Secondary Sale — How Not to Turn it Into a 409A Nightmare
A Secondary sale can have serious and far-reaching implications on the pricing of stock options due to 409A provisions. While the extent of the impact
With primary objective of bringing more transparency to reporting of acquisitions, the ASC805 “Business Combinations” requires companies to allocate the purchase consideration paid in M&A transaction into various tangible and intangible assets at their fair value.
Complying with reporting requirements of the standard can pose significant challenges to CFO – both from perspective of time involvement as well confronting complex provisions to avoid any misreporting.
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GuestLogix, Inc.
Kabouter Management
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Open Jaw Technologised
Ballard Power Systems
Top Ace Asset Management
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Protonex Technology Corporation
ConnectYourCare, Inc.
ABS Capital
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of ConnectYourCare, LLC by ABS Capital
SportsMedia
Vicente Capital Partners
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Information and Display Systems (IDS) by Sports Media.
Komli Media, Inc.
Nexus India Capital, Draper Fisher Juvetson, Northwest Venture Partners
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of ADMAX Network Holdings Ltd.
Dachis Corporation
Austin Ventures, LMIA Coinvestment LLC
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Xplane
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Fidelity Investments, Baxter Healthcare
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Celscia Therapeutics, Inc.
Yatra.com
Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital
Provided ASC805 purchase price allocation in connection with acquisition of Travelguru.com
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