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Art of M&A Valuation and Modeling: A Guide to Corporate Valuation
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Art of M&A Valuation and Modeling: A Guide to Corporate Valuation

by H. Peter Nesvold, Elizabeth Bloomer Nesvold, Alexandra Reed Lajoux
November 2015
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
7h 27m
English
McGraw-Hill
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CHAPTER 4

Bridging Expectations with Contingent Consideration and Related Tools

There is everything you know and there is everything that happens. When the two do not line up, you make a choice.

—Mitch Albom, For One More Day

INTRODUCTION

Valuation, at its core, is a subjective process. Setting a value on a company means making judgments about its future, which can never be known with perfect certainty. Financial forecasts inherently reflect the modeler’s expectations about the economy, the industry, and the company with all its moving parts: What will become of the company’s products and services and those who supply, make, and buy them? All of these predictions help move the buyer toward a final number.

In most cases, buyers and sellers have ...

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