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earnout
A contingency component of an acquisition agreement in which the acquiring company agrees to additional payments in the event certain performance-based goals are achieved. For example, Sylvan Learning Systems in 1995 acquired Drake Prometric for $20 million in cash plus 5.9 million restricted Sylvan common shares. The deal included an additional 2.7 million Sylvan shares to be released to the sellers in the event stipulated revenue goals were met through 1998.


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The three-year loan includes a $2 million earnout available if the property meets specified performance criteria.
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Small World, based in Culver City and traded over the counter, had planned to buy Bead Shop for $15 million in cash and $5 million in restricted shares of Small World common stock, plus contingent earnouts.
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FASB also is mulling requirements for how companies account for merger-related restructuring expenses, such as the expense of relocating employees and bookkeeping for earnouts.
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