Valuation & Fairness Opinions

Scott-Macon professionals have extensive experience in the valuation of privately-held and publicly-traded companies, business units, minority ownership positions and partnership units. The firm's valuation studies have been used by boards of directors, company owners, management teams, and trustees-in-bankruptcy for a wide variety of applications including purchase or sale transactions, shareholder disputes, and strategic planning. Scott-Macon's Valuation Services Group offers:

• Valuations to formulate corporate strategy or evaluate shareholder value issues
• Formal fairness opinions
• Valuations for restructurings, workouts or bankruptcy proceedings
• Valuations for private equity funds for portfolio investments
• Valuations for minority interest buyouts and shareholder disputes
• Valuations for Employee Stock Ownership Plans
• Valuations for divorce proceedings
• Valuations for estate and gift tax planning, probate court, and estate tax return preparation
• Valuations for Family Limited Partnerships
• Valuations for capital raises
• Valuations of intangible assets
• Impairment of goodwill studies
• Allocation of purchase price studies
• Expert testimony and litigation support
• Valuation enhancement and growth consulting, including strategic options studies and foresight studies; real options analysis; pricing, selection and execution of strategic investments

Scott-Macon professionals have completed numerous fairness opinions that have accompanied documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other government or judicial bodies.