For regular readers, you'll recognize that one of my favorite topics is taking companies private in the current market environment.
Last Spring our firm, Thorpe Capital Group, did a fairness opinion related to the sale of a public company that had gone dark. The law firm representing the company was Holme Roberts & Owen.
On Thursday, Holme Roberts will be presenting a workshop on going private and going dark, the process of legally suspending all of the responsibilities associated with being a public company, without buying back the shares from the public shareholders. The firm has asked me to take a few minutes to talk about fairness opinions.
If you would like to attend, even though I'll be presenting, you are welcome to come. Details are here.
» Going Private: Fairness Opinion from MidMarketMaven
With final implementation of Sarbanes Oxley scheduled to occur this year, many small public companies should be thinking seriously about how to get private.For some, simply "going dark" is the right strategy. For those with too many sha... [Read More]
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