EV to Equity Bridge template
Reconciles headline enterprise value to the cash payable to the seller for the equity: net debt, debt-like items, the working capital adjustment against the peg, and locked-box leakage.
Available in the ZAF Template Library: search, click Insert, and the schedule lands in your workbook with live formulas.
- Enterprise value (headline price)
- Less: net financial debt
- Less: debt-like items (deferred revenue, unpaid bonuses, tax liabilities)
- Plus or minus: NWC against the peg
- Equals: equity value payable to the seller
Why it matters in due diligence
The EV to equity bridge schedule is one of the analyses a buyer, lender or investment committee expects in a financial due diligence report. Built by hand, it means recreating the same layout, formulas and checks on every engagement. The ZAF version is formula-driven, so every number traces to an input cell and the checks tell you when something does not tie.
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