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Question 18 It is used to service and pay down the outstanding debt during the ownership of the company.
Visual Paradigm Correct
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Question 3 e Large LBO firms generally have a more regimented hierarchy and firm structure where the roles are more
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Theoretical g Managing Director
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TRADE (STRATEGIC) SALE
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Emerging Technology A financial sponsor may realize gains in a portfolio company investment via a sale to a strategic acquirer.
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Programming Logic
hold the acquisition over the long-term and thereby gain a greater competitive advantage and market
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MEXAM, FQ1, FQ2 & a buyer’s strategic interest (whether it’s for market growth, trade secrets, new products, synergies, or other
FEXAM) g business improvements). Therefore the trade sale will usually command the highest sale price. For these
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reasons, the sale to a strategic buyer is generally the preferred exit option for an LBO investor.
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Question 12 A due diligence question that includes understanding how sustainable the target’s business model is and
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Question 29 What is the primary benefit of an IPO exit for a portfolio company?
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The potential for a high valuation, provided that there is investor demand
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Question 23
Answer saved A commercial due diligence includes understanding the company’s value proposition,

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Question 5 One restrictive characteristic is that it is often not pre-payable by the company for a few years, so that
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Question 34 This legal due diligence includes a detailed review of key operating or capital leases.
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Question 35
This legal due diligence understands any potential liabilities the business is exposed to in its
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environment while conducting the day-to-day processes, such as hazardous material or toxic waste.
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Environmental

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Question 30 Works closely with the senior partners of the firm on strategy and negotiations.
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Question 27 How can financial sponsors help create value by optimizing a target company’s capital structure?
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a less equity in terms of purchasing the company originally. Hence, realizing the optimal capital
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Question 18
This PE investments are made at an early stage in the company’s life cycle.
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growth capital
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venture capital

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Question 15 Private equity firms were able to complete blockbuster buyouts during 2005-2007 due to stringent US
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Question 10 This legal due diligence provides a summary of any pending litigation, history of past litigations, and what
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Question 8 A due diligence question that includes understanding the market environment and the external factors
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Question 7 Describe what happens during the initial due diligence and management presentation in the investment
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understandability to the company which includes research and gathering of information that
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e are beneficial to the company's growth and future decisions. Leading it closely to its potential
d buyers that would go into the management team's prepared presentation.

Question 3 Before 2008, large-scale buyouts were becoming ever more prevalent. Which company generated the
Answer saved largest Leveraged buyout of US$44B?
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Hilton Hotels

Harrah’s Entertainment

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Question 25 The PE industry in the U.S. alone in the period 2005-2007 made deals amounting to nearly $1.1 trillion in
Answer saved value, but during 2008-2010, deals worth only $408 billion were made. How many percentage was the
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Identify the channels through which an investment opportunity may be sourced.
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- Networking
- Detailed Research
- Cold-calling executives at attractive companies

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with various companies and so on.

Question 7 Once a private equity firm has officially signed a deal with the target company, what needs to be finalized
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Option Pool
2. Execute Debt Financing
3. Closing Funds Flow

Question 32 A characteristic of an LBO firm that continually search for companies that are well-positioned to benefit
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Multiple avenues of growth
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Favorable industry trends


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Strong market position and sustainable competitive


advantage

Low capital expenditure requirements

Strong management team

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Question 33 It is the acquisition of a public or private company with a significant amount of borrowed funds.
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In this type of buyout, the creditors are likely to become equity holders, they will acquire many rights as
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leveraged buyout
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Question 17 It has the lowest financial cost and is the first in line in the capital structure to receive its money during
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Question 13 Complete the typical career path for pre-MBA Private Equity professionals
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Question 11 Full Time Analyst
A main area of financial due diligence that calculates the company’s total debt-like items
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Tax structure

Question 10 Examples of a good LBO candidate include selling underperforming assets, increasing the efficiency of
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Stable, recurring cash flows

