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New Pubcos Should Consider Defensive Health in Light of ISS/GL Recommendations

Cooley M&A

ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of “newly public” companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). See our December 2016 client alert.

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements. Stockholder litigation.

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Best universities for spinouts

Growth Business

It focuses on developing genome sequencing technologies and has raised 106 million in equities since its inception in 2014. Theyve made an impressive four exits, made up of two acquisitions and two IPOs. They start equity negotiations with the equity concept of equal distribution between the founders and the university.