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Control Premium – a control premium is amount of money or assets an investor will pay to gain control of a company.  The control premium in most case is higher then the market value of the company.  The control premium is the actual difference in shares that an investor has paid to gain control.  This usually happens when there are just a few investors, and one party in particular wants the majority control of the company, thus paying a control premium to gain control. The party that is trying to gain control is most likely highly motivated to be willing to pay a premium to take control |