Valuation of Illiquid and Hard-to-Value Securities
Featuring Ashok Abbott of Business Valuation, LLC, Espen Robak of Pluris Valuation Advisors, and Barry Silbert of Restricted Stock Partners
Telephone Dial-In Audio Conference
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
10:30am-12:10pm PDT / 11:30am-1:10pm MDT / 12:30pm-2:10pm CDT / 1:30pm-3:10pm EDT
Presented by Business Valuation Resources, LLC
Earn TWO INTERACTIVE CPE credits for participating in this conference
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Learning Objectives:
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Learn how restricted securities are sold and what the legal rules are
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In the context of private equity, learn the distinguishing features between liquidity and marketability
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Learn what the market evidence says about how to value restricted stock, warrants, and convertible securities
Program Outline:
- Brief introduction to panelists and topic
- Valuation of Illiquid and Hard-to-Value Securities Panelist Presentation:
- Liquidity V. Marketability
- Core Concepts
- Liquidity Assumptions of the Publicly Traded Equivalent Value
- Marketability & Liquidity: What’s the Difference?
- Marketability
- Liquidity Differences within Marketability Classes
- Core Issue in Liquidity: Immediacy
- Security Markets Liquidity
- Market Profile: Large Stocks
- Market Profile: Small Stocks
- The Restricted Securities Trading Network
- The Four Questions
- What is Restricted Stock?
- How Do I Sell Restricted Stock?
- Is a Private Sale Permissible?
- What is the Private Sale Process
- Restricted Securities and Illiquidity
- The LiquiStat ™ Database
- Why “Fair Value”?
- SFAS 157 – Overview
- SFAS 157 – Exit Price
- LiquiStat ™ Discounts
- Summary
- Measuring Discounts for Lack of Liquidity for Publicly Traded Securities
- Liquidation Period
- Mean Liquidation Period: Small Firms
- Mean Liquidation Period: Large Firms
- Price Pressure
- Price Risk
- Discount for Lack of Liquidity
- Large-Firm DLOL Estimation
- Small-Firm DLOL Estimation
- Panelist and Audience Q & A
- Closing Remarks
Expert Panel Includes:
Espen Robak, CFA, President of Pluris Valuation Advisors, is a nationally recognized expert on restricted securities, securities design, levels of value, and discounts for lack of liquidity. Over more than a decade, he has provided valuation services for stock-based compensation and other financial reporting purposes, transaction fairness, corporate and personal income tax, estate and gift tax, employee stock ownership plans, litigation and other purposes. Mr. Robak has particular expertise with venture capital, private equity fund structures and hedge fund structures. He is a prolific writer on business, valuation and taxation topics, and speaks frequently at seminars and professional conferences. Recent topics he has written about include M&A arbitrage data, restricted stock and marketability, and the valuation of trademarks. Mr. Robak has a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor of science degree from the University of Oregon. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Prior to joining Pluris, Mr. Robak was Senior Vice President of FMV Opinions, Inc., a specialty valuation firm, and directed the firm's restricted stock and blockage discount practices. At FMV, Mr. Robak authored several publications on private placements, restricted stock, and marketability discounts, and oversaw the creation of "The FMV Restricted Stock Study." Mr. Robak's corporate valuation experience also includes allocation of value between common, preferred, and convertible securities, and the valuation of derivative and hybrid securities. Prior to joining FMV, Mr. Robak was an Account Manager for BankAmerica Corp. in Seattle, Washington.
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Ashok B. Abbott is an Associate Professor of Finance at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He has also taught at the Graduate school of Credit and Financial Management held at Dartmouth and Stanford University.
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Barry E. Silbert is the founder and CEO of Restricted Stock Partners. Restricted Stock Partners, a division of Green Drake Capital Corp. (Member NASD/SIPC), manages the Restricted Securities Trading Network (RSTN), providing liquidity and trading solutions to institutional and accredited investors who hold restricted securities in public companies. Prior to founding Restricted Stock Partners in 2004, Mr. Silbert was an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where he focused on financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate financing transactions. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Silbert worked at Bear Stearns, Smith Barney and the Rydex Funds. He graduated with honors from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. Mr. Silbert is also the Chairman of Pluris Valuation Advisors, LLC, a New York-based valuation firm specializing in restricted securities and other illiquid assets. |
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