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If you had 5 red balls that contained 4 red balls and those red balls contained the original 5 red balls, then how many sets of sets of balls would I take to have a double set of red balls of varying sizes inside each next largest red ball?
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Investment Banking Vice President

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Feb 3, 2012

If you had 5 red balls that contained 4 red balls and those red balls contained the original 5 red balls, then how many sets of sets of balls would I take to have a double set of red balls of varying sizes inside each next largest red ball?

Pre-deal situation BuyCo plans to acquire 100% shares of SellCo in a stock-for-stock transaction. BuyCo has a net income of $300,000 and 100,000 shares outstanding Market shareprice of BuyCo is $50.0 Pre-deal EPS = $3.0 Pre-deal P/E = 16.7x SellCo has a net income of $100,000 and 50,000 shares outstanding Market shareprice of SellCo is $60.0 Pre-deal EPS = $2.0 Pre-deal P/E = 30.0x The deal BuyCo agrees to pay a premium for control of 30%, so the offer price for one SellCo share is 1.3*$60.0 = $78.0 Stock-for-stock exchange ratio is $78/$50 = 1.56 of BuyCo shares for one SellCo share BuyCo issues 1.56*50,000 = 78,000 new shares to exchange them for all the SellCo shares outstanding Total shares of NewCo = 100,000 (pre-deal shares of BuyCo) + 78,000 (new shares) = 178,000 shares NewCo expected EPS = Total net income/Total shares outstanding = ($300,000+$100,000)/178,000 = $2.25 NewCo expected shareprice = (P/E of BuyCo)*(expected EPS) = 16.7x*$2.25 = $37.45 Post-deal situation EPS of NewCo fall from $3.0 to $2.25, so the deal is 25% dilutive for BuyCo shareholders BuyCo shareholders own 100,000/178,000 = 56.18% of NewCo SellCo shareholders own 78,000/178,000 = 43.82% of NewCo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion/dilution_analysis
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Investment Banking Associate

Interviewed at JPMorganChase

3.9
Sep 27, 2012

Pre-deal situation BuyCo plans to acquire 100% shares of SellCo in a stock-for-stock transaction. BuyCo has a net income of $300,000 and 100,000 shares outstanding Market shareprice of BuyCo is $50.0 Pre-deal EPS = $3.0 Pre-deal P/E = 16.7x SellCo has a net income of $100,000 and 50,000 shares outstanding Market shareprice of SellCo is $60.0 Pre-deal EPS = $2.0 Pre-deal P/E = 30.0x The deal BuyCo agrees to pay a premium for control of 30%, so the offer price for one SellCo share is 1.3*$60.0 = $78.0 Stock-for-stock exchange ratio is $78/$50 = 1.56 of BuyCo shares for one SellCo share BuyCo issues 1.56*50,000 = 78,000 new shares to exchange them for all the SellCo shares outstanding Total shares of NewCo = 100,000 (pre-deal shares of BuyCo) + 78,000 (new shares) = 178,000 shares NewCo expected EPS = Total net income/Total shares outstanding = ($300,000+$100,000)/178,000 = $2.25 NewCo expected shareprice = (P/E of BuyCo)*(expected EPS) = 16.7x*$2.25 = $37.45 Post-deal situation EPS of NewCo fall from $3.0 to $2.25, so the deal is 25% dilutive for BuyCo shareholders BuyCo shareholders own 100,000/178,000 = 56.18% of NewCo SellCo shareholders own 78,000/178,000 = 43.82% of NewCo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion/dilution_analysis

Introduce yourself briefly Tell me about an interest or hobby that causes you to lose track of time? An activity you find demotivating. We have colleagues in different background, how would you adjust yourself? When was the last time that you nearly gave up, what was the result? Do you prefer gathering factual data, how is it important? What personal stories do you believe that would push you through the hard time, what is the result? What analysis do you prefer, analysing broadly or deeply? What is your personal code of conduct? Do you want your ideas to stand out? How often do you push your ideas? Add something about you? What new skills/knowledge you learned recently?
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Investment Graduate

Interviewed at M&G plc

3.6
Nov 9, 2015

Introduce yourself briefly Tell me about an interest or hobby that causes you to lose track of time? An activity you find demotivating. We have colleagues in different background, how would you adjust yourself? When was the last time that you nearly gave up, what was the result? Do you prefer gathering factual data, how is it important? What personal stories do you believe that would push you through the hard time, what is the result? What analysis do you prefer, analysing broadly or deeply? What is your personal code of conduct? Do you want your ideas to stand out? How often do you push your ideas? Add something about you? What new skills/knowledge you learned recently?

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