TY - BOOK AU - Hooke, Jeffrey C. TI - M & A: A Practical Guide to Doing the Deal SN - 9781118816998 U1 - 658.162 PY - 2015/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - Consolidation - Merger of Corporations - Finance. N1 - Part I: The Big Picture 1. The Global M&A Market: Current Status and Evolution 2. U.S. M&A History, Trends, and Differences from Other Nations 3. The Need for Growth Spurs Acquirers to Buy Other Companies 4. The Three Financial Tactics That Dominate the M&A Business Part II: Finding a Deal 5. The Buyer Must Have a Methodical Plan in Order to Find a Quality Transaction 6. To Begin an Acquisition Search, the Buyer First Sets the Likely Parameters of a Deal 7. The Buyer Starts the Formal Acquisition Search by Alerting Intermediaries and Contacting Possible Sellers 8. Finding a Deal: Likely Results of a Search 9. The Four Principal Risks Facing a Buyer in the M&A Business Part III: Target Financial Analysis 10. Sizing Up the M&A Target from a Financial Point of View 11. To Facilitate Financial Projections, the Buyer Needs to Classify the Target as a Mature, Growth, or Cyclical Business 12. How Practitioners Forecast an M&A Target’s Sales and Earnings Part IV: Acquisition Valuation 13. The M&A Industry Typically Uses Four Valuation Methodologies 14. The Use of Discounted Cash Flow in M&A Valuation 15. Valuing M&A Targets Using the Comparable Public Companies Approach 16. Valuing an M&A Target by Considering Comparable Deals and Leveraged Buyouts 17. Valuation Situations That Don’t Fit the Standard Models Part V: Combination, the Sale Process, Structures, and Special Situations 18. Combining the Buyer’s and Seller’s Financial Results for the M&A Analysis 19. When Is the Best Time for an Owner to Sell a Business? 20. The Sale Process from the Seller’s Vantage Point 21. A Review of Legal and Tax Structures Commonly Used in Transactions 22. Unusual Transaction Categories 23. Final Thoughts on Mergers and Acquisitions ER -