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Published M&A and LBO Deal Information
Hi Guys, I am a graduate from Surrey University in England. Having recently completed all your core modules as preparation for an interview in London, I have some further prep to do. I have been advised to (1) read up on recent and past M&A and LBO transactions (more focus on LBOs) and (2) re... Read More
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Toggle Reference File Links
I am trying to pull in data from different workbooks that have data sorted by month and worksheets sorted by division. For example, the file name could be: “Product Line by Division 10.13” for October 2013 and the tab name could be “NE Vermont”. How can I pull the same information from the ... Read More
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338(h)(10) elections and NOLs
1. Stock sales are taxed only once (shareholder level) while asset sales are taxed twice (corporate level and shareholder level), correct? 2. Why would a seller be motivated to do a 338(h)10 since they would be taxed twice, since the 338(h)10 treats the sale as an asset sale, vs. only being tax... Read More
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General Inquiry
How could you line in a pivot table and not make it come out of the total?
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Convertible Debt Adjustment
In the Complex Trading Comps example, Costco has zero-coupon convertible subordinated notes due in 2017 with face value of $900M and a max shares convertible of 9.4M. However, in the 10-K it clearly says that $329.M in principal amount has already been adjusted, yet in explaining how to account for ... Read More
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Negative Goodwill
I am working an a case where the purchase price of a company is far below its market cap. This will definately create negative goodwill. I have read that under IFRS this negative goodwill will appear on the B/S as a negative figure. But there was an obligation to report as income on the P&L the ... Read More
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Re: Published M&A and LBO Deal Information
Thanks for the speedy response!
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Re: Convertible Debt Adjustment
Sorry, but I realized I have a handful of related, follow-up questions to this as well. Admittedly my understanding of convertibles is somewhat limited, which is the source of most of these questions. (4) This is related to the original question of this post: referring to the Costco 10-Q, pg 26, in... Read More
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Re: Toggle Reference File Links
That worked great. Thank you!
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Sources & Uses for less than 100% LBO
What is the proper way to set up sources and uses for an LBO where the sponsor is acquiring less than 100% of the target? I have typically included lines for roll-over equity in both the S&U in order to get the value of the total equity (rollover and purchased) from the sources to equal the equi... Read More
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