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A leveraged buyout of a manufacturing firm with $80M in EBITDA is financed with 60.0% debt at a 7.0% interest rate.

If the purchase multiple is 9.0x EBITDA and transaction costs are $20M, what is the sponsor's initial equity check?

  1. 288M
  2. 316M
  3. 308M
  4. 452M

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