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An acquirer bought 100% of the equity capital of a target company for 129m.

The acquirer also intends to refinance the debt of the target as part of the deal.

The transaction was funded by 5.0m of balance sheet cash, an equity issuance with a value of 60.0 and the remainder with new debt.

Calculate the goodwill on the consolidated balance sheet using the information below.

Acquirer Target
Cash 9.0 7.0
Operating current assets 157.0 179.0
PP&E 426.0 241.0
Intangibles 268.0 76.0
Goodwill 12.0 20.0
Total assets 872.0 523.0
Short term debt 29.0 13.0
Operating current liabilities 291.0 112.0
Long term debt 357.0 224.0
Operating long term liabilities 49.0 45.0
Total liabilities 726.0 394.0
Common stock 32.0 54.0
Retained earnings 114.0 75.0
Total equity 146.0 129.0
Total liabilities and equity 872.0 523.0

Select one:

141.0

44.0

20.0

32.0

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