Any business decision that affects the value of a company - such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), buybacks, spin-offs or transitioning from a private to public company - requires an objective Financial Opinion. Prairie Capital Advisors, Inc. provides companies nationwide with expert Financial Opinions, including Fairness Opinions, Solvency Opinions and Capital Adequacy Opinions.

A Fairness Opinion goes beyond the determination of value and addresses whether a transaction is fair from a financial point of view. It considers such things as post-transaction financial performance, financing and other terms of the transaction. Basically, a Fairness Opinion protects the company and the board of directors from second-guessing the terms of the transaction, addresses any relevant legal issues upfront and prevents any misunderstandings among all involved parties.

Solvency Opinions provide the means of achieving the proper level of assurance with leveraged transactions. They confirm an investor should expect that an acquiring company would remain solvent according to certain criteria after an acquisition, merger or other corporate restructuring that was consummated with debt financing.

The professionals at Prairie Capital Advisors, Inc. have extensive experience providing Financial Opinions for transactions of a wide variety of sizes and levels of complexity, ranging from typical ESOP transactions involving minority interests to complex multi-investor situations presenting sophisticated securities design issues, synthetic equity analyses and compensation structures. Our experience base includes both ESOP and non-ESOP situations. We carefully analyze the financial consequences of a proposed transaction, as well as the consequences if the transaction doesn't happen. You'll know exactly how a transaction will affect your company before the final papers are signed.