Category: M&A and Transaction Adjustments

35. Multiple Holding Period Inflows and Outflows

How to handle and investment with more than one equity infusion, distribution, add-on acquisition, divestment, refinancing, or dividend recapitalization.

34. Contingent Earn-Outs

The right way to handle a contingent earn out at either entry or exit.

33. Dividend Recapitalizations

Adjust entry and exit metrics for equity distributions generated from changes in a company debt levels.

32. Debt Financing

Adjust entry and exit metrics for transaction-driven changes in debt levels during a holding period.

31. Divestments

Adjust exit metrics for the divestment of operating entities that make incremental changes to the company’s effective balance sheet and P&L.

30. Add-on Acquisitions

Adjust entry metrics for the acquisition of operating entities that make incremental changes to the company’s effective balance sheet and P&L.

29. Equity Distributions

Adjust exit metrics for prior distributions generated from operating cash flows or the sale of assets.

28. Follow-on Equity Investments

Adjust entry metrics for follow-on equity investments used to fund operations or acquire assets.

27. Holding Period Inflows and Outflows

The right way to address transactional events that occur during a private equity investment’s holding period.

26. Exit Adjustments (II)

More on exit adjustments and the impact of cash holdbacks and escrows.