DALLAS, Tex. – CKS Transport, Inc., a FedEx Ground line haul contractor domiciled out of the Hutchins terminal near Dallas, was acquired by The Perham Group, Inc. of Arizona last week with the assistance of VR Huntington Business Group in Dallas.

Prior to acquiring this FedEx Ground operation in 2007, CKS president Colin St. Clair actually considered acquiring a different business with VR Huntington. Although he went a different direction with his decision, he always remembered the way VR Huntington Business Group presented businesses for sale and the way he was treated as a buyer. So it was only natural when it came time to sell CKS that he called VR.

“As a buyer, I met with several Dallas area business brokers looking for purchase opportunities,” he said. “Not one organization provided the level of professionalism, knowledge and access to data that VR Huntington did. As a seller, I wanted to make sure my business had those same advantages, so listing with VR was an easy decision.”

Bob Perham, president of The Perham Group, Inc., was actively searching for a suitable acquisition opportunity in the FedEx Ground system. He researched dozens of opportunities around the country, but in the end no available business fit his criteria as well or was presented as effectively to him as CKS.

“When I started researching FedEx listings to acquire, I discovered several that appeared to be what I might be looking for, but I was discouraged by the lack of response and information I was able to get on these operations, “ Perham said. “At the end of the day, VR Huntington was the one organization what was able to deliver the quality and depth of detail I needed to actually review the business and ultimately make an offer.”

VR Huntington not only assisted St. Clair in the marketing of his business and the qualifying of potential purchasers, but they were also deeply involved in every detail of the sales process – from negotiating the purchase price and the asset purchase agreement, to coordinating closing and funding, VR Huntington was critical to this transaction being a success.

“There’s no question that without VR Huntington and my agent that this transaction would have never closed,” St. Clair said. “There were several occasions where the deal stalled and I thought we might have hit a dead-end, but my agent never got frustrated – he was always there with a new solution, and ultimately that’s what helped make the difference.”

VR was established in 1979 and is the oldest professional business brokerage in the nation with more than 125 offices and 800 agents worldwide. VR Huntington Business Group (www.vrbigd.com) is based in Dallas and has finished the last four years as one of the top VR offices in the world. VR Huntington Business Group specializes in assisting the owners of privately-held companies to value, market and sell their businesses, as well as representing buyers interested in professional assistance in their business searches.