Coaching assembly areas of due diligence

Areas of Due Diligence - Commercial Due Diligence COMMERCIAL DUE DILIGENCE 1

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE AND MARKET POSITION

 What is your competitive advantage?      

Product offering Technology Premium brand Distribution capabilities Geographic presence Disruptive business model

 What are the barriers to entry into the business? What are the costs of switching to a competitor’s product?

 Where does the company fit in the industry value chain? How has the industry changed over the last 5 years? How do you expect that to change over the next 5 years?

 Who are your main competitors? From whom have you been gaining/losing market share? What firm is the biggest threat to your company? What is the biggest share gain opportunity?

 What is the market landscape (fragmented market etc.)? How saturated is the market?

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Areas of Due Diligence - Commercial Due Diligence COMMERCIAL DUE DILIGENCE 2

INDUSTRY GROWTH / ADDRESSABLE MARKET

 Growth of the market (historical and forecast)? Is the industry mature?  Total addressable market? Any segment of the industry growing faster than others?  Key macroeconomic drivers of the business. Trends?  Have there been any significant changes to the industry landscape (e.g. disruptive new entrants, consolidation, vertical/horizontal integration, demand/supply imbalance, etc.)?

 What are the regulatory concerns and how can it adversely affect the business?

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Areas of Due Diligence - Commercial Due Diligence COMMERCIAL DUE DILIGENCE 3

CUSTOMER BASE / SUPPLIERS

 # of customers? Sales generated by the top 30 customers?  Length of a customer relationship? What is a typical renewal rate?  Key decision makers for the customers? Buying dynamics? Length sales process?  # of suppliers? pp Supplier pp bargaining g g power? p  Can price increases from the suppliers passed through to the customers? 4

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUSINESS

 Is the business capital intensive? What percentage of capital expenditures is growth capital vs. maintenance Capex? p

 Fixed vs. variable costs?  Minimum cash requirement? CoachingAssembly. All rights reserved. Any unauthorised copying, duplication, reproduction, re-selling, distribution or other commercial use will constitute an infringement of copyright

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Areas of Due Diligence - Financial Due Diligence FINANCIAL DUE DILIGENCE 1

QUALITY OF EARNINGS

 It is key to understand the target’s actual EBITDA, adjusted for non-recurring costs. Adjusted EBITDA is critical because that is what will drive the company’s valuation  Adjusted EBITDA × EBITDA multiple = Purchase Price)

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DEBT AND DEBT-LIKE ITEMS

 Need to calculate the company’s company s total debt-like debt like items outstanding, because it will impact the total amount given to the sellers (Total purchase price less debt = cash given to sellers)

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NORMAL WORKING LEVEL OF CAPITAL

TAX STRUCTURE

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Areas of Due Diligence - Legal Due Diligence LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE 1

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CORPORATE FILINGS

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

LAWSUITS / LITIGATION / PATENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL

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