OfficeHours

JULY 18, 2023

One of these “new” strategies that has grown in popularity over the past decade is the concept of “roll-ups” (also sometimes called “platform acquisition strategies”). This begs an important question: why do roll-ups receive a higher value than smaller acquisition targets? There are a few reasons.

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Market Capitalization Market capitalization is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods for valuing a publicly traded company. Example Scenario: Suppose XYZ Corp is a publicly traded technology company with 50 million shares outstanding, and the current share price is $20.

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Ron rn rn Sponsor: rn rn Reconciled provides industry-leading virtual bookkeeping and accounting services for busy business owners and entrepreneurs across the US. rn Summary: Damon Pistulka, founder of Exit Your Way, shares his origin story and how he got into the mergers and acquisitions space.

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Sun Acquisitions

JULY 21, 2023

Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are complex endeavors that can significantly impact the involved companies and the broader business landscape. While the excitement of a potential merger or acquisition can be enticing, companies must exercise due diligence.

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The Deal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While spinoffs tend to be size and industry agnostic, Dubner said a growing number of transactions have been above $5 billion, with industrials and healthcare — which tend to have more complex portfolios — accounting for 50% of globally announced transactions in 2022. Goldman has advised on major spinoffs such as Kellogg Co.’s

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Financial buyers, particularly private equity firms, have kept M&A volume afloat in the systems integration sector, accounting for 57.1% Solganick continues to see large global systems integrators and PE firms seek out acquisitions within the major public cloud partner ecosystem in 2024. of all transactions through YTD.

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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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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even in 2022, when take-private deals hit a new record, they only accounted for 37% of the total value of transactions. First, private equity identifies the publicly traded company they believe is undervalued or could perform better as a private entity without the pressures of being a public entity (e.g.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

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. Klarna , once Europe’s most valuable VC-backed company, suffered an 85% valuation cut, from $45.6 billion to just $6.7

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). People have lost their jobs over mistakes made during the acquisition process. In private equity, closing the transaction marks the beginning of business plan execution.

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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). People have lost their jobs over mistakes made during the acquisition process. In private equity, closing the transaction marks the beginning of business plan execution.

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Tyton Partners

MARCH 28, 2024

New customer acquisition has gotten more difficult; this year could present similar challenges, particularly for those who have not conducted the right “training” in preparation. In this environment, instructional materials providers will inevitably continue to develop their new customer acquisition capabilities.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even in 2022, when take-private deals hit a new record, they only accounted for 37% of the total value of transactions. First, private equity identifies the publicly traded company they believe is undervalued or could perform better as a private entity without the pressures of being a public entity (e.g.

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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering. Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Banks also help businesses with big mergers and acquisitions of other businesses.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While rapid customer acquisition can boost top-line numbers, new customer acquisition can be costly and unpredictable and possibly mask underlying retention issues. The Index is updated quarterly to reflect changes in business models, acquisitions, IPOs, and financial data availability.

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With record amounts of deployable capital behind them, private equity (PE) investors account for nearly 60% of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in tech today. When looking at an M&A acquisition, there are two types of main buyers: strategic and financial. How strategic buyers approach an acquisition.

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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 addition, many potential buyers seek the LLM for acquisition targets as it reduces competition and allows them to expand in the market with cost reduction and utilization of resources.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 18, 2024

In the lead-up to a merger or acquisition, SEG becomes a trusted partner, assisting clients in bridging knowledge gaps and fortifying aspects of their businesses that may hinder growth. The SEG SaaS Index helps users conduct their own research on over 100 publicly traded SaaS companies.

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Francine Way

JULY 10, 2017

There are also structural differences of past acquisitions to take into account. The status of the acquirer’s own share price will impact its acquisition currency. The list of the sector’s active buyers: The acquirer’s own current market valuation can come into play.

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

As investment bankers, RKJ Partners possesses a breadth of knowledge and experience in advising buyers on business acquisitions. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on valuation from the perspective of a merger and acquisition transaction, and specifically from the viewpoint of a buyer evaluating a business for sale.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 2, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are on the rise. A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company with no underlying operating business that seeks to merge with a target operating company. The combined company benefits from the target’s operations and the liquidity of the SPAC’s publicly traded securities. What is a SPAC.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Refined Target Audiences As the business organically grew and we added acquisitions to our portfolio, the marketing team needed to refine its target audience and identify our ideal customer profile (ICP) for new segments. This led to lower customer acquisition costs (CAC) through better conversion rates and ultimately increased revenue.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Voting agreements in public M&A transactions. 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] Stockholder litigation. As always, ambiguity begets litigation.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

These include prevailing market sentiment, current appetite for acquisitions in a particular sector and the political and economic environment, all of which can change well within a given transaction timetable. The usual pros and cons of being a publicly traded company will also need to be considered. What’s the time frame?

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

billion acquisition of Portola and Sunrun’s $3.2 billion combination with Vivint Solar), the remainder of the year played host to a steady stream of acquisitions, with many $10+ billion acquisitions in the second half of the year. While initial deal flow was merely a trickle (although notably included Alexion’s $1.4

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

The Regal appraisal proceeding arose from Cineworld’s acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group in February 2018. In analyzing synergies, the court clarified that the deal price would be reduced for buyer’s expected synergies , even if those synergies were not ultimately achieved (so long as they were accounted for in the price).

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Although an IPO and a de-SPAC transaction both result in the target’s stockholders owning equity in a publicly-traded company, it is very possible that a target’s existing governance documents, including stockholders agreements, do not account for a de-SPAC transaction in the way that they would an IPO. Indemnification.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

1] Major all-cash acquisitions have followed, such as Arena Pharmaceutical’s agreement to sell to Pfizer for $6.7 Midsize pharmaceutical buyers pursuing opportunistic acquisition strategies, with robust capital markets and high valuations having limited the pool of attractive assets available in recent years.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

The year started off with a bang, with mega-deals such as Microsoft’s pending $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and Broadcom’s pending $61 billion acquisition of VMware inked in quick succession. Tech M&A in 2022 was a tale of two halves. trillion. [2]

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

These payment structures take into account the wary buyer that cannot accurately assess whether a target company’s accounts are a reflection of the economy or an enduring business problem. By adjusting the purchase price to either account for or depend on future milestones, parties are more likely to come to an agreement.

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