Litigation & Dispute Resolution

May 13, 2015

Statutory Fair Value

Statutory “fair value” is the standard of value for valuation in the dissenters’ rights and shareholder oppression statutes of the majority of states. Disagreements over the applicability (or not) of certain valuation premiums or discounts provide the source of significant differences of opinion between counsel for dissenting shareholders and, unfortunately, between business appraisers. However, in this whitepaper on statutory fair value, we hope to outline sufficient valuation and finance theory so we can begin to examine cases, i.e., judicial interpretations of what fair value means. With the proper background, we will be able to understand and to interpret what the courts have said in the context of valuation theory.

This e-book consists of a series of posts originally published on the blog Valuation Speak between February 2011 and January 2012. 

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Z. Christopher Mercer
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