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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen Published: 2025-01-19 12:03:47... Financial Advisor Opinions Use tabular presentation. Discuss how specific analyses relateto the fairness opinion. Disclose projections. Topic General SEC Comments General 1) Do not ...
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Microsoft Word - Sarbanes Oxley Update _ SEC Adopts Final Rules... Published: 2003-07-10 23:06:22... information systems design and implementation, appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports, actuarial services, internal audit outsourcing, ...
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PCAOB Adopts New Standard Expanding Auditors Reports Published: 2017-06-08 09:58:32While the pass/fail nature of the auditor's opinion on the fairness of the presentation of the financial statements will remain, under the revised standard, the auditor's report ...
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Microsoft Word - 323076_2.DOC Published: 2003-07-10 21:08:20... * appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; 1 In a number of instances there are separate rules dealing with investment companies. ...
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Microsoft Word - Documenting the Deal Word 4.14.docx Published: 2015-07-17 14:23:00... intuition, and with only the backstop of a caveat laden, liability insulating fairness opinion in which the financial advisor disclaims having done any independent thinking and ...
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Microsoft Word - 11713367_2.docx Published: 2013-06-17 15:07:00... into 1.5 partnership units of Enterprise Products LP. Prior to acceptance, Enterprise Products GP consulted Morgan Stanley for an opinion on the fairness of this exchange ratio. ...
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11th Annual SCOTUS Review at ABA Fed Secs Reg Fall Meeting :... Published: 2016-11-22 16:43:00His own votes, e.g., those favoring ACA, facilitate an image of fairness, and anger ... aspects besides the obvious one (ties result in no precedent, and usually no opinions). ...
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Viacom case : Q & A/ Discussion Forum Published: 2006-07-06 11:11:37that if the directors were not independent, then the "entire fairness" standard applies. ... this portion of the Motion to Dismiss opinion: "The business judgment rule will not ...
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1060215_1.DOC Published: 2003-07-10 21:00:56... Appraisal or Valuation Services, Fairness Opinions or Contribution-in-Kind Reports The rules prohibit the accountant from providing to its audit client appraisal or valuation ...
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SEC PROPOSES AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE AND WORKPAPER RETENTION RULES Published: 2025-01-19 12:03:48Financial information systems design and implementation; Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contributions-in-kind reports; Actuarial services; Internal audit ...
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Gibson Dunn: SEC Proposes Rules to Align SPACs More Closely with... Published: 2022-04-10 19:08:00... a fairness opinion, and whether or not it obtains a fairness opinion, the bases for the SPAC's reasonable belief as to the fairness of the transaction. * Underwriter Liability. ...
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SEC Proposes Sweeping Changes to SPAC Regulatory and Disclosure... Published: 2022-04-29 10:05:41... As such, we anticipate this requirement to express an opinion as to "fairness" would lead to an increase in requests by boards of directors for fairness opinions from financial ...
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Del. Chancery Decision on Tesla's Ratification Vote: 5 Things... Published: 2024-12-06 06:10:00... Opinion" was too late. Third, in a conflicted-controller transaction, the "maximum effect" of stockholder ratification is to shift the burden of proving entire fairness; it ...
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Regulation.doc Published: 2011-11-30 14:11:58This entrustment responds to the fulfilment of a societal role in offering an opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial statements of those companies. Since 1984, EU rules ...
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http://www.finra.org/web/groups/rules_regs/documents/rule_filing... Published: 2007-09-12 15:00:16... in a savings and loan conversion or a bank offering or the preparation of a fairness opinion pursuant to SEC Rule 13e-3. (6) Underwriter and Related Persons Consists of ...
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02-253.indd Published: 2003-07-10 20:39:02... Saba Ashraf, and Charles W. Wheeler 2 (3) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; (4) actuarial services; (5) internal audit ...
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Fifteen Tips for Effectively Chairing a Special Committee Published: 2013-02-15 16:33:42... Here, reliance on independent, third party experts becomes acutely important. V. Know How a Fairness Opinion Works When reviewing a proposed transaction (including a change of ...
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Microsoft Word - Eisenberg Alert- Monday.dotx Published: 2015-04-01 13:20:51... Capitol Bancorp Ltd., 14 plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated Section 11 in connection with the issuance of fairness opinions. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal under ...
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Microsoft Word - corpNewsletter102909pf.doc Published: 2009-10-31 14:59:09... In June 2005, Lehman provided the special committee with a fairness opinion that the $24-per-share price for the JQH minority stockholders was fair from a financial point of view. ...
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Lonergan v. EPE Holdings LLC: The Delaware Court of Chancery... Published: 2010-11-09 13:19:38The terms of the Merger were negotiated over the course of several weeks, and the Audit Committee received a fairness opinion from its financial advisor, Morgan Stanley, confirming ...
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Court of Chancery Faults Committee Process and Advisory Work... Published: 2015-04-22 14:31:00After receiving a fairness opinion from its financial advisor, the committee approved the transaction and litigation ensued. After trial, the Court of Chancery declined to credit ...
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Microsoft Word - 2128649.01 Published: 2003-07-10 21:23:32systems design and implementation services; * appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; * actuarial reports; * internal audit ...
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Microsoft Word - Rules-AuditorIndependence1-31-03.DOC Published: 2013-07-02 14:21:47... systems design and implementation; * appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; * actuarial services; * internal audit ...
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Auditor Independence Rules.indd Published: 2003-07-10 20:36:28... systems design and implementation; * Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; * Actuarial services; * Internal audit ...
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Legal Alert It's All About the Process: Lessons from Delaware... Published: 2015-04-29 16:20:05... In addition, the financial advisor's engagement letter provided that the advisor's fee would be contingent upon the issuance of a fairness opinion, which the court viewed as ...
