-Sainsbury’s Homebase should be in bad list
What to have done by now:
Methodological decision
o Go into total number of transaction over US/UK and take % of it
(5/7%) – do about 17/29 transactions
Look primarily in US
o Or, bottom up basis – find people who say adequate sample basis
for study or this type
Start populating long list
o Start with transactions you know will be on final list – the ones he
has mentioned like Microsoft/Nokia, Tumblr/Yahoo (been written
down 25%), Dell/EMC
o Find marginal deals like Sainsbury/Home retail (could be both)
o Don’t look at just one source for information about these
transactions
o Look at lex, dealbook, reuters, economist, wsj
Most active sector
o Weight by sector
o Pharma, telecoms
o Look at most acquisitive categories of publically traded
Picking final 5
o Develop high low mean
o Do something more than initial list
o APP vs NRS
Synergies is critical
Quoted are rough
Need to find information on these
GoPro – hero cameras – two other providers come out – stock price down
What to have done by now:
Methodological decision
o Go into total number of transaction over US/UK and take % of it
(5/7%) – do about 17/29 transactions
Look primarily in US
o Or, bottom up basis – find people who say adequate sample basis
for study or this type
Start populating long list
o Start with transactions you know will be on final list – the ones he
has mentioned like Microsoft/Nokia, Tumblr/Yahoo (been written
down 25%), Dell/EMC
o Find marginal deals like Sainsbury/Home retail (could be both)
o Don’t look at just one source for information about these
transactions
o Look at lex, dealbook, reuters, economist, wsj
Most active sector
o Weight by sector
o Pharma, telecoms
o Look at most acquisitive categories of publically traded
Picking final 5
o Develop high low mean
o Do something more than initial list
o APP vs NRS
Synergies is critical
Quoted are rough
Need to find information on these
GoPro – hero cameras – two other providers come out – stock price down
