This intensive Self Study Book is designed to develop merger modeling skills through actual hands-on construction of a model. You will build your own interactive merger model from “scratch.” The end goal of the Self Study Book is to give participants a practitioner’s view of merger modeling by blending M & A accounting, corporate finance and Excel skills.
In addition, the Self Study Book will cover the following topics:
- Overview of the merger process from the buyer’s and seller’s perspective
- Purchase accounting and modeling write-up of assets
- Accretion / dilution analysis
- Relative P/E analysis and other useful techniques
- Advanced analysis such as exchange ratio analysis, contribution analysis and premium paid analysis
- Deal mechanisms such as collar agreements and defense against hostile takeovers.