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AUGUST 23, 2024

After acquiring just over 2,000 properties from the merger with Spirit Realty, Realty Income's property portfolio has grown to around 15,500 properties. Assuming the lower interest rates allow Realty Income to refinance debt or fund more projects and acquisitions, lower rates should help boost profits.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) , a developer of solid-state batteries, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. During its pre-merger presentation, it claimed it could start commercializing its products in 2024 and grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate of 363% from $14 million in 2024 to $6.44

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

The maker of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. In its pre-merger presentation, QuantumScape predicted it would start commercializing its products in 2024 and grow its revenue at a whopping compound annual growth rate of 363% from $14 million in 2024 to $6.44

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JUNE 16, 2023

For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. Acquisitions are partly to blame for that trend, but investors need to understand that leverage increases risk.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. During its pre-merger presentation, SoundHound predicted that its revenue would rise from $13 million in 2020 to $20 million in 2021, and then grow to $28 million in 2022. However, its high debt-to-equity ratio of 3.1

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Tilray's acquisitions of U.S.-based These strategies contributed to the company's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA ) increase of 93% to $22 million in the quarter, which was its 17th consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA. million in its fiscal Q4. Data source: YCharts.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in December 2020 and reached its record high of $35.88 But in 2023, the company's revenue plunged, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin declined, and it stayed unprofitable. billion $8.0

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Like many other electric vehicle start-ups, Nikola went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) and set some overly ambitious long-term goals. In its pre-merger presentation in 2020, it claimed it could ship 600 battery-powered electric trucks (BEVs) in 2021, ship 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and ship 3,500 BEVs in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) seemed like a promising growth stock when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Dec. That slowdown also caused its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) -- which briefly turned positive in 2021 -- to turn negative again.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

While Berkshire has owned the Liberty Media tracking stock since 2016, which tracked Liberty's large stake in Sirius, Berkshire has increased its bet on the satellite radio operator this year, ahead of the tracking stock's merger with publicly traded Sirius shares in a simplification merger in September. billion repurchase program.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Discovery still needs help Ever since the company was formed by the merger of AT&T 's WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications in 2021, the company has underperformed as it's struggled with a bloated debt burden, questionable management decisions, and a lack of any growth strategy. billion, helped by its acquisition of BluTV.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

It takes time for a big merger to reveal its full potential. Tilray is gradually becoming the bigger and better company that the merger aimed to create. With these acquisitions, management hopes to expand in the U.S. This should help the company reduce its debt and plan any future acquisitions.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

Despite this track record of success -- along with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) and FCF growth of 81% and 73% over the last five years -- the share price for MTY stock trading over the counter in the U.S. is down 40% from its high. percentage points.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bowlero only just went public in December 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). While its debt load is a risk for investors, right now the company is performing well enough to handle its debt and still grow, which should be encouraging to shareholders. and Bowlero wasn't one of them.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

The sales figure was up 5% year over year, but adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) was flat compared to a year prior and gross margin fell by 10 basis points to 21.6%. The company's total debt stood at 2.8 Wesco earned $3.71 per share on revenue of $5.75

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AUGUST 3, 2024

The beauty of this high FCF margin is that it arms management with excess cash to use on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Since 2015, Motorola has spent roughly $6 billion on more than 20 acquisitions, further building out its technological prowess across all three of its product groups.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last April. SoundHound fell short of its pre-merger expectations, and rising interest rates exacerbated that pain by compressing its valuations. The audio and speech recognition company's stock opened at $8.72 less than a month later.

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MAY 8, 2024

Private equity giant Bain Capital is said to be considering an acquisition of education software provider PowerSchool Holdings (NYSE: PWSC). The Wall Street Journal says that Bain is in talks to take the company private in a deal that would value PowerSchool at about $6 billion, including its $1 billion in debt.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in February 2021. It actually exceeded its pre-merger estimates by growing revenue by 65% in fiscal 2022 and 94% in fiscal 2023. In addition, it will need to keep raising cash with more debt and equity offerings to stay afloat.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) , a maker of electric semi-trucks, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in June 2020. In its pre-merger presentation, it told investors it could deliver 600 BEVs in 2021, 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and 3,500 BEVs in 2023. As for its liquidity, its manageable debt-to-equity ratio of 0.8

