Chris Mercer

AUGUST 1, 2022

This eleventh post in the Deja Vu series involving restricted stock studies addresses an issue that is rarely mentioned in the context of the studies – of the impact of dividends on restricted stock discounts (RSDs). Of these 244 transactions, only 24 involved companies that paid dividends, or less than 10% of the transactions.

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Dividends Appraisal Marketability Start-ups 52

Chris Mercer

MARCH 7, 2024

” And the answer holds regardless of any certifications appraisers might hold. Procedural Guidelines (PG) are designed to provide more detailed guidance for consideration by business appraisers than found in the base standards themselves. The value of the underlying enterprise or asset, if applicable.

Dividends 52

Dividends Appraisal Terminal Value Marketability 52

Chris Mercer

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In Mercer’s Musings #2, we discussed the old and cold data on restricted stock transactions that have been misused by appraisers for decades. This conclusion applies to all appraisals, including those prepared for the Internal Revenue Service. In other words, value is a function of expected cash flow, growth, and risk.

Marketability 52

Marketability Terminal Value Dividends Discounted Cash Flow 52

Chris Mercer

JULY 15, 2022

Business appraisers routinely use the discounted cash flow model to value entire businesses. The value of all remaining cash flows after the finite forecast period is captured in the terminal value, which is, effectively, a capitalization of earnings or cash flows at the end of the forecast period.

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Discounted Cash Flow Terminal Value Dividends Appraisal 52

Chris Mercer

MARCH 29, 2024

Exhibit 8.21 (Mercer-Harms Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory Third Edition ) (“IT3”) illustrates how pre-IPO discounts are calculated. Whether there was a formal appraisal or not at the pre-IPO transaction date, there was an implied marketable minority/financial control (base) value for that entity at that date.

Marketability 52

Marketability Appraisal Business Valuation Dividends 52

Chris Mercer

MARCH 8, 2023

” We look at this “discount” from the vantage points of the definition of fair market value, the integrated theory of business valuation, and recurring and incorrect rationales for the discount. This post is the first in a series of posts in which we will discuss fair market value in more detail.

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Fair Market Value Marketability Appraisal Business Valuation 52