Using the M&A Valuation & Deal Structuring Model on the Website

question 97

Essay

Using the M&A Valuation & Deal Structuring Model on the website accompanying this text and the data contained in the cells as a starting point, complete the following:
a. What is the enterprise and equity value of Target on the Valuation Worksheet?
b. Increase the sales growth rate by one percentage point (i.e., to 6.5%) on the Target Assumptions Worksheet. What is the impact on the Target's enterprise and equity values? (Hint: See Valuation Worksheet) Close model but do not save results.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entries

Journal entries made in accounting to adjust income and expense accounts so that they comply with the accrual concept.

Journal Entries

Records of financial transactions in the order they occur, which are then posted to the appropriate accounts.

Debits

Entries in accounting that increase an asset or expense account, or decrease equity, liability, or revenue accounts.

Credits

Accounting entries that represent an increase in liabilities or revenues, or a decrease in assets or expenses.