Please review the following list and provide as much information as possible. We understand the list of required information is quite lengthy and detailed; however, the items are necessary to produce an accurate, well-informed valuation report of your company. In addition to these items, you will need to fill out a company information questionnaire. Required Items: Financial statements and tax returns with any attachments for five years, including this year. Five year projections of sales, pre-tax and pre-contribution earnings, covered payroll and amount or percent of covered payroll going to stockholder-employees. (Pre-contribution refers only to discretionary employer benefit plans).
History and description of the company along with plans for the future (five years).
Short résumé of key employees; number of the total employees, union and non-union.
List of stockholders owning common stock, include number of shares.
Planned major capital expenditures and/or debt reduction requirements, next five years. Provisions of any debt instruments concerning capital stock. Industry information; size of your market, primary competition, intermediate terms prospects, comparable publicly held companies, trade publications.
| Capital account analysis (five years) and any recent sales or trade of stock of your company. Number of shares outstanding, in hands of public, net of treasury shares.
Buy-sell agreements, stock options granted or exercised, prior valuations, stock redemptions, etc. Any properties and/or investments not necessary to the operations of the company.
Information on all existing employee benefit plans on covered payroll employees. Contribution to these plans for five years. Please note whether contributions are mandatory or discretionary.
Outline of products and/or service categories and estimated contribution to sales and to profits. Identify all business locations and subsidiaries.
Method of distribution; discount structure, if any; a list of representatives, distributors, and wholesalers; and a list of major suppliers and major customers. Management’s estimate of fair market value, if any, and basis for this determination.
Any other data which you feel would be pertinent to the determination of value of the company. This would include any merger offers, serious discussion among control stockholders concerning ownership plans, proposed or actual registrations and offerings, application to the Small Business Administration or other financing sources for long-term debt, and other similar planned or actual transactions.
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