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[Music] [Laughter] burnout refers to a pricing structure in mergers and acquisitions where the sellers must earn part of the purchase price based on the performance of the business following the acquisition earn outs are often employed when the buyers and sellers disagree about the expected growth and future performance of the target company a typical or note takes place over a three to five year period after closing of the acquisition and may involve anywhere from 10 to 50 percent of the purchase price being deferred over that period earners are popular among private equity investors who do not necessarily have the expertise to run a target business after closing as a way of keeping the previous owners involved following the acquisition the terms and conditions of an IRR node are largely dependent on which party will actually manage the business following the closing if the buyer will manage the business the seller may be concerned with mismanagement by the buyer which causes the company to miss targets on the other hand if the seller will manage the business the buyer may be concerned with the seller either minimizing or understating expenses or overstating revenue so as to manipulate the earn owed calculation the financial targets used in internal calculation may include revenue net income above our epic targets and the selection of metrics also influences the terms and conditions of the earn-out sellers tend to prefer revenue as the simplest measurement but revenue can be boosted through business activities that hurt the bottom line of the company on the other hand while buyers tend to prefer net income as the most accurate reflection of overall economic performance this number can be manipulated downward through extensive capital expenditures and other loaded business expenses summer nuts may be based on entirely non-financial targets such as the development of a product or the execution of a contract other performance metrics may include sales gross or net gross profit operating income Abbott operating cash flow a beta environmental costs cost savings from synergies reduction of dead or derivatives of any of these earn outs have several fundamental limitations they generally work best when the business is operated as envisioned at the time of the transaction and are not conducive to changing the business plan in response to future issues in some transactions the buyer may have the ability to block the Erno targets from being met outside factors may also impact the company's ability to achieve Erno targets because of these limitations sellers often negotiator note terms very carefully you [Music]