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clearygottlieb.com Published: 2024-02-28 14:56:49holding the conversion should be reviewed under the "entire fairness" standard. In a February 20, 2024 memorandum opinion, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster held in Palkon v. ...
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XPP-PDF Support Utility Published: 2013-09-04 22:31:58... Capitol Bancorp, Ltd., 551 F.3d 1156, 1162 (9th Cir. 2009) (court determined that fairness opinions evaluating a share exchange offering were opinions and dismissed the complaint, ...
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Final Auditor Independence Rules.indd Published: 2013-07-02 14:19:02... systems design and implementation; (3) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (4) actuarial services involv- ing determination ...
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http://www.duanemorris.com/alerts/alert2706.html Published: 2008-01-12 18:32:02... The remainder of the decision addressed Globis' claims that the Plumtree merger proxy omitted many material facts, in particular with respect to the rendering of a fairness opinion ...
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2024-004-AS1000 Published: 2024-05-16 09:34:37... The objective of an audit of financial statements is to express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements in presenting, in all material respects, the ...
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CLIENT ALERT Investment Advisers Receive... Published: 2024-06-07 10:21:49This rule would have required registered private fund advisers to obtain a fairness or valuation opinion when offering investors the option to sell or convert their interests in a ...
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In Regulatory Notice 09-41, FINRA announced new registration... Published: 2009-08-14 22:30:23asset sales, divestitures or other corporate reorganizations or business combination transactions, including but not limited to rendering a fairness, solvency, or similar opinion. ...
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Being Litigated! Tesla's Colossal CEO Comp In The Crosshairs... Published: 2019-09-26 07:07:18fairness" standard and not the deferential business judgment rule. Delaware has laid out a path to the business judgment rule for these transactions, but in his 40-page opinion ...
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7174493_1.DOC Published: 2009-01-13 11:36:24... for cash or transactions involving conflicts of interest, * the receipt of a fairness opinion from the board's financial advisor, and * a majority of the directors were ...
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Microsoft Word - David Burton_M_ VC director liability in down... Published: 2007-04-09 17:01:01... Outside Fairness Opinion / Valuation If the corporation is unable to find a new outside investor to lead the proposed down round financing, the board of directors should consider ...
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Locke Lord LLP disclaims all liability whatsoever in relation... Published: 2015-05-07 15:28:24... how to deal with and evaluate conflict- of-interest transactions and once again demonstrates the skepticism with which Delaware courts approach investment banker fairness opinions. ...
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2017-High-Yield-Bond-Study.pdf Published: 2017-05-02 15:11:10... in 2016, down from 50% in 2012. That said, the requirement for fairness opinions in deals outside the U.S. remains in well over a majority of deals in EMEA, Asia and Latin America. ...
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[CLICK HERE AND TYPE TITLE] Published: 2013-07-02 14:18:03... systems design and implementation; * appraisal or valuation services, providing fairness opinions or preparing contribution-in-kind reports; * actuarial services; * internal audit ...
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M&A/Private Equity Published: 2022-01-12 11:05:53Mergers Will Be Reviewed Under the Entire Fairness Standard-Amo v. MultiPlan Amo v. ... Importantly, as many of the issues raised in the opinion, and many of the rulings by the ...
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Court of Chancery Issues SPAC-Related Decision of First Impression Published: 2022-01-18 06:53:30... The SPAC did not obtain an inde- pendent third-party valuation of MultiPlan or a fairness opinion. The merger proxy statement sought stockholder approval and also informed Class A ...
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What Am I Getting Myself Into? Five Questions Prospective SPAC... Published: 2021-04-13 17:27:18Directors should not expect to receive an investment bank's fairness opinion for a SPAC business combination, absent special circumstances, such as a conflict with the sponsor. ...
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Microsoft Word - RBH_CHARLOTTE-#3034388-v4-Pinehurst_Presentation... Published: 2016-11-04 15:38:07... UOP obtained a fairness opinion, prepared in only three days, that the $21 price was fair 36 and the transaction process was done in a rush. On these facts, the Delaware court ...
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PCAOB Release No. 2023-001 AS 1000 - Proposed Published: 2023-03-28 15:03:39... The objective of an audit of financial statements is to express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements in presenting, in all material respects, the ...
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Microsoft Word - 2021 Policy on Engagement of Independent Auditor Published: 2021-04-08 15:54:57... systems design and implementation; 3. appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; 4. actuarial services; 5. internal audit ...
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FINRA Establishes New Limited Registration Regime for Capital... Published: 2016-09-13 16:15:39in the preparation of offering materials on behalf of an issuer; providing fairness opinions, valuation services, expert testimony, litigation support, and negotiation and ...
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SEC Adopts New Rules Regarding SPAC Transactions Published: 2024-02-01 11:25:13... [the Rules] creates a requirement, implicit or explicit, or expectation that a fairness opinion must be obtained." the material factors considered by the SPAC board in making ...
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Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP Published: 2015-04-22 16:03:03... The Court noted that the banker's entire fee was contingent on delivering a fairness opinion suggesting that the banker did what it could to justify the Fall Dropdown, get to ...
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PLI's 37th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation Published: 2025-01-19 12:04:49... Accordingly, the amendments clarify the scope of the exemption so that investment companies listed on a foreign exchange must be "for sale to the public. Fairness Opinions In ...
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SEC Proposes New Rules to Published: 2022-04-07 11:34:58... While not required by the Proposed Rules to obtain fairness opinions, this may result in a greater number of SPACs seeking to obtain fairness opinions from financial advisors in ...
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P Pu Published: 2022-04-19 16:12:01... financial projections provided to a SPAC's board of directors and/or the parties' fairness opinion providers to be included in the registration statement for a de-SPAC transaction. ...