Kevin Cumbus

TUSK Partners

704-302-1043

Kevin@Tusk-Partners.com

TUSK Partners advises LADD Dental Group on its sale to LEAD Capital Partners...

What's Happening in the Space Today...

The M&A markets are white hot, and our clients have been the beneficiaries of it.

In the last 30 days, TUSK has closed 6 transactions resulting in over $160,000,000 of Transaction Value to our clients.  Our clients have enjoyed multi-generational wealth events for their families are partnered with premier DSOs and Private Equity Groups that will likely result in well over another $100,000,000+ in value once their new partners recapitalize / sell their businesses. 

These deal deals included both large solo practice deals and large groups in both the GP and Specialty Dental sectors.

An evolution of thoughts towards DSOs...

Over the past couple of years, I have been lucky to spend a lot of time with my father.  We have been brought together as a family for celebrations and memorials (sadly) over the years.  Each time we get together, he asks me about the ever-changing landscape in the DSO M&A markets.  You see, my father is a pediatric dentist.  He started his practice in 1976, grew the practice to a multi-doctor single location, saw 100+ children a day in the summertime, and ultimately sold his practice to his associate about 7 years ago.  Over the course of my 14-year career in the business of dentistry, my father and I have always talked shop. 

3 Reasons to Sell Your Large Practice or Group Today

(or wait 4+ years to attain the same after-tax benefit)

When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Today, demand from DSOs and Private Equity Groups (PEGs) far exceeds supply for dental practices and dental groups.  On all deals we have taken to market in 2021, we have noticed a remarkable phenomenon: we have more aggressive bidders than ever (more than 2019) and higher offers than we ever thought attainable.  Below are some real examples of what our clients are experiencing:

2020 M&A Year In Review

As 2019 ended, the M&A markets in the DSO markets were white hot.  Every deal that we took to market enjoyed multiple bids and our clients were continually awarded extremely lucrative valuations for their businesses.  The buy-side was voracious: there were more buyers than ever and new ones appearing every day willing to pay more and more to enter the DSO space.  The debt markets were strong, the money was cheap, and lenders were clamoring for deals.  It was truly a sellers’ market and the valuations kept creeping higher and higher.

Internally, our plan was to scale the business as we were picking up more and more mandates on the sell-side and saw an ever-deepening pool of investors and buyers.

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”

Mike Tyson