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No Mess (Too Much Liquidation Preference)

ithacaVC

Specifically, “too much” liquidation preference (I will use “LP” for liquidation preference). As most of you probably know, LP is one of the fundamental economic attributes of preferred stock that preferred shareholders enjoy. Is the $13mm of aggregate LP a problem? It might be.

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What is an employee retention or M&A carveout plan?

Startup Company Lawyer

I was speaking at an event last month to a group of CEOs and was surprised by the number of CEOs that were worried about the value of their common stock in a M&A transaction. Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless.