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On December 3 1 , 2 0 1 6 , Silver Lane Partners, a private equity firm, acquired the operations of Baezmore Telecom ( BT

On December 31,2016, Silver Lane Partners, a private equity firm, acquired the operations of Baezmore Telecom (BT), a company with last twelve months (LTM) EBITDA of $882.7 million at an enterprise value amounting to 8.0 times LTM EBITDA.
At the date of the acquisition, BT had noncontrolling interests with a market value of $30.0 million, debt of $50.0m, equity investments valued at $8.0m, and cash of $20.0m.
As part of the deal, all the noncontrolling interests were acquired (at their market value) and all existing debt was refinanced.
To fund the buyout, Silver Lane was able to secure $250 million in debt financing at a 10.0% rate of interest (to be paid annually at each year end on the debt outstanding).
Transaction fees due in cash at the purchase date were $3.0 million, while financing fees due in cash at purchase date totaled $1.0 million.
None of BTs cash balances were used to fund the buyout.
In addition, Silver Lane made the following assumptions about BTs future growth:
EBITDA will grow by 8.0% annually over the next 5 years.
BT would be sold on December 31,2021 at an 8.0x LTM EBITDA multiple.
BT will be able to reduce its debt down $5.0m each year from $250.0 million to $225.0 million by December 31,2021.
Cash will decline $3.0m each year to $5.0 million by December 31,2021.
The value of equity investments will grow by 10% annually.
Calculate the equity value at exit.

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