Goodwill Calculation Quesiton

Assume I'm doing an LBO. The purchase price for the company is $100. The FMV of my identifiable assets is $60, and my only liability is long-term debt, at book value, of $10.

The Market Value of that debt is $12, having shot up in expectation of a tender offer from the purchasing sponsor.

If I'm correct in my assumptions, I would calculate Goodwill as:

Purchase Price: $100 Less: FMV of Assets ($60) Plus: FMV of Liabilities +$12 Goodwill: $52

Is this the correct way to do it, or would I just do the book value of the debt, making my goodwill $50?

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I'm not sure, but why would you reflect an increase of debt on the BS. You don't actually have to pay down that extra $2, so it would seem that you would have just $2 debt forever on your BS OR you'd need to create a DTA to account for the eventual gain from a write down of debt

 

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