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Completion Accounts

Completion Accounts in acquisitions – what does ‘Accounting policies adopted in the Accounts’ mean? (Accountants out there may be surprised at this)

April 2015 Many share and asset sale deals require a price adjustment to be made based on a set of completion accounts which needs to be drawn up. As everyone knows, a set of accounts will usually tell you what the company and its accountants want to tell you. So it’s important for both sides to set out as clearly as possible in the sale agreement how the completion accounts should be prepared and how any adjustments to the price should be worked out...