INTRODUCTION
Corporate entity valuation will be necessary when there is a takeover bid, when the company wishes to go public, when there is a scheme of merger, when shares are sold, when the group’s parent company is negotiation the sale of the subsidiary to a management buyout team or to an external buyer. The circumstances and scenarios are too numerous to be captured here. Whatever the reason, valuation presents some special considerations. It is unlikely that one valuation method or model would be used in isolation. This seminar will highlight some of the most common methods of valuing businesses, and bring about an awareness of the issues in valuing corporate entities