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FOCUS Investment Banking Represents East Coast Retina, PA in its Sale to Retina Consultants of America

Focus Investment Banking

The company’s clinical team has been treating retina patients in the Myrtle Beach, SC area since Dr. Phillips founded the practice in 2004. Download this press release as a PDF The post FOCUS Investment Banking Represents East Coast Retina, PA in its Sale to Retina Consultants of America appeared first on FOCUS Investment Banking LLC.

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How Common are Postmerger Divestitures of Acquired Company Units?

M&A Leadership Council

Few companies divest units immediately following an acquisition (unless they are compelled to do so by antitrust regulators), but many companies divest them eventually. In any given year, nearly half of the acquisitions that occur come about because the sellers are divesting a company unit. Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers.

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Thresholds Decrease for 2021

Cooley M&A

This is the first time since 2010 that the thresholds have fallen, and only the second time since 2004, when the thresholds started to adjust annually. This means that acquisitions of more than $368 million will be reportable regardless of whether the size-of-person threshold is met (unless an exemption applies). million to $18.4

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

The sale of a publicly traded company in the US will generally require the approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the company’s outstanding shares as a precondition to the sale’s completion. [5] Voting agreements in public M&A transactions. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements.

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Sandbagging Provisions

What's Market

The same court, dealing with the sale of goods under the UCC but citing Ziff-Davis , concurred that the source of the information is relevant, stating that “what the buyer knew and … whether he got that knowledge from the seller are the critical questions.” ” Rogath v.

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Thresholds Jump in 2022

Cooley M&A

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act thresholds, which govern when mergers and acquisitions must be reported to the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, will jump 9.8% This is the largest annual increase in the HSR thresholds since they became subject to annual adjustment in 2004 and follows a 2.1% in February 2022.

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Consumer Retail Private Equity: Barbarians at the Gate, or Tech Bros on a Shopping Spree?

Mergers and Inquisitions

According to Reuters , consumer/retail deals accounted for 15% of private equity deal volume between ~2004 and ~2014 but fell to only 7% between ~2014 and ~2024. Modest CapEx Requirements If you look at Damodarans data on capital intensity by sector , certain verticals were below the average 4 5% Net CapEx / Sales reported by U.S.