Event-driven M&A method lab

J.P. Morgan / J.P. Morgan method practice

Confirm an official transaction event before practicing offer value, purchase price, synergies, EPS, funding balance and deal-spread mechanics. Without an official event, the lab does not calculate and N/A is not a bearish signal.

PARTIAL

The 1997–1998-era manual is historical framework lineage only

Accounting, tax, securities, antitrust, financing, approval and market practices may have changed. Any real transaction requires renewed verification against current primary rules, official filings and legal/accounting advice.

Source document: M&A Reference Manual (146 physical PDF pages). This lab reproduces auditable calculation relationships only, not its historical legal, tax or accounting conclusions.

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Gate one: official event

Decide applicability before calculations

Unconfirmed · PARTIALVerification is pending or only rumors exist; all results are withheld.No event · N/AThe method does not apply; N/A does not vote on the investment.Official event confirmedAn announcement source and date are still required before calculation.

Event unconfirmed: all transaction-level calculations are withheld.

Recomputable inputs

Editable examples, not live transaction data

Offer and purchase price

Use one currency for per-share values; shares and amounts are both in millions.

Offer price / sharecurrency/shareUnaffected pricecurrency/shareTarget diluted sharesmn sharesOption / award settlement valuemn currencyDebt assumed / refinancedmn currencyPreferred stock assumedmn currencyMinority interestmn currencyOther debt-like itemsmn currencyTarget cash acquiredmn currency

Synergy coverage

This is a mechanical stress test, not an assurance that synergies will be realized.

Annual after-tax synergymn currencySynergy PV multiplexPresent value of tax benefitsmn currencyOne-time integration costsmn currency

EPS accretion / dilution

All earnings and cost inputs must use a consistent accounting and after-tax basis.

Acquirer standalone net incomemn currencyTarget standalone net incomemn currencyIncremental after-tax financing costmn currencyAfter-tax purchase-accounting impactmn currencyAcquirer standalone diluted sharesmn sharesNew shares issuedmn shares

Sources and uses

Sources must balance aggregate purchase price and transaction fees.

Balance-sheet cash sourcemn currencyNew debt sourcemn currencyNew equity sourcemn currencyOther verified sourcesmn currencyTransaction feesmn currency

Deal spread and reward / risk

Break price is an educational stress input, not a forecast.

Current target pricecurrency/shareDeal-break stress pricecurrency/share

Mechanical outputs

Shown only after event and input gates pass

PARTIAL · Complete the official-event and numeric-input gates first.

Physical PDF page map

Framework lineage stays separate from current conclusions

Valuation-method overview

PDF pp. 7–10

Separate equity value from enterprise value before selecting trading comps, precedents, DCF or SOTP.

Trading comparables

PDF pp. 12–25

Normalize definitions and use the median so outliers do not dominate the result.

Precedents, offer value and control premium

PDF pp. 26–28

Add assumed debt to equity purchase price and subtract acquired cash to obtain aggregate purchase price.

DCF and terminal value

PDF pp. 29–46

Discount free cash flow at WACC and disclose terminal value, timing convention and sensitivities separately.

Purchase accounting and EPS accretion / dilution

PDF pp. 47–62

Bridge standalone earnings through financing, purchase accounting, synergies and incremental shares.

Tax and legal structure

PDF pp. 63–105

Retain only the question set; historical rules cannot be used as current conclusions.

Break-up valuation / SOTP

PDF pp. 109–111

Add segment values and non-operating assets, then subtract corporate liabilities to bridge to equity value.

Diluted share count

PDF pp. 112–118

Warrants, options and convertibles require verification under currently applicable rules.