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Purchase Price Escrow Accounts

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Adjustment Escrows in M&A: Why the 1% Rule Doesn’t Always Apply

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What is the typical size of an adjustment escrow? A common rule of thumb is 1% of overall deal value, but the size varies depending on deal value and the underlying characteristics of the business (including the net working...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Indemnification Escrow Accounts – What Are They and How Should They Be Used?

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Parties to business acquisitions use indemnification clauses to provide security for harm that may result following the closing of the transaction. Indemnification obligations require one party to compensate the other for...more

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What's Market: Separate Escrows for Purchase Price Adjustments

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In mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement, whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement, typically contains provisions for post-closing purchase price...more

K&L Gates LLP

Private Company M&A: Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment Provisions: New Decision Holds Some Common Mechanics Unenforceable

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In private company acquisitions, it is common for the buyer to require that a portion of the merger consideration be set aside in escrow as an accessible source of funds to cover the buyer’s post-closing indemnification...more

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