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Troutman Pepper

Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say: Chancery Court Confirms Arbitration Award Requiring Seller to Pay Buyer $87 Million for...

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In a recent order, the Delaware Court of Chancery “reluctantly” confirmed an arbitrator’s award arising from a post-closing purchase price adjustment dispute between a seller of a chain of grocery stores and a private equity...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Purchase Price Adjustments (UPDATED)

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Market Trends: What You Need to Know - Based on the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies: - Purchase price adjustments continue to be commonplace in M&A agreements. In...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Tech Investing Part II: Purchase Price Adjustments

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Buyers, sellers, their counsel and other advisers sometimes give short shrift to post-closing adjustment provisions in M&A deals; however, it’s important to make sure that language and calculation methods are clear and don’t...more

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LDC Parent v. Essential Utilities: DE court on who should resolve purchase price adjustment dispute

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In LDC Parent, LLC v. Essential Utilities, Inc. (C.A. No. N20C-08-127-MMJ-CCLD (Del. Super. Apr. 28, 2021)), the Delaware Superior Court held that a post-closing purchase price adjustment dispute had to be resolved by an...more

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Critical Elements of Tenant Estoppel Letters

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If you are an investor buying a leased property, you are undoubtedly looking to the rental income as the return on your investment, in addition to the appreciation in the value of the property that is likely to occur over...more

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Separate Escrows for Purchase Price Adjustments

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Market Trends: What You Need to Know As shown in the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies: - The use of separate escrows for purchase price adjustments has been increasing on...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Golden Rule: Compliance Over Consistency in Purchase Price Adjustments

Delaware Court of Chancery holds that specific accounting principles in a merger agreement will govern, even though it may result in a different approach to accounting standards for determining the target’s tangible net worth...more

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Purchase Price Adjustments

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Market Trends: What You Need to Know - Based on the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies: Purchase price adjustments continue to be commonplace in M&A agreements. In the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo 2020 Asia Buyouts Report: Update On Deal Terms – Part 1: Pricing The Deal

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We looked at 28 deals across Asia signed or closed pre-COVID-19 in which the buyer or a group of affiliated buyers acquired all or a significant majority of the outstanding equity of the target. We examined the common key...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Addresses Contract and Fraud Claims Relating to M&A Post-Closing Price Adjustments

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Roma Landmark Theaters, LLC v. Cohen Exhibition Co., LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0585-PAF (Del. Ch. Sept. 30, 2020) - In Roma Landmark Theaters, the parties’ purchase agreement contained a framework for post-closing price...more

King & Spalding

M&A Purchase Price Considerations in the Context of COVID-19

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Much like everything else in the world, M&A transactions must adjust in order to account for the impact of COVID-19. Arguably the most important feature in any M&A transaction is the purchase price. Set forth below are...more

White and Williams LLP

M&A Wars Continued: Does the Seller Have an Exit Strategy?

A great deal has been written about the M&A wars, including our prior alerts regarding the issues that arise when a buyer attempts to terminate a deal as a result of a seller material adverse effect (MAE) or the inability of...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2017 Edition: Update: Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes: Drafters Continue to Beware

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In the Spring 2017 edition of Dechert’s Global Private Equity Newsletter, we reviewed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision in Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. v. Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and WSW Acquisition...more

Jones Day

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Chancellor's Chicago Bridge Ruling - Authority of Independent Auditor to Resolve Purchase Price...

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In a much-anticipated decision, on June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Delaware reversed the Chancery Court's ruling in Chicago Bridge v. Westinghouse. The Delaware Supreme Court determined that an independent auditor...more

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