• Management buyout (BIMBO) occurs when an external management team joins the company (buy-in) and also buys out the existing management team.

  • This form of leveraged buyout (LBO) is used to facilitate the transition from one owner to another with little interruption to business operations.
  • As with all LBOs, there are still risks of disruptions, conflicts and performance degradation, but these can be minimized as new managers also become owners.