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He pointed to Alliance Atlantis' major cable channel holdings as an attractive asset, noting that the market's valuation of the company's specialty channels already reflects a partial takeover premium.
CanWest needs Canadian specialty channels and the sale of its Australian and New Zealand operations would enable it to be a potential acquirer of (Alliance Atlantis) which it had previously pursued," he wrote.
Last week, CanWest said it hired a financial adviser to review options for its Australian holdings after government officials decided to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of media companies. The new rules open the door to international buyers looking to purchase CanWest's Australian assets.
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[David] said he'd understood his obligation to act independently and objectively on the joint engagement. He'd seen no conflict of interest in working for the couple, because he'd assumed [Mike]'s lawyer was aware of the previous engagement-in fact, he'd assumed [Wendy]'s lawyer had informed Mike's lawyer prior to the couple agreeing to retain him for the independent valuation of Company Z.
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[Sherman Kreiner] said that first confrontation sparked a "24-hour marathon" where arguments erupted in different offices on different floors throughout the day. Kreiner said he told [John Pelton] and [Laurie Goldberg] he was going to get to the bottom of what happened in the meeting with [Jane Hawkins], one way or the other. "Either she is lying or you are lying," Kreiner recalled telling Pelton and Goldberg. "Someone is not telling the truth.
The minutes were changed in mid-November prior to a board meeting. Three sentences were added to Goldberg's report on valuations. The amended portions included a warning from Goldberg that "the fund was experiencing liquidity challenge" and that "40 per cent of the investee companies were in a negative cash flow position." Also added were commen...
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..." tender offer posed a threat to the company. The Court noted that "[t]he presence of a majorit... Air Products nominees) to confirm its valuation of the company based on management's long-term pla...
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... letters patent continuing the bank as a company (other than a mutual company) or an insurance hold... referred to in subsection (1), use the valuation by the actuary of the company, or by any other act...
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Based on a presentation at the Business Valuation Conference of the American Society of Appraisers a... issued to the shareholders of the target company will be exempt from the U.S. registration requirem...
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..., which may require an independent valuation). On the other hand, a take-over bid also has c...
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... without leasing them to an oil and gas company. On this basis, the defendants were liable for no ... of the property rights model: the valuation of improvements that the defendant makes to the pl...
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Two of the group of 10 recipients of the first ever Honorary AACI designations are presented. Michael Brooks is the CEO of the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac). REALpac is a national trade association of the largest pubic, private and institutional real estate owners in Canada. In addition to his duties with REALpac, Brooks is an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto. According to Brooks, REALpac members rely on the quality and integrity of appraisers to maintain the public trust in the real estate industry. Because the Institute plays such a critical role in this, being recognized with the designation is an honor. Sheila Botting is Senior Managing Partner & Canadian Area Leader with Cushman & Wakefield LePage, based...
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... of the process to allow for the fair valuation of the company's shares; Stipulation of manageme...