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INFOR'S M&A BILL - $5.25B DEBT

Infor logoMost of us aren’t used to dealing with numbers like this. But since Infor has been reporting its numbers for three quarters, we can see the total bill for its years of buying other companies. The balance sheet for March 31 showed long-term debt at $5.25 billion. Obviously, debt has been retired as it operates, but that looks like a pretty good hunk left from buying people like Lawson. The M&A markers also show up on the balance sheet.
Goodwill, all $4.13 billion of it, represents 64.3 percent of assets.. This doesn’t look quite like your typical profile. The best candidate for comparison is Epicor, also acquired via debt – Epicor’s goodwill of $829.5 million is 33.1 percent of assets. Debt, of course, has a P&L impact. Infor had $110.4 million in operating income for the third quarter ended February 28. That was reduced by $110.4 million in interest expenses. I suppose if your primary interest is pay debtholders, that is not such a bad thing. The debt numbers provide a better background for understanding last year’s combination of GGC Holding with Infor. As noted in the last newsletter, investor funds forked over $325 million contributed as equity to Infor, and $225 million used to repay a portion of a term loan from Lux Bond Co. Lux also forgave $344 million that Infor owed it and this was contributed as capital. You would have to assume that a public offering would be very helpful in whittling down the mound of long-term debt. I would also assume the same is true of Epicor - that it will return to the public market.
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