How to structure " walk me through a recent deal you've been following" answer

Tips on how to structure " walk me through a recent deal you've been following" answer?

I don't want to: 

1. Ramble

2. Leave out the most relevant figures, and I don't want to

3. Open the doors to more unnecessary technicals with this answer

Any help appreciated, thanks. 

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its pretty chill

- just go: 

x bought y for z amount (using x% cash and x% debt etc)

talk about the major players (just introduce them)

2-3 points on strategic rationale 

why you think its accretive, and if being accretive is even helpful here

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the follow ups are manageable, and they aren't expecting you to know it as well as them, they want to see if you actually did your homework

gl

 

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