Q1 Ebitda adjustments in purchase price

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April 10, 2024

by a searcher from Harvard University in Toronto, ON, Canada

How is everyone dealing with Q1 books to be adjusted in purchase price? Naturally this quarter books are not closed yet but sellers expect to take into account their increased ebitda, which could be a result of seasonality (dont know for sure until dd is complete), so how are you dealing with this in your loi?

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from Birmingham in Atlanta, GA, USA
To remove concerns about seasonality, use trailing twelve months numbers. ending 3/31/24. Internal books should be closed for 1Q24 and any adjustments that you need to make to the first quarter numbers will come out in DD. Rather than offering a firm number in the LOI, I typically use a multiple of TTM EBITDA subject to due dligence.
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from Southern Methodist University in Garland, TX, USA
Can deal timing wait until final audited numbers come in? Worst case you could use a clawback provision.
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