The role of the valuer in undertaking a valuation is to determine the value of the property being valued. In the case of mortgage valuations, where the purchaser has agreed and exchanged contracts on a property, it may be presumed that the role of the valuer is to confirm or...
In an increasingly competitive M&A environment where many deals are run as auctions and multiple prospective buyers emerge for each opportunity, paying attention to the closing mechanisms and the purchase price adjustment process is of paramount importance. Buyers and sellers have contrary objectives in this regard. Carefully crafted contractual language...
The challenge lies in being the best at value packaging the business and convincing customers that they are getting value which makes their purchases worth more than the price they are paying. One has many more reasons for people to purchase from oneself than just price. One needs to have...
Stock Options is the ‘right’ to purchase stock at a given price at some time in the future. Stock Options come in two types, an option is created that specifies that the owner of the option may 'exercise' the 'right' to purchase a company’s stock at a certain price by...
DAYTON, Ohio -- DPL Inc. (NYSE:DPL) announced today the reference yield and purchase price for each series of notes included in its previously announced offers to purchase the securities listed in the table below for a maximum aggregate purchase price of up to $246 million.
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- BIOQUAL, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BIOQ), purchased 20,000 shares of BIOQUAL common stock on the open market at a price of $10.70 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $214,000. BIOQUAL used cash on hand to effect the purchase. BIOQUAL will retire these shares into its treasury. Today's...
A real estate purchase option is a document that gives someone the right to purchase a piece of property at a fixed price during the term that the real estate purchase option is in effect. During the option period, the owner can not sell the property to anyone else and...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 10, 1995--Sierra Semiconductor Corporation today announced that it has agreed to issue 647,361 shares of Sierra common stock to the former shareholders of PMC-Sierra, Inc. The new shares are being issued as an adjustment to the purchase price paid in connection with Sierra's September 1994...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE:RRA) today announced the completion of its acquisition of four short line railroads from Alcoa for a purchase price of $77.5 million in cash. The cash purchase price is based on RailAmerica assuming a targeted working capital deficit. RailAmerica funded substantially all of the...
SAN DIEGO -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECPG), a leading accounts receivable management firm, announced today that it has closed on the largest portfolio purchase in the Company's history. Encore paid $13.0 million for a portfolio with a face value of $421 million, at an average purchase price of 3.1%....
HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 21, 1996--Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAI.B and CAI.A) stated today that Air Partners, L.P. exercised its previously announced right to sell to Continental $50 million in intrinsic value current Class B common stock price minus exercise price of warrants to purchase Class B common stock previously issued by Continental....
From the executive summary: ‘Knowing what the best price available is for what one is buying is not easy information to come by. However, the vendors, who seek to get the highest price the market will bear for their product or service, are definitely not going to be very eager...
NEW YORK, March 21, 1995--BUSINESS WIRE--Loral Corporation (NYSE: LOR) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Defense Systems operations of Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) for a stated purchase price of $862 million in cash, before agreed-upon contractual adjustments which will result in an effective purchase...
DALLAS -- United Systems Technology, Inc. (Pink Sheets:USTG) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an offer to purchase shares of its Common Stock from existing shareholders ("Tender Offer"). The terms of the Tender Offer include the purchase of up to 15,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, par...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Ampal-American Israel Corporation - (NASDAQ:AMPL) announced today that it completed on December 28, 2006 its previously announced sale of 8,142,705 shares of Class A Stock of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $ 37,863,577 (based on a price per share of $4.65) and Warrants...
SEATTLE -- Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. (AMEX:HTC) announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase 95.7% of the outstanding equity in Austrian-based Memorex Telex Communications AG, one of the leading alternative infrastructure providers in Central and Eastern Europe with the largest fixed-line infrastructure in the region. The...
An option is an instrument that provides its holder with an opportunity to purchase or sell a specified asset at a stated price on or before a set expiration date. Options are probably the most popular type of derivative security. Three basic forms of options are rights, warrants, and calls...
The gift-with-purchase offer is a marketing tool, which an organization uses to bolster up its sales. It is a potent promotional scheme and is applied across industries ranging from media to fast food. It works on the human psychology of getting something ‘extra’ at the price of one. Several factors...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Sears' purchase of Lands' End gives the company a real shot at actually hitting the elusive target of improving soft lines sales, and many in the industry believe it will be a bull's eye. The company announced in mid-May its intent to purchase Lands' End for...
WASHINGTON -- Liquidity Services, Inc. LSI, a leading online auction marketplace for wholesale, surplus and salvage assets, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the wholesale business of STR, Inc. STR for approximately $10.1 million in cash. The final purchase price is based on purchase price adjustments as...