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RE: 10 Unanswered complex LBO questions
1) Why would new debt be labeled as next year's existing debt? It would also be labeled as such if it was short term. It would most likely be another completely new tranche of debt like the Sr Notes or something. Term Loan is a specific type of bank debt. 2) Correct, for credit ratings, you not o... Read More
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Quick & Dirty LBO
I have just done the online Quick & Dirty LBO and have some questions versus the Quick & Dirty we did with Hamiliton in class in September: - Shareholders equity: should be the equity we pay less transaction costs per online version. We did not do this in class but rather took the equity pa... Read More
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Re: Quick & Dirty LBO
1) When you do the Complex LBO, you see that we sensitize depending on transaction structure (i.e. recap vs purchase accounting). In Recap accounting, trx costs are expensed and in Purchase accounting, trx costs are capitalized and increase GW. However, in 2009, trx costs are expensed regardless. So... Read More
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IRR decline
In the quick and dirty LBO, the IRRs begin to decline after a certain point…. The instructors explaination is “ you growth rates, your capital, your revenue must continue growing at the same rate as your IRR for the IRR to continue to grow”… Does this mean your Revenue must grow at 22.5% ann... Read More
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Re: Implied P/E of debt
Ratios and multiples are simply inverses of each other. When discounting $100 by 10% over one year, one normally does $100/1.1 = $90.909091 However, old school finance teaches you to use PV factors, or $100 x 0.909091 = same result. The PV factor is derived by taking 1/1.1 which is the same mathemat... Read More
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Re: Sources and Uses Questions
Usually mgmt rollover or other rollover equity does not affect sponsor IRR since everything is the same proportion. The capital structure of an LBO company post-deal various but rules of thumb are: Bank Debt: 25%-50% Bonds: 25%-50% Equity: 15%-40% Bank Debt includes: revolver, term loans, securit... Read More
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Re: Cost of Equity and Debt
Take a look at our free Share Repurchase video class at www.wstselfstudy.com (FREE TRIAL link). That summarizes opportunity cost of capital changes. In the context of an LBO, the cost of equity becomes the private equity... Read More
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DCF model - working capital item
Hi there, I would like to ask a question on the Discounted Cash Flow model; in particular, the change in working capital item. Just wondering how I can calculate this item? Do I add the following items: change in inventory, change in account receviables and change in account payables to find ... Read More
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Re: DCF model - working capital item
Excellent question. Please go to our main website: http://www.wallst-training.com/ and click on FREE RESOURCES. Scroll down in the first section to: Financial Statement Assumptions Download that PDF and refer to the... Read More
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Re: Valuation - IRR
Yes, our Quick & Dirty LBO Modeling class calculates a simple IRR and our Complex LBO Modeling class calculates IRR in many different ways (triangulation of cash flows, with and without dividend payouts, etc). However, to simplistically answer your question, think of it this way - as you noted,... Read More
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