Business Valuation, Receiving Offers
What is Cash Free Debt Free?
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Transcript of video "Cash Free Debt Free Basis "
Neil Ackroyd
So what is cash free debt free basis? Well cash free debt free is 50% as simple as it sounds, so it generally is, debt free. So any debt that you’ve got in the business if you example we were just using in the last video of the business selling for £20 million, then if it’s got £2 million worth of debt then you get your £20 million and you use some of the that £20 million to repay the debit, or, the purchaser would give you £18 million and keep the debt. But either way you’re valuing it as though its debt free. Now the cash free aspect of it is slightly more complicated because you’re valuing it as though it’s cash free debt free basis , but free of free cash. So cash that’s not needed to run the business or cash that’s outside what we call a normalised level of working capital.What is Cash Free Debt Free? Selling a business. Neil Ackroyd explains the facts about cash free debt free basis and how this effect the sale of a business.
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