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Meridian Industrial is acquired for $600M. The deal uses $400M of debt. Over the hold, EBITDA remains flat, the exit multiple is identical to the entry multiple, but the firm pays down $100M of debt.

What is the value creation attributed to deleveraging?

  1. $0M
  2. $200M
  3. $100M
  4. $50M

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