Common Missteps of M&A Purchase Price Adjustments

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GAAP,
GAAP and GAAS,
Working Capital
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Adjustment,
Bank Of America Corp.,
Finance,
Investment,
M&A,
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Bank of America

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Overview: In an increasingly competitive M&A environment where many deals are run as auctions and multiple prospective buyers emerge for each opportunity, paying attention to the closing mechanisms and the purchase price adjustment process is of paramount importance. Buyers and sellers have contrary objectives in this regard. Carefully crafted contractual language and procedural planning can spare significant resources when it comes to the purchase price adjustment phase of a transaction. Purchase price adjustments occur at the end of the transaction process and usually begin at the same time as integration.

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Format: HTML | Date: Dec 2005 | Pages: 3

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