For any business looking to engage in acquisition activity, it is critical to understand what your strategy is. Acquisition and investment is more than a financial exercise, there has to be a strategy intent as well.

This document is in three main sections to help formulating an acquisition strategy:

1. Identifying the Acquisition Target and Process
2. Diligencing the Target
3. Evaluating Other Strategic Considerations

Followed by a overview of valuation methodologies commonly used to value targets:

1. Public Market Comparables
2. Merger Market Comparables
3. DCF
4. Pro Forma

This powerpoint is designed to give a good foundations and building blocks for those interesting in learning more about the above techniques.

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