Consideration Structure: Cash Only screens for deals where the consideration offered is cash, earnout or assumption of liabilities. This means that filings, press articles, company disclosures and other documents in the public domain specifically indicate the deal consideration to be:
- Cash
- Earnout (future payments based on certain performance targets)
- That the acquirer assumes a specific amount of liabilities that the target has to pay for at the time of announcement
Consideration Offered: Cash Only screens for deals where the acquirer does not offer any other type of consideration except cash. Deals where the acquirer adds contingent payments (earnout) as consideration are not included if you use the filter Consideration Offered: Cash Only.