Sources & Uses when it's not cash-free debt-free

I always build my S&U cash-free and debt-free, and I'm now struggling to build ones that are not. Can someone help me with the S&U for the below?

- Acquires the Company for 10x LTM EBITDA; LTM EBITDA of $10M

- Refinances the Company's existing debt of $10M and leaves existing cash of $5M on the balance sheet

- Existing shareholders roll 20% of equity proceeds

- New term loan of 4x leverage with 1.5% financing fees

- $5M transaction fees

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Uses:

Equity Value: 95.0 (EV-Net Debt)
Refinancing debt: 10.0 (usually this is netted vs. cash on b/s)
Transaction fees: 5.0
Financing fees: 0.6
TOTAL: 110.6

Sources:

New debt: 40.0
Existing shareholders: 19.0
New shareholders: 51.6
TOTAL: 110.6

Effectively what is happening is the same as in a cash free/debt free deal: you pay the seller the EV plus cash less the amount that goes to the existing (leaving) lender.

Best way to think about it is what line items between EV and equity value do you need to fund and when: there are (i) refinancing items (cash, existing debt, dividends etc.) that are settled at/near closing and (ii) cash-effective roll-over items (tax payables, payroll liabilities), both for which you need to reflect the payout either in (i) as a use in the S&U, (ii) in the CF statement of your model or (iii) in the EV-equity bridge at exit (deduct).

 

I'm not exactly following...If it's the same as cash-free and debt-free, wouldn't this be the S&U?  

Uses       Sources       Purchase TEV   $100.0   Term Loan      $40.0 Transaction Fees   $5.0   Existing Shareholder Equity    $19.0 Financing Fees   $0.6   New Sponsor Equity    $46.6 Total   $105.6   Total      $105.6
 

Do not think this is correct. Total Uses should always include the EV within the different items. 
 

Total Uses = EV + minimum cash / overfunding + fees

Total Uses = 100 + 5 + 0.6 = 105.6

You could show the $5m minimum cash as a rollover of cash item (negative) and then show repayment of gross debt but that is more of a structuring issue. Either way you should be able to trace the EV of 100 within Total Uses or the S&U is incorrect as a general rule. 

 

But this is not minimum cash. It is cash on b/s acquired by the purchaser which is NOT part of the EV. So EV (100.0) + min cash/cash on b/s (5.0) + fees (5.0+0.6) is 110.6. It would only be 105.6 if you take b/s cash to refinance net debt, i.e., cash is swept.

 

Equity purchase price 95mm

refinance net debt 5mm

financing fees 6mm

txn fees 5mm

Min cash to balance sheet 5mm

Rollover 19mm

new debt 40mm

Sponsor equity 57mm

 

Typically you would include cash on b/s that is rolled over in the equity purchase price definition of the SPA (currently you are showing 90.0), so it would be 95.0 of which 20% is funded by the existing shareholders. But this is just a nuance, could also be structured/defined as you have outlined, i.e., 20% of 90.0.

 

This is correct. 

CFDF and non CFDF below 

CFDF:

Sources:
Equity investment: 51.6
New Debt: 40
Existing roll: 19
Total Sources: 110.6

Uses:
Equity Purchase Price: 95
existing ND: 5
Financing fees: 0.6
trxn fees: 5
min cash: 5
Total Uses: 110.6

Non CFDF:

Sources:
Equity investment: 51.6
New Debt: 40
Existing roll: 19
Existing Cash: 5
Total Sources: 115.6

Uses:
Equity Purchase Price: 95
existing debt: 10
Financing fees: 0.6
trxn fees: 5
min cash: 5
Total Uses: 115.6
 

 

SolvencyGod

This is correct. 

CFDF and non CFDF below 

CFDF:

Sources:
Equity investment: 51.6
New Debt: 40
Existing roll: 19
Total Sources: 110.6

Uses:
Equity Purchase Price: 95
existing ND: 5
Financing fees: 0.6
trxn fees: 5
min cash: 5
Total Uses: 110.6

Non CFDF:

Sources:
Equity investment: 51.6
New Debt: 40
Existing roll: 19
Existing Cash: 5
Total Sources: 115.6

Uses:
Equity Purchase Price: 95
existing debt: 10
Financing fees: 0.6
trxn fees: 5
min cash: 5
Total Uses: 150.6
 

This is correct when total line of last table is fixed.

 

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