Selling Your Catalog: Prepare for the End Game

4. Sell the catalog to the employees (ESOP);

5. Sell the catalog to management (LBO);

6. Sell the catalog to existing partners buying out an interest (recapitalization);

7. Sell the catalog to a son or daughter (succession);

8. Liquidate the catalog and take the cash (liquidation).

Beyond these end games, the alternatives quickly become unusual and specialized; however, the bulk of catalog end games fall within these categories.