QUESTION: 33

As with any secondary sources, errors and inconsistencies occur, so the original source documents are the only guarantees of absolute accuracy as a source of merger and acquisition data. Which one of the following is NOT out of those original source documents?

Mergerstat Review
The merger yearbook
Buyouts, published every other week by securities data publishing
Financial reports

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 34

1. Pratt's stats
2. Done deal
3. Bizcomps
4. IBA market database

These are the four databases devoted to:

Middle-market
Small company controlling ownership
Middle market and small company controlling ownership interest transactions
Shareholders equity

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 35

Documentable, arm's-length, bona fide offers to buy or sell may also be useful evidence of value. Funded bona fide offers (i.e. offers for which the financing for the offer is already in place) should be gives more weight and more consideration than:

Past subject company changes
Merger and acquisition offers
Unfunded bone fide offers
Past acquisition documents by the subject company

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 36

The same general processes and decision criteria apply to both (1) deciding on whether or not to rely on any particular valuation multiple at all and (2) deciding on the relative weight to be accorded each valuation multiple ultimately used in reaching the opinion of value. A study of the transactional data may lead to greater of lesser reliance on certain valuation multiples than one might have expected prior to compiling the data. All of the following are considered in impact of guideline transactional data evaluation EXCEPT:

Number of data points available
Comparability of data measurement
Comparability of data patterns
Apparent business reliance

Answer(s): D

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