Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). [1] because SPAC sponsor shares are forfeited and not entitled to receive any distributions upon liquidation).

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 2, 2023

An article in the FT from April 2022 noted that its “explore” tab, for discovering virtual confabs that one might want to attend, listed fewer than 500 events, down from more than 15,000 in November 2020. That was a market turn that impacted a lot of businesses , not just Hopin.)

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The shares of the company are bought out and delisted from the public stock exchange that the company trades on. Even in 2022, when take-private deals hit a new record, they only accounted for 37% of the total value of transactions. In 2023, take-private transactions have become very popular amongst PE firms.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

The public markets may have taken a beating, but behind the gloom-and-doom headlines, there was still plenty of good news for private SaaS companies in 2022. The SEG Index, a collection of 116 public SaaS companies, fell by 48.2%. Following are some highlights of SaaS M&A deal activity over 2022. 4Q22’s multiple of 5.6x

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The Deal

JULY 21, 2023

in 2023 through June 20, up from 11 and 13 in the same period in 2022 and 2021, respectively, according to data from Insightia. REITs in full-year 2022 and 2021 each. In many cases, external managers have their hands in multiple pots, at different publicly traded REITs, which each pay them probably too much,” he added.

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Here is a summary of the report: M&A transaction activity for cybersecurity companies in Q3 2024 improved over the previous quarter but declined from the prior year and remained below levels in 2021 and 2022. Valuation multiples for publicly-traded cybersecurity companies ranged from a median 9.5x

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

billion in July 2022 following an $800 million round. Meanwhile, publicly traded BNPL companies like Affirm and Australia’s Zip have seen their share prices plummet; Affirm was recently forced to shut down its crypto unit and lay off 19% of its staff. billion to just $6.7

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It is no secret that 2022 was a rough year for the stock market. Public SaaS companies enjoyed an unprecedented run from 2009 through 2021, but last year brought a wave of macroeconomic uncertainty, including rising interest rates, record inflation, supply chain problems, and geopolitical unrest. What is the SEG Index?

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Software Equity Group

MAY 8, 2024

In 2022 and 2023, the Fed raised interest rates repeatedly to counteract high inflation. However, in Q4 of 2023, strategic buyers made a comeback and had their most active quarter since Q1 2022, an indication that activity may be more balanced among buyer types in 2024. It’s partly a matter of perception.

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Software Equity Group

MAY 7, 2024

In 2022 and 2023, the Fed raised interest rates repeatedly to counteract high inflation. However, in Q4 of 2023, strategic buyers made a comeback and had their most active quarter since Q1 2022, an indication that activity may be more balanced among buyer types in 2024. It’s partly a matter of perception.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Tech M&A in 2022 was a tale of two halves. billion [1] during the first half of 2022 to $189.17 billion in the second half, resulting in total 2022 volume of $720.3 billion [1] during the first half of 2022 to $189.17 billion in the second half, resulting in total 2022 volume of $720.3 trillion. [2] trillion.

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Viking Mergers & Acquisitions

APRIL 17, 2023

He worked with large publicly traded engineering and technology companies, small privately owned businesses, and several government entities. He joined Viking Mergers & Acquisitions in 2022 to serve the entire Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand area of South Carolina as well as the Wilmington, North Carolina, market.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). OfficeHours: Private Equity Panel with Joe McIlhattan on Apple Podcasts ‎Show OfficeHours, Ep Private Equity Panel with Joe McIlhattan - Jul 27, 2022 Are you focused on recruiting in 2023?

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The Deal

JULY 20, 2023

The memorandum noted that at most seven activist investors held gross positions of greater than $300 million — one of the proposal’s disclosure thresholds — on any given day during a yearlong sample period between 2021 and 2022.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When listed as publicly traded companies, they mostly become small-cap and micro-cap stocks trading on the exchange. In 2022, the company generated an annual revenue of $9 million. The classification helps investors gauge the performance and growth potential to make future investments.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 28, 2023

The M&A markets became significantly more challenged in the second half of 2022, and deal activity reported by investment bankers and private equity financial buyers has slowed down, with uncertainty and rising financing costs playing prominent roles.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Posted by Joe Soltis, Claude Stansbury, and Robert Scarborough, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on Saturday, October 1, 2022 Editor's Note: Joe Soltis , Claude Stansbury , and Robert Scarborough are partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. Corporations subject to the Buyback Tax (“covered corporations”) include publicly traded U.S.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 3, 2023

Tiny is based out of Canada and is publicly traded there with a current market cap of around $500 million. Revenues in 2022 were $12 million and it’s on track for more growth this year, Schippers said. HappyFunCorp was founded in 2009, and in the last 14 years it’s racked up its own very long list of big-name customers.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, currently public dual-class companies with transfer provisions that do not contain clear carve outs for the delivery of voting agreements in the M&A context should discuss with their advisers the possibility of adopting “clear day” amendments to their charters to include these carve outs. Vote-down termination fee (i.e.,

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Our panel comprises leaders well-versed in go-to-market operations for SaaS businesses of all types, from bootstrapped startups to PE-backed and publicly traded companies. According to MarTech.org, there were over 9,932 MarTech tools and platforms available as of 2022.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

While 2020’s M&A landscape was characterized by whiplash volatility from choppy deal activity in the first half of the year to a surge in volume in the second half, that momentum accelerated in 2021, with no signs of slowing down heading into 2022. billion , Acceleron Pharma’s agreement to sell to Merck for $11.5

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