MergersCorp M&A International

JULY 5, 2024

So basically, this instrument functions like a traditional bond by offering fixed interest payments at regular intervals but they also come with a conversion option and the number of shares is predetermined at a specific price. Convertible Bonds or CBs are a very attractive investment that offers a several advantage for investors.

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Sun Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Take a strategic approach by assessing your business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis), identifying potential buyers or investors, and determining your desired exit timeline. Clearly define your priorities: price, deal structure, employee retention, or post-sale involvement.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses. Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank.

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Growth Business

JULY 11, 2023

He should know; for his first venture he spent a year doing the rounds before successfully raising just over £1 million from legendary investor Jon Moulton (who rejected him the first time). Once you’ve made money for investors, it’s a different story.’ It’s about confidence,’ says Woodland. ‘If Though it can be very effective.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 21, 2023

There is a wide variety of early-stage lenders: large institutional investors, boutique specialist lenders, and high-net-worth individuals are common sources of debt financing. You can also sell debt instruments such as bonds, bills, or notes to investors to raise capital.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Pursuing a “dual-track” process involves preparing for an initial public offering at the same time as running a private M&A process, often through an auction. A private sale can be structured to achieve a complete exit for existing equity holders, with possible deferred consideration, earn-outs and escrows.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

AUGUST 16, 2024

These investors are attracted to well-run businesses with positive cash flows, a diverse customer base, and strong industry tailwinds. Businesses primed to take advantage of strategic growth opportunities (given sufficient capital) or operate in a fragmented market that is ripe for consolidation will be even more appealing to PE investors.

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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. Here’s more detail into the services that investment banks provide to businesses. How do they do this?

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

Initial discussions often focus on whether the debt should be structured in the form of loans or debt securities, with the investors’ view of the likely resale market being the strongest determinant. Potentially viable exit events include: sale of the company/issuer; recapitalization; refinancing; or an initial public offering.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

a sale, divestiture, change in strategy or management, return of capital to shareholders, etc.). Many of these campaigns agitate for go-privates – arguing that companies are not equipped for the spotlight or expense of being a public company. We’ve noted some best practices below.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Looming patent cliffs By 2030, more than 190 drugs will lose patent exclusivity , including 69 blockbuster drugs, putting at risk $236 billion in sales. Moving into Q2 of 2023, roughly 29% of US public biotech companies traded below their cash value. Multiple factors, as it turns out.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. For example, the sale of Horizon Therapeutics to Amgen for approximately $28 billion was the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 20, 2024

Rather, t he liability is assumed by the company as a whole rather than its partners, owners or investors. Public Limited Company It is a type of entity defined in the Companies Act 2013 as an entity whose shares can be held by the general public. A public limited company is formed with a minimum of 7 shareholders.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Despite the mixed success of these campaigns, their prevalence has led public company boards to focus on activist preparedness –particularly as private equity sponsors increasingly team up with, or quickly follow, activists advocating for a sale.

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

If you are not aware of the fundamental private equity model, it is simple: buy (or invest in) a company, grow profits through increasing sales, cutting costs and/or add-on acquisitions, and then sell the larger, more profitable company for significantly more than it was purchased for.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

By 2030, more than 190 commercial drugs will lose patent exclusivity , putting at risk $236 billion in Big Pharma sales. This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market.

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