Strong management team

Favorable industry trends

Multiple avenues of growth

Question 4
Instead of being seen as an industry that focuses on making operations leaner through layoffs and
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restructuring, PE firms are starting to be seen as being able to help sustain and build companies, as well
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Question 13 Capital structure considerations are important for all private equity deals.
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e 8 Complete the LBO Steps. (2.50/5.00)
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leveraged buyout
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Calculation of IRR on Initial Investment
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venture capital Calculation of Exit Value

mezzanine financing

Question 2 Private equity firms create funds to focus on areas where they think that can create value for companies.
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Question 31 Typical management fees of PE firms represents what percentage of the total assets under management
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Question 27 A due diligence question that includes understanding of the total capital needed to run the operations of
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Question 28
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Question 24 The largest component of an LBO company’s capital structure.
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Question 25 After the target company and its investment banking advisors choose a few bidders, what happens next?
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a seller such as total purchase price, credibility of the offer, and so on. Subsequently, Further due
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diligence with management is the next to happen, to followed by Building an Internal Operating
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e Model, Preliminary Investment Memorandum, Final Due Diligence and process up to submit a
d binding bid, Update and Final Committee Approval, and last, to the Final Binding Bid and Signing.

Question 22 Main responsibilities is to source investment opportunities by cultivating and maintaining relationships
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Question 18 This legal due diligence looks at employment terms/agreements, individual contracts, collectively
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Property, plant and equipment
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Material contracts

Information technology

Human resources

Environmental

Question 16 This type of PE is characterized by the size of investment between $50,000 to $5M.
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distressed buyout
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Question 17
Today, practically all PE deals are executed with the sole intention of creating economic value for
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Question 15 Handles most of the financial modeling and initial due diligence for investment opportunities
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Question 12 What will the investment deal team and its consultants do in order to provide a Final Binding Bid for the
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investment deal team and its consultant finalizes and negotiates the preferred terms and
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e conditions in regards to bidder's specific requests. Also, discussing and answering the inquiries of
d financing banks to be performed by the deal team would be executed to uphold clarity and build
comfortability in their debt commitment which would results to the Final Binding Bid.

Question 9 How may a financial sponsor realize gains in a portfolio company investment via a sale to a strategic
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advantage and market share
- When strategic buyer is a non-PE firm while the acquisition is in the buyer's strategic interest

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Thus, the trade would have the highest sale price which is the preferred exit option of an investor
under LBO.

Question 7 Fundraising for PE investments has been much more promising after 2008 because of investors having
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- Having a great access to trends and beneficial information
and many more that aims to show effectiveness and progress.

Question 5 Describe what happens after the first investment committee meeting?
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Question 3 This legal due diligence looks at past and current material contracts.
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Question 1 Performance inventive fees of PE firms represents what percentage taken from exited investments.
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Question 15 Firms that do hire analysts straight out of college will offer those analysts roles focusing more on logistical
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Question 14 Identify the typical structured steps for evaluating and completing a new private equity investment
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Question 13 A good LBO candidate characteristic is exemplified by high barriers to entry, high switching costs, and
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Low capital expenditure requirements

Strong market position and sustainable competitive advantage

Favorable industry trends

Stable, recurring cash flows

Question 12 How can portfolio companies benefit from private equity firm relationships?
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Question 9 A good LBO candidate characteristic has a balanced and diverse growth strategy, so that a company’s
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Low capital expenditure requirements
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Strong management team

Multiple avenues of growth

Stable, recurring cash flows

Favorable industry trends

Question 8 A characteristic of an LBO firm that is crucial to success as private equity firms will provide strategic
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Favorable industry trends

Stable, recurring cash flows

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Multiple areas to create value

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Question 7 This PE investments can add significant value in order to help companies realize their market potential
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Question 6 In 2012, private equity buyouts were again in billions surpassing the 2005-2007 boom years.
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Question 3 A good LBO candidate characteristic requires having relatively low exposure to seasonal fluctuations in
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Multiple avenues of growth

Low capital expenditure requirements Favorable industry trends

Strong market position and sustainable competitive advantage

Strong management team

Question 2 A main area of financial due diligence that looks into IT issues can cause a significant block in a smooth
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Debt and debt-like items
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Question 11 How could private equity firms help change and improve their portfolio companies?
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Question 10 This legal due diligence looks into various benefit plans set up, which must be evaluated as the acquisition
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Question 7 A main area of financial due diligence that entails providing a detailed analysis of the federal, state, local,
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Question 14 This legal due diligence includes looking at software or hardware agreements with external parties,
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Question 8 As PE firms grow their capital base from funds, they are able to grow the firms, as a result of the increased
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Question 1 The most notorious leveraged buyout was Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ buyout of which company for
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