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A financial sponsor is evaluating a Leveraged Buyout (LBO) of a manufacturing firm.

The primary mechanism through which the sponsor expects to generate a high internal rate of return (IRR), even if the company's enterprise value does not grow, is:

  1. Minimizing the interest expense through a 100% equity capital structure.
  2. Deleveraging, where debt is paid down using the firm's operating cash flow.
  3. Multiple expansion, where the firm is sold at a higher P/E ratio than it was bought.
  4. Increasing the company's cash balance through new equity issuances.

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