We’ve written before about the SWS appraisal case, decided in mid 2017. After the ruling, petitioners appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court. On Wednesday, February 21, the Delaware Supreme Court held oral argument (which you can watch on this site). Part of the argument focused on the concept of size premium – a primer
Size Premium
SWS Group: The Breakdown
Further to our prior post about Delaware’s two new appraisal decisions, SWS Group was a small, struggling bank holding company that merged on January 1, 2015 into one of its own substantial creditors, Hilltop Holdings. Stockholders of SWS received a mix of cash and Hilltop stock worth $6.92 at closing. Vice Chancellor Glasscock rejected the…
Valuation Basics: Calculating the Equity Size Premium
By Larry Rolnick & Michael Hampson on
In a prior post, we explained how the Capital Asset Pricing Model (“CAPM”) has become one of the frequently employed methods used by the Delaware Court of Chancery to calculate the cost of equity for the discount rate in a DCF analysis. In this post, we focus on one specific component of the CAPM:…