PE model test - capital structure

Hi guys,

I recently had a capital structure test at a PE firm, and wanted to ask for your guidance on how to solve it.
- EBITDA 100m
- Multiple: 7x
- Senior funding: 4y 4x EBITDA, 96 OID (LIBOR was given)
- Mezzanine: 7y 2x EBITDA 12% interst (10 cash 2 PIK) + 2% fee
- Base case equity return: 5y 25 IRR%
- Debt bullet

Question: calculate IRR and MoM for senior funding, mezz and equity under base case.
Can someone explain me on how to approach this? It wasnt a LBO modelling given that no other assumption was given (test was 20-30mn long).

Thanks!

 
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(I) TEV — 100 x 7 = 700

(II) Sources & Uses U — 700 + 96 OID + 4 Fee Total = 800 S — 400S + 200M + 200 Equity Total = 800

(III) Debt Schedule - S Cash Interest based on LIBOR + x% No mention of Amortization

Debt Schedule - M Beg Bal = 200 , Non Cash Interest 2% = 204 End Bal, Cash Interest 10% on End or Avg Bal

(IV) Life of OID + Financing Fee — 4 yrs assumption (96/4 +4/4) = 25

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Looking for more experienced folks to jump in and see how they would approach this..

 

TripleARated Thanks for taking the time ! While the approach is getting more clearer to me, I am still struggling to understand calculating the returns (IRR and MoM) for the two debt tranche. For the equity, it is clear that it must be IRR 25% (as it is given), and an MoM of ~3x (Equity of 600), but what about the the returns for the Senior/Mezz - how do i calculate these/how would i do that?

 

TripleARated your Sources & Uses is not correct. "96 OID" means that the debt is issued for 96% of face value and you can think of the other 4% as an origination fee.

Total financing fees would be 16 + 4 = 20

The OID essentially reduces the cash the lenders put up up front so the initial cash outflow for them is slightly smaller, thus boosting their IRR

 

You have your outflows / principal for both the senior debt and Mezz, you have your inflows which are interest payments, we have bullet repayment at the end of tenors (for both instruments).

I would calculate my IRR based on the above.....

Don't forget that the PIK gets capitalised every time you calculate your interest.

 

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