Citing a growing demand for Quist Valuation's services among the area's diverse group of technology-focused companies, Quist recently opened an office in San Francisco, California. Quist Valuation Managing Director Thomas Miller relocated to San Francisco to manage the office, analyst team and business development efforts. "Our client base in the Bay Area has grown dramatically in recent years and we see a great opportunity for additional growth given the resurgent M&A market, complex valuation issues such as IRC409A and the need to expense stock options for public companies," said Miller. Quist's new office is conveniently located in the Embarcadero Center.

Contact Information:

Thomas D. Miller, CFA
Managing Director

1 Embarcadero Center #500
San Francisco, CA 94111
miller@quistvaluation.com
Office: 415.839.5424

Brett Suchor, President of Quist Valuation released the second article in a multipart series that examines potentially damaging misconceptions that occur when transaction multiples are used to establish pricing in M&A transactions. The entire article is available at: URL http://www.quistvaluation.com/PDF/Quist_NewsV.3No.2.pdf

Thomas D. Miller, Managing Director of Quist Valuation released an article today that explores the sticky issue of embedded derivatives, i.e. a financial instrument that is embedded in another contract or host contract, in the post fair value accounting world. The entire article is available at: URL /http://www.quistvaluation.com/PDF/Quist_NewsV.3No.2.pdf

Brett Suchor, President of Quist Valuation and Kyle Covell, Financial Analyst released an article today discussing the numerous advantages for using waterfall analysis as an effective tool for understanding a company's capital structure and necessary component of an IRC409A valuation engagement. IRC409A affects private companies that grant equity compensation to their employees and can create significant tax penalties for recipients of this compensation in certain circumstances. The entire article is available at: URL http://www.quistvaluation.com/PDF/Quist_NewsV.3No.2.pdf

Thomas Miller, Managing Director of Quist Valuation released an article today that provides insights into the stock option expensing issue for public companies. The entire article is available at: URL http://www.quistvaluation.com/PDF/Quist_NewsV3_N1.pdf