Valuation Blog Archive

  What is a Buy-Sell Agreement?   A buy-sell agreement can be a more detailed version to the handling of shares in a regular shareholders agreement. It is categorically defined as a contract that determines how a partner’s shares in your company are reassigned if the partner departs, dies or otherwise ceases their ownership in your...

    Sale of Shares to Third Party Buyers – Shareholders Agreement   Shareholder agreements should include clauses for the selling of the company’s shares to third party buyers to protect the interests of the remaining shareholders and the company. These clauses should be able to manage situations involving a mandatory sale, ‘tag along’ rights...

Minority Shareholder Exit Strategies – Shareholders Agreement   Minority ownership interests in private firms are naturally valued lower than the prorated en bloc equity value. The exception happens when the shareholder agreement or other forms of contract states otherwise. Also, third party buyers have a mutual interest only in the majority ownership interests for private...

  What are Some Factors that Affect Business Value in Shareholders Agreement   This topic is related to a fair compensation for an equity interest in the company. Shareholder agreements tend to have vague terms of ‘value’ and can be understood in various ways – this can influence the resulting value of an equity interest,...

The Mutual Ground For Determining The Worth Of Equity Interest – Shareholders Agreement   Ideally, shareholders should first mutually agree on the value of each other’s equity interest in the company under various circumstances, then detail these decisions in the shareholder agreement for future reference. They should also be reviewed and revised with the annual...

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