Business combinations: impairment testing and purchase price allocation
Master Thesis
Author
Karterouli, Eleni
Καρτερούλη, Ελένη
Date
2021-10View/ Open
Keywords
Purchase price allocation ; Impairment testingAbstract
This thesis attempts to demonstrate a case study and more specifiacally EP.AL.ME S.A’s acquisition by Mytilinaios Group. It also depicts how valuation methodology and practice effects greatly the financial statements of the Buyer company.
Through the case study, I will show the utilization of three valuation methods, the Discounted Cash Flows Method, the Capital Market Multiples Method and the Comparable Transactions Multiples Method.
I will explain what Purchase Price Allocation and Impairment Testing mean in the modern world of the Accounting and Financial Analysis.