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Deja Vu #11: Can Restricted Stock Studies Be Used to Estimate DLOMs for Dividend-Paying Companies?

Chris Mercer

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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Mercer’s Musings #4: Factors to Consider in Valuing Partial Ownership Interests

Chris Mercer

” 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. Every appraisal must have a stated purpose and definition of the valuation (i.e.,

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Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter Earnings and Declares Dividend

Benzinga

With the success of the first quarter, the Board announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 of tangible shareholders' equity (1) at March 31, 2023. million; Return on average assets was 1.01%; Return on average equity of 8.91% and return on average tangible common equity (1) of 11.97% for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

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Mercer’s Musings #1: USPAP and the Internal Revenue Service

Chris Mercer

This first musing relates to the need (or not) to comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation in gift and estate tax appraisals prepared for the Internal Revenue Service. Regarding business appraisers, I cannot find a direct requirement that USPAP be followed.

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Deja Vu #10: Valuation Theory is the Same for Businesses and Business Interests: V =f(CF, G, and R)

Chris Mercer

Business appraisers routinely use the discounted cash flow model to value entire businesses. These cash flows are discounted to the present at an appropriate discount rate and equity value is determined. For simplicity, we will focus on the DCF model as applied to equity cash flows.

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Guest Post: Appraisal Rights: A Window of Opportunity in Mexican Law

Appraisal Rights

As in other jurisdictions, there are in Mexico a number of corporate agreements or resolutions that may affect, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, a certain group of equity holders. This group is usually defined as the one that has a smaller equity participation when compared with the controlling shareholders.

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Mercer’s Musings #5: Pre-IPO Studies/Discounts and Marketability Discounts

Chris Mercer

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. per share value was likely unobserved unless the transaction was based on an appraisal. The private company is expected to pay a dividend that will yield 6.5%