Valuation and Merger

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Valuation and Merger & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions (MA) is one of the most glamorous and fascinating areas of finance. Many ambitious music business entrepreneurs envision that their tiny startups from their bedrooms will be involved in mergers & acquisitions in some shape or form someday. Consider this a head start. Some companies site legitimate financial reasons for mergers & acquisitions such as:

	To lower operations cost
	Create a diversified company portfolio
	Purchase an undervalued corporation
	Company growth through acquisitions
	Improve sales and earnings

Before any mergers & acquisitions take place a valuation of the intended firm must be conducted in order to determine the true financial worth of the company in question. In conducting a valuation of a firm, cash flow is usually the main consideration. There is a five-step process for evaluating (and calculating) a company's cash flow:

Analyze operating activities
Analyze the investments necessary to replace and to buy new property, plant, and equipment
Analyze the capital requirements of the firm
Project the annual operating flows and terminal value of the firm
Calculate the Net Present Value of those cash flows to calculate the firm's value

You have been given the basics and a starting point, go from there!

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Valuation and Merger & Acquisitions

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Last modified: 07/01/05