VALUATION NEED
Explore stock options or 409a valuation firms
A 409A-related engagement addresses private-company equity in a specific tax and compensation context; legal and tax advisers should confirm the applicable requirements.
When it may be relevant
- — Setting fair market value for a private-company stock right
- — Updating a prior conclusion after changed facts
- — Establishing a repeatable equity-grant process
What to ask a provider
- — Which stock class and rights are being valued?
- — How are financing rounds, secondary transactions and preferences considered?
- — What events would require a new analysis?
What remains engagement-specific
- — Relevant regulatory presumption, if any
- — Valuation date and grant process
- — Material-event and update procedures
Educational information only. Requirements vary by engagement and intended user; confirm them with the relevant lender, regulator, court, tax adviser, counsel or other relying party.