how can a shareholder profit from contingent value rights 
to profit from a cvr investors must hold stock in the acquired company before it is delisted from the stock exchange companies tend to prefer non transferable cvrs because it doesn t require listing the shares on an exchange this costs less money and regulatory hurdles the bottom linein an acquisition the goal of cvrs is to bridge the gap between what the acquirer values the company at and what the company being acquired values itself at as the acquirer believes the value is limited with upside potential in the future it will provide shareholders with cvrs which will provide a monetary benefit to shareholders if certain value potentials are reached 