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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.” ” In the first three “musings,” I addressed USPAP and the Internal Revenue Service and concluded that the answer to the question of whether to comply with USPAP is “Why not?”

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

Chris Mercer

Introduction and Conclusion My musings on the use of restricted stock discounts to estimate marketability discounts (or DLOMs) have led me to the conclusion: Restricted stock studies/discounts cannot be used to estimate DLOMs in any credible, standards-compliant manner. What is a Pre-IPO Discount?