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When Do Disguised Dividends Add Up to Minority Shareholder Oppression?

Farrel Fritz

De facto dividend. Disguised dividend. Constructive dividend. The tax laws thus provide no small incentive for owners of closely held companies to pay themselves, shall we say, generous compensation in lieu of declaring and paying dividends.

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The Benefits of a Quality of Earnings Analysis for E&P Companies

Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

As we’ve often highlighted on this blog, transaction activity in the O&G sector has waned in recent years. Rather than utilizing free cash flows to support expansions via acquisitions, companies have emphasized capital discipline, favoring dividend payouts and buybacks.

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Antitrust: State AGs Mount Sherman Act Challenge to Albertsons’ Special Dividend

John Jenkins

I’ve previously blogged about how the Kroger & Albertsons’s merger agreement dealt with the potentially significant antitrust issues associated with their deal, but I’m not sure that they anticipated the kind of legal challenge that a group of State AGs launched yesterday.

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Themes from Q4 2022 Earnings Calls

Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

In our most recent blog post, Themes from Q4 2022 Earnings Calls, Part 1 Upstream, prevalent themes from E&P companies included dividend distribution, organic growth.

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

Chris Mercer

My current series of blog posts is titled “Mercer’s Musings.” This is the “base value” that has been addressed in a number of posts on this blog. Interest-level benefits may be affected by such factors as: (1) The history of dividends or distributions, including both timing and amounts. (2)

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Mercer’s Musings #3: Marketability Discounts Re Two Hypothetical Minority Interests

Chris Mercer

Some readers of this blog will want to disagree and say that the use of restricted stock studies to develop DLOMs is an “accepted” methodology for IRS-related appraisals. The interest in Company A has a high dividend yield and slow expected growth (Lines 9 to 13). The interests differ significantly from that point on.

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Deal Structures: How to Negotiate Assets Conveyed

Viking Mergers

We created this four-part series of blogs to pull pack the curtain on business deal structures and provide helpful information to entrepreneurs like you. Bigger businesses may track dividends, notes payable, and taxes owed.). This article is Part Two.

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