Valuation

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In a case decided Tuesday by the Business Court, the parties were at loggerheads over how the assets of a partnership were to be valued upon the dissolution of the partnership or the withdrawal of a partner.  Judge Jolly granted the motion for summary judgment by EHP Land Company, the withdrawing partner of HPB Enterprises, which…

Valuing a closely held business is often a debate over hypothetical dollars, particularly when the company’s sole asset is unproven technology.  The Business Court confronted such a situation recently in Vernon v. Cuomo.

The company in question developed a new technology with potential widespread medical application:  silicone-free syringes, which would enable syringes (especially of high-priced…

The Court allowed a motion to bifurcate in this shareholder dispute.  Shortly before trial, the Court agreed to try first Plaintiffs’ claims for reasonable expectations, mismanagement, and breach of fiduciary duty; and after determination of those issues to try, if necessary, the issues of valuation and dissolution.  The Order allowing bifurcation was entered with the consent…

Defendant, a terminated employee, owned one third of the outstanding stock of Classic Coffee Concepts. The issue was the price to be paid for the stock, which the corporation was obligated to repurchase under a Stockholders Agreement. The Agreement said that the price would be determined by looking to the fair market value of the…

The issue here was whether the parties had reached an agreement by which defendant was to pay fees to plaintiff for managing an advertising program. Plaintiff alleged that the agreement was "non-cancellable" for a term of one year. The Court found that the correspondence relied upon by plaintiff did not establish a binding contract. Although…

The plaintiffs in this case sought the dissolution of a closely held corporation pursuant to N.C.G.S. §55-14-30(2)(ii) on the ground that the business of the corporation was being conducted to the unfair advantage of the majority shareholder. The Court found that dissolution was appropriate because the reasonable expectations of the majority shareholders were not being…

Plaintiffs had established their right to involuntary dissolution of the closely held corporation in which they were shareholders because their reasonable expectations had not been met, and the business of the corporation was being conducted to the unfair advantage of the minority.

The corporation was entitled to avoid dissolution by paying the oppressed shareholder the…