L3 · Required

Transactions and financing

Separate rationale, financing and transaction risks.

What you should be able to do

Independently: Write a one-page acquisition rationale, funding plan and diligence questions.

Suggested prerequisites

A short guide

Separate rationale, financing and transaction risks. Write a one-page acquisition rationale, funding plan and diligence questions. Read the indicated source section, identify its key concepts and conditions, and work through the example. Record inputs, sources, units and assumptions. Keep your method separate from the result, mark unanswered questions, and review the output against the checklist.

An example

Synergies need evidence; a management target is not a realised benefit.

Your task

Write a one-page acquisition rationale, funding plan and diligence questions.

Start with this source

Read the indicated section relevant to transactions and financing and complete the applied task.

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Your learning checklist

Required items: 0 / 10 completed or already known

Device storage

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Self-check

Try a practice set

Calculations and choices receive immediate checks. Review open responses yourself against the rubric. All examples are educational.

1. Receive 110 in one year at a 10% discount rate. What is its present value?
2. What should you check first in comparable valuation?
3. After the transactions and financing task, state one assumption, one supporting fact and one condition that would change your conclusion.