I’ve said many times that, if you are so foolish as to have a fixed price buy-sell agreement, it is necessary to reset the price on a regular basis. What I should have said is that if the price on a fixed-price buy-sell agreement is reset regularly, it is absolutely necessary that it be a price that is appropriate for all shareholders, whether they are future buyers or sellers under their agreements.

A long-time friend, William [not his real name], an experienced business appraiser, called me to relay a true story about how one buy-sell agreement went really bad for his family.

Today I’m sharing the video, Corporate Finance Basics for Directors and Shareholders, as well as the transcript from the video. In the presentation, Travis W. Harms, CFA, CPA/ABV, senior vice president of Mercer Capital, offers a short, yet thorough, overview of corporate finance fundamentals for closely held and family business directors and shareholders.