PE interview question: sources & uses

Assumptions: Entry multiple: 8.0x EBTIDA: 40m Debt: 60m Non-controlling interest: 10m Unfunded pension liabilities: 10m

New debt: 160m

What is the required equity contribution? Please create a sources & uses table and assume you roll over pension liabilities.

Follow-up: If the shareholder/founder wants to roll over a 20% stake, what would be his equity value pro forma for the transaction? In this case, what is the required equity cheque by the existing shareholder/founder?

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I would agree with Rover-S

Based on my understanding of the follow-up question, equity stake to roll-over should be based of the equity proceeds to the seller, not the new equity value. The question does not say that the founder wants to invest 20% alongside new buyer but rather says that the founder wants to roll-over a 20% stake. To me this implies that the founder wants to roll-over his existing stake that amounts to 20% of exinsting equity.

 

OP's question was what is the seller's equity check to roll a 20% stake. Translation: what dollar amount would he need to roll in order to own a 20% stake in NewCo. This requires both Sources (NewCo equity value) and Uses (seller proceeds). Calculating 20% of existing equity value requires only Uses.

Rover-S did correctly calculate this (as did I) given NCI could be treated either way.

 
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"driven" OP's question was what is the seller's equity check to roll a 20% stake. Translation: what dollar amount would he need to roll in order to own a 20% stake in NewCo. This requires both Sources (NewCo equity value) and Uses (seller proceeds). Calculating 20% of existing equity value requires only Uses.

Rover-S did correctly calculate this (as did I) given NCI could be treated either way.

OP's question states that the founder wants to roll over a 20% stake. This phrasing usually implies that 20% of equity owned by the founder before the sale is reinvested alongside a new buyer. Existing phrasing doesn't seem to imply that the founder will own 20% of equity when the buyer invests. I am not sure why you made such assumption

 

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