Deal Terms Flashcards
[Year]A
actual historical results
[Year]B
budgeted results (typically based on management’s budget)
1st Lien/2nd Lien
Senior secured loans often placed on the broadly syndicated loan market. 1st lien has a priority right to the borrower’s collateral ahead of the 2nd lien debt
Adjusted EBITDA
Actual EBITDA as adjusted by management to add back certain non-recurring, non-cash, or other extraordinary items. Credit agreements typically will limit the types/amounts of adjustments that may be made
CAGR
Compound annual growth rate
CapEx
Capital Expenditure; funds used by a company to acquire, upgrade, and maintain physical assets such as property, plants, buildings, technology, or equipment; any type of expense that a company capitalizes, or shows on its balance sheet as an investment, rather than on its income statement as an expenditure
Carried Interest
the incentive fee 6S is entitled to receive in respect of the investments it manages on behalf of the 6s funds and their investors
Cash Conversion
The percentage of EBITDA that turns into free cash and is not required to be reinvested in the business as capital expenditures (Adjusted EBITDA - capex)/Adjusted EBITDA)
ECT
EBITDA, cash generation, and trajectory - the three most critical metrics that we continually look to monitor at our portfolio companies
Fully-Diluted Ownership
Primary ownership but then after taking into account dilution from stock options and equivalent
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; standards that encompass the details, complexities, and legalities of business and corporate accounting
Gross IRR
the Internal Rate of Return enjoyed by investors as measured by distributions made to them from our Funds plus the Unrealized Value of the investments still held by the Funds, but before calculation of the Carried Interest, other fees and expenses
Leveraged recap(italization)
A borrowing made by a portfolio company where the proceeds of the borrowing are distributed by the portfolio company to its equity owners
LTM
Last Twelve Months
Mark or Valuation
the fair market value of an Unrealized (i.e., not fully sold) investment as determined by 6S in accordance with GAAP