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How to build a Merger Model
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How to build a Merger Model
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◦ Cash M&A deal Company name ABC Incorporated
Date 31-Dec-15
Currency
Units
Analyst Name Firstname Lastname
Circular Switch 0.0
Tab Structure Formatting
Tab 1 Cash M&A deal
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Formulas
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Acquisition assumptions and valuation
Acquirer Target Options outstanding Strike Dilution
Current share price 18.00 4.00 5.0 3.00
Share premium 25.0%
Acquisition price per share
Shares outstanding 31.0
Diluted shares outstanding 15.0
Market cap
Acquisition equity value
Existing net debt 40.0
Pension deficit adjustment 20.0
Total acquisition EV
Working capital adjustment 10.0
Other assumptions
Synergies 5.0
% equity financing 30.0%
Cost of acquisition debt 5.0%
Tax rate 30.0%
Fees % EV 0.5%
Sources and uses of funds
Acquisition equity value Revolving credit facility
Existing net debt Debt funding
Pension deficit adjustment Equity funding
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Working capital adjustment
Fees
Total uses of funds Total sources of funds
Share issuance and ownership Amount %
Acquirer shares outstanding
New shares issued
Proforma shares outstanding
Relative P/Es Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Acquirer P/E
Acquisition P/E
Debt P/E
EPS accretion / (dilution)
Acquirer Actual Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
EPS forecast 1.20 1.26 1.32 1.39
WASO 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0
Net income
Target Actual Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
EPS forecast 0.24 0.28 0.33 0.36
WASO 33.0 33.0 33.0 33.0
Net income
Proforma Actual Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
+ acquirer net income
+ target net income
+ synergies post tax
- Interest on acquisition debt post tax
Proforma net income
Proforma shares oustanding
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Proforma EPS
Acquirer EPS
EPS accretion / (dilution)
Proforma debt ratings Acquirer Target Proforma
EBITDA 156.0 20.0
Debt 300.0 40.0
Debt / EBITDA
Synergies vs premium analysis
Acquisition equity value
Market cap
Premium paid
Wacc 7.0%
Risk premium 3.0%
Discount rate
Year 1
Post tax synergies
Present value of post tax synergies
Value created / (destroyed)
Return on invested capital
Year 0 Year 1
Target EBIT 16.0
Target NOPAT
Post tax synergies
Adjusted NOPAT
Invested capital
ROIC
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