Asset Manager Goes 100% ESOP

The shareholders of Miller/Howard Investments, Inc., an East Coast based money manager, have sold 100% of their ownership to its newly-formed ESOP. The ownership transaction will facilitate a transition of day to day management to a new generation of employees. All employees of the firm will now enjoy the benefits of ownership as ESOP participants. This was a complicated deal due to the regulatory and compliance requirements related to investment management companies and Pilot Hill Advisors is proud to have assisted Miller/Howard on this successful transaction.

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Gardener’s Supply Pursues Retail Expansion, Announces New Organizational Structure and Management Team

Burlington, Vermont, Oct. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gardener's Supply, one of the nation's largest multi-channel marketers of gardening products and accessories, has announced a new organizational structure and management team. Gardener's Supply was founded by Will Raap in 1983 in Burlington, VT, and is 100% employee-owned. The management change will support the company's growth and plans to expand retail capacity to reach existing and new customers across the U.S.

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P&G Declares Quarterly Dividend on ESOP Stock

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 9, 2018--The Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.7172 per share on the Common Stock and on the Series A and Series B ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred Stock of the Company, payable on or after November 15, 2018 to Common Stock shareholders of record at the close of business on October 19, 2018, and to Series A and Series B ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred Stock shareholders of record at the start of business on October 19, 2018.

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No Less Than 100 Percent

Astro Machine Works has been a staple in the Lancaster County economy since 1984 and continues to be an industry leader in custom machining and fabrication. Located in Ephrata the company has expanded to over 100 employees during their 34 years in business and almost quadrupled their sales from 2006 to 2017 to just under $26 million.

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Capitalism for the Common Good

In the past few years, Mark Barnes and wife, Perri, were excited to prepare for their retirement from the lawn care and snow removal business, Barnes Inc., that they founded in 1981. But there was one thing that worried them: What would happen to their 145 employees — 175 during winter months — after they stepped down?

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BranchServ's Transition to ESOP Driving Record Breaking Results and Better Service for its Customer Base

BETHEL, Conn., Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- BranchServ, a Division of Custom Vault Corporation, announced that revenues in the first half of 2018 were its strongest to date, topping several years of successive double-digit growth. Strong successes in its service business have complemented stellar security and automation equipment sales to drive performance.

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