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My name is Matt Hammon.
I'm the CEO

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of the Rapid Fire Protection Group,
which is a Pye Barker owned company,

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and we are leading their fire
sprinkler-based acquisitions.

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Since we partnered with Pye Barker,

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the synergies that we have
together have been amazing.

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Meaning, you know,
we've partnered with the alarm companies

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and stuff that are part of the Pye Barker
team, with relationships they had,

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We've got work based off that, and the same
thing on our end,

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our relationships that we've had
with customers, we've got them in.

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So it's been a win-win
opportunity for both.

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And our team is actually very good at it.

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So we have over 450 employees and in six

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months we've had zero turnover,
meaning that we came in,

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it's like these guys know our business.
They get it.

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They understand what it takes
to win in our industry.

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And our people have done
that through the transition.

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It's been extremely smooth.

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And now, like you said, they see even
future opportunities for growth.

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As we're joining this big team.
We have big hopes we're going to grow this

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to be the best protection platform
the nation, no doubt in my mind.

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So one thing I would like to tell people,

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if you're in this process and you're
looking at possibly selling your company

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and joining a team like this,
life's too short.

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So if you built a successful business,

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you're probably going
to have enough money.

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It's not about how much
money you're going to have.

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It's about the safety and security team
going forward and teaming with Pye Barker,

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the people that know and understand our industry,

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is just a huge part
of that, and life's too short.

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So you want to partner with people

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that are fun to work with and know our
industry to understand it,

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which is a little different route than
a lot of just the financial backers out

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there and people that don't
understand our industry.

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So I would really recommend you take
a look at Pye Barker for that factor.