Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2017, Rwanda amended its companies act and introduced appraisal rights for minority shareholders [.pdf]. A recent article in the New Times provides an overview of, and reflects on, the efficacy of Rwandan appraisal. The parallels between Rwandan appraisal (as described in the links provided) and Delaware appraisal are notable: appraisal is offered to dissenting shareholders who would otherwise be forced to accept certain major corporate actions (such as a merger); the dissenting shareholder

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Quantive

JANUARY 2, 2019

Question: What’s the going rate to hire a business owner these days? Or put another way… how much should an owner-operator pay themselves? In some privately held companies that may be a question that is answered by the Board of Directors. But in most privately held companies it’s a question answered by a single person: […].

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 3, 2019

Probably not. But this interesting analysis on the possibility of crypto asset mergers certainly allows for the possibility. We’ve covered blockchain and appraisal before, including the possibility of having shares put onto a blockchain, allowing for easier tracing, counting, voting, and other improvements over the current system of fungible bulk; but this is something different.

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 2, 2019

Earlier in 2018, the Tennessee Supreme Court clarified Tennessee’s appraisal and valuation law in the case Athlon Sports Communications v. Duggan. Tennessee had long followed the “Delaware Block” system of valuation. The Delaware Block system averages market value, asset value, and earnings value to arrive at a valuation. But as one commentator has observed “In the last 25 years, the traditional Delaware Block framework has become outmoded and less relied on by courts and valuation analysts.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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