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• Data Room

  
    -  Single, secured, location, now often virtual, where the target company stores confidential information requested by...

• Debt Tax Shield

  
    -  The relative tax benefit from financing via debt rather than equity. This benefit is due...

• Default Risk

  
    -  Probability that a company will default on its debt. The Default Probability is used by...

• Definitive Agreement

  
    -  Binding agreement between the acquirer and target. It sets out the necessary to consummate the...

• Dilutive Merger

  
    -  A merger or acquisition transaction that decreases the acquirer’s earnings per share.        ...

• Discounted Cash Flow

  
    -  Valuation method which takes future cash flows plus a terminal value and discounts the value...

• Due Diligence

  
    -  Risk management process by which the potential acquirer evaluates all aspects of the target for...