Francine Way

JULY 10, 2017

Do they have the cash of debt/equity capacity to bid aggressively? These equity transactions between related parties are not negotiated purely on economic / financial terms. It is calculated as the Equity Value plus Net Debt plus Preferred Stock plus Minority Interest. For a private company, the opposite is often true.

Valuation 130

Valuation M&A Equities Shares 130

OfficeHours

JULY 18, 2023

As one example, BrightView, now a publicly-traded company, developed as a roll-up of smaller landscaping businesses and has been owned at various times in the past by private equity firms including KKR, MDS, and Leonard Green, among others. To illustrate this point, let us consider the landscaping industry.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Mergers and Acquisitions 130

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. Once the terms are agreed upon, the acquisition is financed through a combination of debt and equity from the PE firm, as with a typical transaction.

Investors 100

Investors Private Equity Equities Debt 100

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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. After the acquisition, the previously public company is delisted from its stock exchange, whether the NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.

Investors 130

Investors Private Equity Equities Investment 130

Sica Fletcher

MAY 8, 2020

Sica | Fletcher believes Brown & Brown is the publicly traded company that is most comparable to private, middle market U.S. That is, for every $1 of EBITDA they have $6 of debt. billion of debt given the 6.0x Yet, BRO shows a net debt of only $1.5 insurance brokers. If BRO followed that same model they would have $4.3

Insurance 52

Insurance Retail Debt Broker 52

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.”

M&A 52

M&A Capital Market Stock Mergers and Acquisitions 52

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. During any recession, cash is king and provides staying power for a business to ride out the storm.

Capital 52

Capital Advisory Bank Banking 52