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Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies

by Bill Snow
September 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
368 pages
9h 12m
English
For Dummies
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Index

A

  1. accountability, instituting, 281–282
  2. accountants, 89, 168
  3. accounting. See also offering document
    1. accounts receivable terms, 153
    2. advisors, 305
    3. balance sheet basics, 150–151
    4. carve-out companies, 268
    5. company integration, 274
    6. fees, 22
    7. financial projections, 150
    8. fixed assets, 154
    9. historical financials, 147–148
    10. income statement basics, 151–153
    11. intangible assets, 154–155
    12. inventory, 154
    13. losses on books, 153
    14. software, 263
  4. accounts receivable terms, 153
  5. accretive earnings, 44, 99
  6. accrued interest, 206
  7. accrued vacation, 142, 222, 263
  8. acquiring company. See buying company
  9. acquisition thesis, 112
  10. acquisitions, 12. See also mergers and acquisitions
  11. ad hoc decision making systems, removing, 40
  12. add backs, 39–40, 84, 148–149
  13. adjusted EBITDA, 17
  14. adjustments, post-closing. See post-closing adjustments
  15. administration, combining with operations and finance, 272–273
  16. advisors. See also outside advisors
    1. accounting and auditing, 89, 305
    2. avoiding communication breakdowns, 93–94
    3. bankers, 95
    4. breaching confidentiality agreement, 128
    5. choosing wisely, 81–83
    6. costs associated with, 22
    7. flow of funds statement, 251
    8. inside, 83–84
    9. law firms, 305
    10. PE firms, 55
    11. private equity firms, 306
    12. supervising, 230
  17. ambiguity, dangers of, 20
  18. amortized notes, 206
  19. analysis paralysis, 124
  20. announcements, post-closing, 257–260
  21. anonymous teasers. See teasers
  22. applied overhead, carve-out companies, 268
  23. approvals and conditions section, LOI, 209
  24. asking price, 192–193
  25. assertive approach, contacting targets, 47
  26. asset deals, ...
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