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WALL STREET OASIS QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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D&A


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- Non-cash expenses which are meant to be the proxy of aging / decay of
a company's capital plant and intangible assets
- Not all expenses companies incur show up on their income statements
right away (some are capitalized)
- Appear on CFS instead because they support the generation of revenue
far into the future instead of just during the current period
- Examples: factory construction, purchase of patents / trademarks, R&D
- D&A captures aging process as a percentage of the initial cost of these
long-term assets




Cash out, investment:

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- Equity purchase
- Equity for add on acquisitions
- Additional equity infusions if company gets in financial trouble




MAC


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Material adverse change - often in LOIs to stipulate that a buyer can
withdraw its bid if the target's performance deteriorates significantly during
a certain period




Growth Equity


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- Capital to help young, profitable, high growth businesses grow faster
- Typically minority stake (10-30%) as common/preferred or warrants
- $10.0mm - $100.0mm, 0% leverage
- Emphasis on: Revenue growth, Margin expansion, exit multiple expansion




Valuation - DCF


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- Relies on two assumptions: 1. Financial value of any company depends
solely on what cash profits or dividends it can generate for its owners over

, time 2. the value of cash profits today is different from the value of cash in
the future




What goes into working capital?


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What is necessary to fund daily operations




Incurrence covenants


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- Both for bank debt and subordinated debt (bonds)
- Prevent company from taking actions that would harm the covenant
holder unless the holder agrees


1. May not incur debt which is more senior in the capital structure (security
of their investments obviously depends on them being senior in the capital
structure)
2. May not incur more debt which would cause it to exceed a total leverage
ratio or total debt quantum
3. May not spend cash on certain types of capital investments or
acquisitions or shareholder dividends without the lender's approval

- No periodic tests for incurrence covenants




CIM received...


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, - Generally by 30-100+ bidders
- Targets business, industry, strategy, historical financials / projected
performance
- Simple LBO model (how much would we pay to achieve target IRR)
- Light diligence
- 10 page summary to IC and can then sign an IOI (non binding first round
bid)




How do you become an equity holder?


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- Provide bootstrap / angel / VC funding
- Buy shares during an IPO or on the open market once the company is
trading publicly
- Buy options, warrants or other equity-granting instruments
- Be granted stock, options or warrants in lieu of cash compensation
- Provide equity funding in an LBO




Characteristics of capital structure


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1. Riskiness
2. Expected rate of return
3. Seniority




IRR


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