Assess whether a top customer is actually sticky (f47a39)

Situation

After add-backs that are just delayed opex, carve-out stranded-cost model is what working-capital true-up analyst can touch in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate. M&A Due Diligence will live with Proceed versus Reprice on this Legal, IP, and Regulatory file.

Decision

Working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate must choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold using carve-out stranded-cost model after add-backs that are just delayed opex.

Hypotheses to test

• Carve-out stranded-cost model reads as Proceed once add-backs that are just delayed opex is lined up to the same M&A Due Diligence population.
• Carve-out stranded-cost model is closer to Reprice after add-backs that are just delayed opex; Proceed would over-claim this Legal, IP, and Regulatory extract.
• Walk is still live in carve-out stranded-cost model for working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate.
• Carve-out stranded-cost model is missing the fact working-capital true-up analyst needs after add-backs that are just delayed opex; stop this M&A Due Diligence close.

Analysis required

• Test whether add-backs that are just delayed opex is a diligence gap, a price chip, or a walk-away.
• Separate a one-off add-back from a recurring earnings issue in carve-out stranded-cost model.
• Map reps, earnout mechanics, and integration risk a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate would inherit.
• For this M&A Due Diligence Legal, IP, and Regulatory file, read carve-out stranded-cost model against add-backs that are just delayed opex and write the one fact that would move a top customer is actually sticky for working-capital true-up analyst.

Recommendation

Choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold on this M&A Due Diligence / Legal, IP, and Regulatory packet (carve-out stranded-cost model after add-backs that are just delayed opex). The follow-on Legal, IP, and Regulatory action is what working-capital true-up analyst does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

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