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] For stock exchanged or issued in an M&A transaction, this generally will be the “closing date.”

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Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 28, 2023

Intrepid Investment Bankers Warning Signs Your Business’s Liquidity Needs Attention Mixed signals dominate economic headlines as concerns persist about a recession beginning in 2023, if it has not already begun. At the same time, employment remains strong, with the unemployment rate hitting an all-time low.

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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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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. Such firms enjoy high growth rates and play a vital economic role. In contrast, the upper middle market segment only accounts for 1% of the market. Even capital assets are used in this form of borrowing. #3

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

To be more specific, business valuation is a process involving a set of procedures and approaches used to gauge the economic value of an ownership interest in a business as a going concern. The advantage of this method is that it takes into account the development of the company, rather than simply the historical financials.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

While the decision was case-specific, we were all reminded of (i) the high bar of the MAE, particularly when changes are attributable to a systemic risk and (ii) the increasingly important role that covenants play with respect to deal certainty, particularly in periods of market and economic uncertainty. Buyer…Seller…PPP Lender? A Look Ahead.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In today’s economic climate, retention is everything: Software companies with Net Revenue Retention (NRR) rates above 120% are trading at a remarkable 63% premium over the market median. Effective Upsell and Cross-Sell Tactics The top performers excel at expanding their footprint within existing accounts.

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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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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Private equity’s increased interest in life sciences , with PE buyers accounting for 47% of deal volume in the first half of 2021 , compared to a long?term 2] Examples of this strategy coming to bear in 2021 included Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of PPD for $17.4 billion in a bid to acquire cutting edge research capabilities.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

The recent economic volatility has also seen an increase in the use of alternatives to one-time cash purchases in the context of M&A deals , including earnouts and working capital adjustments. 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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