Benzinga

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(NASDAQ: ZFOX ) ("ZeroFox"), a leading provider of external cybersecurity, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Haveli Investments, a technology-focused private equity firm, in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $350 million.

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Benzinga

MARCH 1, 2024

With the expected closing of this Transaction and the previously announced $356 million of committed financings supporting our pending acquisition of Horizon Telcom, we believe our capital structure is well balanced and will provide future financial flexibility," said Shentel's President and CEO, Christopher E.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 17, 2022

In the last half-century, technological progress has stagnated. Innovation has become synonymous with computers and smartphones because there have been so few transformative technologies in other fields. Corporate law scholars have long debated whether the structure of the modern public corporation discourages long-term investments.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 4, 2023

NASDAQ: LAB ), driven by a bold purpose – Unleashing tools to accelerate breakthroughs in human health – and SomaLogic (NASDAQ: SLGC ), a leader in data-driven proteomics technology, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger. and BOULDER, Colo.,

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Kevin Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of Paine Schwartz, said, "We know AgroFresh well and think highly of its solutions and technologies that enhance the quality and extend the shelf life of fresh produce for the benefit of the food supply chain and resource conservation.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Merger is exactly that: a more attractive alternative that retains our stockholders' exposure to our highly attractive technology and future potential through a continuing majority interest, while also creating new opportunities for value creation. The capital structure of the combined company is not risky.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 2, 2023

A more recent example is the huge, globally active state-owned enterprises that emerged out of China’s system of party-state capitalism. In Russia, an oligarchic-klepto variant of state capitalism took root under the control of the Putin elite.

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Valutico

JULY 3, 2023

Leverage Ratios: Evaluating debt-to-equity ratio, interest coverage ratio, and other leverage metrics helps assess the financial risk and capital structure of peer companies. For example, two companies in the software industry may have similar business models even if they serve different markets or use different technologies.

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Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

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Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

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Valutico

APRIL 12, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

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Peak Business Valuation

JANUARY 24, 2023

In addition, the business appraiser will consider the location, reputation, and use of technology, among other things. The business appraiser may prefer to use this multiple as it normalizes differences in capital structure, fixed assets, and taxation. As mentioned above, economics can play a large part.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With the acquisition of Sterling, we will create a platform that combines leading technology and innovative solutions, further enhancing our customer value proposition and differentiating First Advantage as a vendor of choice," continued Mr. Staples. First Advantage To Acquire Sterling Check Corp. Building on pro forma combined revenue of $1.5

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Peak Business Valuation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Some of the key value drivers for metalworking machinery manufacturing include economics as mentioned above, price of steel, technology implementation, and product mix, among others. This includes the financials and operations of the business and key value drivers. 180,000 X 3.77= $678,600.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 10, 2023

Most de-SPACed companies that have filed for bankruptcy over the past year are early-stage technology or biotechnology companies strained by growing economic headwinds. In those sectors, even marquee names have suffered as macroeconomic uncertainty persists and potential sources of capital retreat to government bonds and other safe assets.

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Benzinga

JULY 10, 2023

Transaction Highlights This transaction provided a complete refinance, improving the combined balance sheet with lower leverage and younger, more diversified assets and adds capacity and scale with additional strategic business units for both geographic regions while creating synergies for immediate costs savings, The Barnhart management team has historical (..)

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 23, 2023

5] As Healy described it, failures at funds included 1) disregard of fiduciary standards, 2) lack of regulation of investment advisers, 3) complicated capital structures, 4) inadequate accounting, and 5) lack of supervision of mergers and consolidations. [6] In the decades since, we’ve seen rapid growth in the asset management field.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 5, 2022

Corporate Human Capital Disclosures: Early Evidence from the SEC’s Disclosure Mandate. Posted by Elizabeth Demers (University of Waterloo), Victor Xiaoqi Wang (California State University), and Kean Wu (Rochester Institute of Technology), on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Posted by Gary Gensler, U.S. Posted by Gail Weinstein, Steven J.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most of you are not enrolled at NYU, paying nosebleed prices, and that is prerequisite to be in the classroom, but thanks to technology and a loose reading of the rules that constrain me, you can get a close approximation of the classroom experience, wherever you are in the world, with broadband being your only constraint.

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Valutico

MAY 6, 2024

Special considerations for valuing M&A deals include synergies, regulatory issues, economic conditions, tax implications, technology/IP valuation, financing structure, buyer type, and purchase price allocation. Other techniques like Leveraged Buyout (LBO) and Real Options Valuation offer unique perspectives on valuation.

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Valutico

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

For Example: Comparing “Company XYZ” in the technology industry with peers like Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook. iii) Real Options Valuation Real options valuation enables a technology company to assess a new software project while considering flexibility in response to market changes.

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Deal Complexity / Technical Skills: You’ll get more experience building models, completing due diligence, and working on deals with complex capital structures at these firms. Most mega-funds have these qualities in common: Geography: These firms operate globally and deal with globally diversified companies and assets.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That, for instance, is the only way to explain why older telecom companies, which developed a practice of borrowing large amounts during their time as monopoly phone businesses, continue that practice, even as their business have evolved into intensely competitive, technology businesses. at least with technology companies).

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Appraiser Newsroom

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

He has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and valuation, specializing in technology companies, rapidly-growing companies, closely-held businesses, professional practices, and intangible assets. Baker, ASA, CFA , is a member/partner at CapVal -American Business Appraisers. a registered SEC broker-dealer and FINRA/SIPC member.

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Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

Companies may classify these deposits as resources (more speculative) or reserves (confirmed by drilling, accurately measured, and economically recoverable using current technology). CNOOC Energy Technology & Services (China), PAO TMK (Russia), and NOV. Technology could change this, but not anytime soon. TechnipFMC (U.K.),

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 1, 2022

That is still true for the average company in the industry: it is more defensive than something like technology or financial institutions. Overall, though, there are fewer industry-focused independent/boutique firms than in sectors like technology or healthcare. It’s safe to say that they have encouraged more deal activity.

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Appraiser Newsroom

JULY 5, 2022

Mr. Beaton has written and spoken extensively on valuation techniques for companies with complex capital structures and he has been involved in more than 300 depositions and has testified in state and federal court more than 75 times. He is a member of several organizations including ASA, AICPA, and the CFA Institute.

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Valutico

AUGUST 23, 2023

These cash flows typically include operating income, tax payments, and changes in working capital and capital expenditures. b) Determining the Discount Rate: The discount rate, often the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), reflects the risk associated with the company’s cash flows.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 28, 2022

The capital structures can also be complicated, with public warrants, private warrants, forward purchase warrants, and working capital warrants. [33] Slack Technologies, 13 F.4th 33] See, e.g. , Coates, SPAC’s Law & Myths. [34] Last year, in Pirani v. 4th 940 (9th Cir.

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Valutico

AUGUST 10, 2023

These cash flows typically include operating income, tax payments, and changes in working capital and capital expenditures. b) Determining the Discount Rate: The discount rate, often the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), reflects the risk associated with the company’s cash flows.

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Appraisal Rights

JUNE 5, 2017

The various problems facing the company led the court to embrace the respondents’ theory that SWS would continue to face an uphill climb given its relatively small size, which prevented it from scaling its substantial regulatory, technological, and back-office costs. Hilltop’s Influence on the Sale Process Rendered Merger Price Unreliable.

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