The Deal Maker
When should a company acquire another? Is the merger beneficial for the stakeholders? These are just a few of the core M&A questions that The Deal Maker will help you answer.
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9
Hours to Complete
5
Topics
54
Practical exercises
The Deal Maker includes
- Nature of an acquisition
- Valuation in an M&A context
- Financing a transaction
- Sources and uses of funds
- Transaction fees
- Consolidation
- Offer terms – equity financing
- Deal analysis
- Equity to Enterprise Value
- Sources and Uses of Funds
- Share Issuance and Dilution
- Relative PEs
- EPS Accretion and Dilution
- Debt Rating
- Synergies vs Premium Paid
- Return on Invested Capital
- What are synergies?
- Using the transaction multiples grid to estimate synergies per annum
- Valuing synergies using DCF
- Valuing synergies using multiple
- Contingent consideration – structures
- Accounting for deferred consideration
- Examples of earnouts
- LBO – definition
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Value Analysis
- LBO analysis models
- LBO analysis model map
- Assumptions
- Sources and uses of funds
- Sources of funds
- Operating forecasts and cash sweeps
- Model outputs
- Levered valuation
- Multiple based debt capacity analysis
- Dangers of using multiples
- Cash flow based debt capacity analysis
- Calculating free cash flows
- Debt tranching
- Seniority and subordination
The Deal Maker
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Merger Analysis Cash Deal
3
Hours
18
Practical exercises
Learn how to analyze and evaluate mergers and acquisitions with the latest best-practice methods from The Deal Maker. Covering the nature of acquisitions, financing transactions, sources of funds, fees and more.
Merger Analysis Cash Deal
75 video minutes
18 excel exercises
Video minutes 75
Excel Exercises 18
Merger Model
1
Hour
9
Practical exercises
Gain practical experience by building a merger model alongside the instructor-led videos.
Merger Model
22 video minutes
9 excel exercises
Video minutes 22
Excel Exercises 9
Synergy Analysis
30
Minutes
3
Practical exercises
This playlist explains what synergies are, the use of the transaction multiples grid to estimate synergies per annum, and valuing synergies using a DCF and multiple
Synergy analysis
22 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 22
Excel Exercises 3
Earnouts
30
Minutes
1
Practical exercises
This playlist covers accounting for earnouts and uses a real set of company accounts as an example.
Earnouts
15 video minutes
1 excel exercises
Video minutes 15
Excel Exercises 1
Leveraged Buy Out
3
Hours
18
Practical exercises
Learn how acquisitions are structured using debt financing and follow the steps to building insightful models that investor analysis can rely upon.
Leveraged Buy Out
75 video minutes
18 excel exercises
Video minutes 75
Excel Exercises 18
Acquisition Finance Debt Capacity
1
Hour
5
Practical exercises
Learn how to calculate debt capacity using multiples and cash flows in order to analyze target and acquiring companies.
Acquisition Finance Debt Capacity
32 video minutes
5 excel exercises
Video minutes 32
Excel Exercises 5
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