Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. The major steps of DCF are: Identify extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items from the target’s 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

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Shearman & Sterling

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

On October 30, 2017, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery determining the fair value of ISN Software Corp. ("ISN") in an appraisal action brought by minority stockholders following the cash-out merger of ISN with its wholly-owned subsidiary, at the direction of its controlling stockholder.

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Peak Frameworks

JUNE 7, 2023

For example, Amazon's net income in 2017 was a small fraction of its operational cash flow due to significant non-cash expenses. Cash Flow from Operations in Valuation Models Valuation models such as the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model use CFO as a key input.

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Shearman & Sterling

DECEMBER 19, 2017

On December 14, 2017, the Delaware Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Karen L. After a trial, the Court of Chancery had disregarded the deal price and instead applied its own discounted cash flow ("DCF") analysis, arriving at a valuation of $17.62 per share significantly undervalued the stock of Dell.

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Shearman & Sterling

DECEMBER 19, 2017

On December 14, 2017, the Delaware Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Karen L. After a trial, the Court of Chancery had disregarded the deal price and instead applied its own discounted cash flow ("DCF") analysis, arriving at a valuation of $17.62 per share significantly undervalued the stock of Dell.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

In a string of seminal decisions from 2017 through 2019 ( DFC Global , Dell and Aruba ), the Delaware Supreme Court re-shaped appraisal jurisprudence, in each case by overturning the Court of Chancery for failing to give adequate weight to deal price as the most reliable indicator of fair value. took private in 2017 for $315/share.

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