Mergers & acquisitions

Mergers & acquisitions

Referring to the aspect of corporate strategy, finance and management that deals with the buying, selling or combining of different companies that can assist a growing company to grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.

Industry: Banking; Business services

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Mergers & acquisitions

Postclosing organisation

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

The organisational and legal framework used to manage the combined businesses following the completion of the transaction.

Payment-in-kind (pik) notes

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Equity or debt that pays dividends or interest in the form of additional equity or debt.

Portfolio companies

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Companies in which the hedge or private equity fund has made investments.

Permanent financing

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Financing usually consisting of long-term unsecured debt.

Valuation cash flows

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Restated GAAP cash flows used for valuing a firm or a firm's assets.

Variable growth valuation model

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

A valuation method that assumes that a firm's cash flows will experience periods of high growth followed by a period of slower, more sustainable growth. Sometimes referred to as the supernormal ...

Weighted-average cost of capital

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

A broader measure than the cost of equity that represents the return that a firm must earn to induce investors and lenders to buy its stock and bonds.