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) , a provider of online financial services, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on June 1, 2021. Like many other SPAC-backed start-ups, SoFi lost its luster after it missed its own ambitious pre-merger forecasts. The combined company's stock opened at $21.97

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Lumen faces an existential crisis Unlike AT&T and Verizon Communications , which downsized their wireline businesses to expand their wireless businesses, Lumen doubled down on its wireline business through a series of mergers and acquisitions instead of entering the wireless market. and Lumen Technologies wasn't one of them.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Understanding Magnite's growth strategies Magnite was created via the merger of two smaller ad tech companies, The Rubicon Project and Telaria, in 2020. All of those mergers and acquisitions turned Magnite into the world's largest independent sell-side platform (SSP) for digital ads.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

CPPIB also plans to contribute about $1 billion to the proposed merger between Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen Inc., Investors have begun allocating more to private equity strategies than private debt, according to iCapital, which has more than $200 billion in alternative assets on its marketplace for money managers. Treasuries.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Microsoft is starting to separate itself because it's tied to so many things and we saw what it is now trying to do in the gaming business with its Activision Blizzard acquisition of almost $70 billion. So I think the acquisition is exciting. With really no corporate acquisitions, they do it all internal house.

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MAY 7, 2024

Non-GAAP EPS was $0.72, increasing 36% versus prior year, even with the 32% increase in outstanding shares driven by the merger. The combination of these two businesses is one of the strengths of our merger, offering a broad range of product and market-changing innovation. Operations remains the strength of the merger.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Since we announced the merger agreement with WillScot Mobile Mini on January 29 and while the transaction is still pending, we continue to operate with a business-as-usual mindset. As always, and now during the pending merger, our focus will remain on the execution of our strategic plans and delivering positive financial results.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In addition, we completed three portable storage tuck-in acquisitions, opening some new markets and increasing density in others. On January 29th, we announced the merger with WillScot Mobile Mini for $3.8 Additional information about the merger will be set forth in the joint proxy statement that we will file together with WillScot.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Before Kirsten tells you more about our financial performance for the quarter, let me provide a brief update on our pending acquisition of VMware. the Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger waiting periods have expired, and there is no legal impediment to closing under U.S. merger regulations. merger regulations. In the U.S.,

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Globus delivered another robust post-merger quarter in Q2 with sales of $630 million, growing 116% or $338 million. Non-GAAP EPS was $0.75, increasing 20% versus prior year even with the 35% increase in outstanding shares driven by the merger. Scavilla -- President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director Thanks, Brian. revenue grew 3.1%

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They also added 12 new venues with the 11 new builds and one purchased via the BigShots acquisition. We also added one venue via acquisition in 2023, and in early January of this year, we purchased one additional venue from BigShots in Bryan, Texas, adjacent to Texas A&M University for approximately $7 million.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On September 1st, after clearing the FTC second request time frame, we executed the Globus NuVasive merger. Pulse sales have been impacted by customer uncertainty with the merger, while international remains focused on continued market penetration and NSO on market reentry of key technology.

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MAY 3, 2024

In the first quarter, we have completed the acquisition of Lindora and are on plan with the integration activities. Along with the growing addressable market for our brands, the acquisition of Lindora has increased our access to the broader health and wellness market. Depreciation and amortization expenses was $4.4

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MARCH 7, 2024

And with more than 20 years of finance and leadership expertise, Heena brings a breadth of experience across different facets of global finance, accounting, and mergers and acquisitions. EPS was weighed down by noncash depreciation expenses from infrastructure investments. Full year adjusted EBITDA was 33.4 million or 5.2%

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This was partially offset by higher asset management fees, including the benefits from our acquisition of Deerpath Capital and of launching Prismic. Second is investing both organically and through programmatic acquisitions to support sustainable long-term growth of our businesses. Results of our U.S.

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JULY 27, 2023

While we did see some likely event driven issuance in the second quarter ahead of the debt ceiling events in the United States, we're also seeing more economists, including our own, expecting only one or two more rate hikes from major central banks over the remainder of 2023. We have completed our July 2023 global refinancing study.

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