Assess whether management can run this without the founder (c7f874)

Situation

IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map put revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash in front of working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate. This M&A Due Diligence / Legal, IP, and Regulatory close is management can run this from revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash, and the live options are Proceed, Reprice, Walk.

Decision

Working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate must choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold using revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map.

Hypotheses to test

• Revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash reads as Proceed once IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map is lined up to the same M&A Due Diligence population.
• Revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash is closer to Reprice after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map; Proceed would over-claim this Legal, IP, and Regulatory extract.
• Walk is still live in revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash for working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate.
• Revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash is missing the fact working-capital true-up analyst needs after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map; stop this M&A Due Diligence close.

Analysis required

• Test whether IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map is a diligence gap, a price chip, or a walk-away.
• Separate a one-off add-back from a recurring earnings issue in revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash.
• Map reps, earnout mechanics, and integration risk a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate would inherit.
• For this M&A Due Diligence Legal, IP, and Regulatory file, read revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash against IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map and write the one fact that would move management can run this for working-capital true-up analyst.

Recommendation

Choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold on this M&A Due Diligence / Legal, IP, and Regulatory packet (revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map). Lead with the M&A Due Diligence option revenue-quality bridge from bookings to cash can support after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for working-capital true-up analyst in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate.