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LBO Modeling Complexities

Explore capital structure variations, sale leaseback analysis including a bridge loan, and unitranche. Learn to model the returns to the stakeholders in the deal.

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  • 1. LBO Modeling Complexities - Intro

    01:14
  • 2. Model Map

    01:54
  • 3. Key Assumptions

    04:01
  • 4. Capital Structure

    10:37
  • 5. Sources and Uses

    07:57
  • 6. Ownership and Goodwill

    05:20
  • 7. Pro Forma Balance Sheet

    06:31
  • 8. Operating Model

    06:56
  • 9. Balance Sheet

    07:10
  • 10. Cash Flow

    04:57
  • 11. Debt Structure

    05:56
  • 12. Revolver

    05:52
  • 13. First Lien

    06:20
  • 14. Second Lien

    03:42
  • 15. Unitranche

    04:19
  • 16. Bridge Loan

    04:48
  • 17. Lease Liability

    11:46
  • 18. Mezzanine and Preferred Equity

    03:32
  • 19. Mandated Debt Repayments

    09:30
  • 20. Linking Debt to Balance Sheet

    03:56
  • 21. Interest and Dividends

    05:40
  • 22. Copy to Complete the Model

    03:20
  • 23. Equity Returns

    03:06
  • 24. Mezzanine Returns

    04:36
  • 25. Institution Returns

    02:52
  • 26. Management Returns

    02:42
  • 27. Sale Leaseback

    08:16
  • 28. LBO Modeling Complexities Tryout


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It's now time to turn our attention to the heart of the LBO model, which is the debt page. First thing we'll do is we will look at the structure of this page, and then calculate the cash flow available for debt. The model begins with the mandatory repayment assumptions. And what we see here are three different types of debt that could possibly ask for mandatory repayments first lien, second lien, and Unitranche. Typically, depending on what the first lien debt is, if it's term loan A, it will absolutely amortize. If it's term loan B, it will generally amortize a very small amount. Usually around 1% per year. If it's Unitranche, most likely it will never amortize. That's one of the benefits of Unitranche. However, it is possible, and markets change, as do trends in those markets, that any of them could. So we have amortization assumptions built in. We have them zeroed out in this model. So we'll deal more with the mandatory repayment assumptions when we get into the various tranches of debt. But the next thing to do to get into those pay downs is to look at the cash flow available for debt. Once we have that, it'll tell us do we have any cash or do we need cash? It'll also tell us, in the case of having mandatory repayments, if we have enough cash to cover those repayments. And if not, it will tell us how much we need to cover that shortfall. So that's what's happening here, and this is where the revolver will be calculated. And then once we have that cash situation defined we can then apply any excess cash, if there is any, into accelerated repayment for the remaining pieces of debt if they are in fact able to be accelerated. So the first thing we'll do here is we'll calculate our cash flow available for debt. And what we do here is we start with our beginning cash balance. And this is going to be a place where we actually kind of violate our matrix integrity, because this model doesn't flow in the way that a base analysis model flows. It's really calculated each year. So our beginning cash balance, we need to make sure, absolute certain that this comes from the previous. If it does not come from the previous year, if we accidentally take the current year, it will be a circular reference. 'Cause this is the number that we're actually trying to define. Cash that we began the year with was zero. And then the cash flow from operations, we've already calculated. The cash flow from investing, we've already calculated. And the next things we have to consider here are, is there a bridge loan that needs to be repaid? The bridge loan is something that we'll consider once we get to the sale lease back. And also is there any issuance or redemption of the lease liability. So again, these are two things we're gonna deal with last, so I'm just gonna kind of skip over them for the time being. I need to connect to my common dividends, are also linked to the sale lease back, but at least I have a placeholder for those. So I can go ahead and do that. The next items are actually related to the financing cash flows. So the majority of the financing cash flows are the debt items. And we're gonna be calculating those debt items below. But the bridge loan, the lease liability, are very specific, and they're not traditional debt products. The bridge loan is gonna be taken out as soon as possible when we do the sale lease back. And then the lease liability as well is somewhat unique in terms of how it's modeled. So if cash is needed for those repayments, that's not coming out of our mandatory repayments above. We need to make sure that that cash gets taken out of the cash available for debt. Because those are kind of priority refinancings so to speak. So they're not effectively being repaid because that would, might aggravate some of the more senior bank holders like a first lien. But they are being refinanced and that's accepted. So I will link these to the cash flow statement, but we will come back and deal with them later. Bridge loan and lease liability, and then the dividends which are also related to the sale lease back will be here as well as the cash outflow most likely. And that's going to affect our cash available for debt repayment as well. Dividends of course are a very sensitive thing. Sometimes they're not even allowed. It has to be structured in a certain way. Again, it's very difficult to get cash out of these kinds of companies. These kinds of operating companies without the approval of the senior lenders or the creditors in general. So let's take a look now at what we have to do. The mandatory repayments, we're actually not going to calculate here. We're going to calculate them down below. And this is very typical if you've built a cash sweep model with financial edges is the way we do it. We'll model them in the tranches of debt. And the reason why is because it's quite possible that the acceleration of the repayment of debt will actually preclude the need to make a mandatory repayment. In other words, if we've already accelerated and we've paid down a significant portion of the debt, we might not need to make a schedule of mandated repayments. So a lot of this is not applicable to this model, but we're gonna build that structure in. So the cash flow available for debt repayment we've calculated. The mandatory repayments we will skip, but we will build those in. So those will technically reduce any cash that we have available to accelerate debt. So that's gonna be the sum of my cash flow for debt repayment. And these items which will be negative if they are, if they in fact exist. And that gives us the cash available for our first tier of debt, which is the revolver.

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