Round 1 Question Breakdown and Style Guide (120 mins, 85 Marks)

Section 1: Case Study

Demonstrate your dominance of DCF modeling and valuation analysis. Related to Questions 1-7 (30 marks available in this Section - Estimated time is 50 minutes)
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 4 Marks 4 Marks 6 Marks 5 Marks 4 Marks 4 Marks 3 Marks Upload your Model from this Section

Section 2: Theory and Practice

Show off your understanding of valuation approaches, normalizations, adjustments, earnings methods and Excel formulae. Related to Questions 9-38 (30 marks available in this Section - Estimated time is 30 minutes)
Questions 9-38 1 Mark Each

Section 3: Case Study

Dive in (and get your hands dirty) with a quick takeover and seal the deal with your understanding of share structures and corporate transactions. Related to Questions 39-40 (10 marks available in this Section - Estimated time is 15 minutes)
Question 39 Question 40 Question 41 5 Marks 5 Marks Upload your Model from this Section

Section 4: Case Study

Crunch the numbers in record time and show your boss why your trading performance is second to none. Related to Questions 42-48 (15 marks available in this Section - Estimated time is 25 minutes)
Question 42 Question 43 Question 44 Question 45 Question 46 Question 47 Question 48 Question 49 1 Marks 1 Marks 2 Marks 2 Marks 3 Marks 3 Marks 3 Marks Upload your Model from this Section

Note: The financial models that you upload have no marks allocated to them. The top competitors at the end of Round 2 will have their financial models, from both rounds, reviewed by a panel of judges and the model layout and style will be taken into account when selecting the finalists.

Round 1 Question Breakdown and Style Guide (120 mins, 85 Marks)

Style Guide
NORMAL NUMBERS Normal number attributes are: one decimal place contain thousand separators negative numbers should appear in parentheses Font color should be black The custom number format code to use for these numbers is: #,##0.0_);(#,##0.0);0.0_);@_) An example of how these numbers will look is provided below:

PERCENTAGES Percentage number attributes are: One decimal place Negative number in parenthesis The custom number format code to use for these numbers is: 0.0%_);(0.0%) An example of how these numbers will look is provided below:

Round 1 Question Breakdown and Style Guide (120 mins, 85 Marks)

ASSUMPTIONS Model assumptions attributes are: Blue font color (Custom color code: color model RGB; Red = 0; Green = 0; Blue = 255) Outline cell border Yellow fill color (Custom color code: color model RGB; Red = 255; Green = 255; Blue = 204) An example of how these numbers will look is provided below:

NON-ASSUMPTION INPUTS (HISTORICAL NUMBERS) Inputs that are not assumptions attributes are: Blue font color (Custom color code: color model RGB; Red = 0; Green = 0; Blue = 255) An example of how these numbers will look is provided below: