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A PE firm acquires a target for $500M, which has $100M in identifiable net assets at book value. If an appraisal identifies 50M in write-ups for intangible assets (customer lists) and 20M for PP&E, calculate the resulting Goodwill on the pro-forma balance sheet.
- $430M
- $400M
- $350M
- $330M
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