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Sectiоn I: A Deаl Review Situаtiоn: IBM (NYSE: IBM) аnnоunced the acquisition of Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) before the market opened on December 8, 2025. See the press release here and deal presentation here. Note: do not utilize Internet research, news reports or equity research reports in answering the questions below. You may use Capital IQ as needed. Utilize the following assumptions (as needed) for the questions below: The WACC for IBM is 8%, the WACC for Confluent is 9% The tax rate for IBM is 30%, the tax rate for Confluent is 25%, the tax rate for the Pro Forma entity is 28% Confluent’s debt is paid off during the transaction, the deal is paid for using Confluent’s cash and IBM’s cash, fees are $100MM Cost synergies are the dollar value of synergies cited in the deal presentation, the cost to achieve synergies is 1x the run-rate synergy figure, synergies are fully realized by Year 3 Standalone Net Income for IBM in Year 3 is $14,164MM, standalone diluted shares for IBM is 950MM, standalone Net Income for Confluent in Year 3 is $354MM, Confluent’s standalone interest expense in Year 3 is 0 The acquisition debt interest rate is 5.5% and the interest rate on Cash is 4% For Existing Intangibles and Book Value of Equity for the GAAP Purchase Price Allocation utilize Confluent’s latest filing as of the transaction date, 0% of the Excess Purchase Price is allocated to tangible assets, 25% of the Excess Purchase Price is allocated to Intangibles assets with a useful life of 12 years.