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SteelBridge Manufacturing is acquired in an LBO at 6.0x EBITDA. 40% of the deal is funded with equity.

If the company performs exactly as projected and is sold after 5 years at the same 6.0x multiple, what is a primary driver of the IRR being above 0%?

  1. A gradual decrease in the corporate tax rate applied over the holding period.
  2. Distributing annual dividends to the common equity holders each year.
  3. Deleveraging through the use of free cash flow to pay down debt principal.
  4. Multiple expansion from the 6.0x entry multiple up to a higher exit multiple at sale.

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