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Incremental Depreciation & Amortization
In this step we add to our "Amortization of Identifiable Intangibles" section on our "GAAP" tab and add a section called "Depreciation of Fixed Asset Write-Up"....
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Deferred SBC Expense
In this step we add a section to our accounting adjustments called "Deferred Stock-Based Compensation Expense" that calculates the annual after-tax compensation...
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Deferred Revenue
In this step, we write off the target's deferred revenue, recorded on TargetCo's pre-transaction balance sheet as a liability, over a period of 1 year...
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Write-Up Adjustments
In this step we make adjustments to the combined company's balance sheet based on purchase accounting adjustments previously modeled in the "GAAP" tab....
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Incremental D&A
When we allocate the purchase price to the acquired net assets, we usually write-up the value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired. This results...
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Accretion/Dilution: All-Cash Deal
Let's now determine whether the transaction is accretive or dilutive for various transaction prices per TargetCo share assuming an all-cash transactio...
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