In addition to agency theory, empirical studies covering both eras of PTP transactions identify a number of common explanations surrounding the decision to
go private, finding some internal financial explanations.
On the other hand, other firms
go private by buying out the public shareholders (their shares no longer trade in any market), and no longer provide publicly available financial information about the company.
Hypothesis 6: The likelihood of a firm to
go private decreases with Tobin' Q and stock performance.
But Warwick University spokeswoman Jenny Murray said: "It's unlikely that a university such as Warwick would
go private. The university generates 60 per cent of its own income following a pattern for universities to generate more of their own income but it is unlikely to
go private."
The report added that acquisition "involving management was the most frequent form of seeking to
go private, accounting for 67 percent of announced transactions."
I'm not qualified to teach him and we can't afford to
go private."
That change occurred due to decreasing investor confidence after Musk's abrupt assertion that Tesla would
go private at $420 per share.
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"On Cameron's watch, the NHS is heading back to the 1980s and 90s when patients faced the agonising choice of waiting for treatment or paying to
go private."
The only alternative is to
go private. In the meantime he gave me another prescription for a tight stocking and said that was the most he could do.
"When you
go private, you don't make more money, it is an easier life.