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M&A DILIGENCE / THE DEAL AND ITS BASIS

From data room material to deal-ready operating judgment.

See the upside. Inspect the conditions. Keep the record behind the recommendation—from the first diligence conversation to the next review.

Source support, analytical judgment and authority to close remain separate.

MCOS / M&A DILIGENCE
SUPPLIED MATERIALManagement call · deal evidence
L1 Source → L2 Evidence → L3 Analysis → L4 Deal

TALLGRASS → MERIDIAN

Proceed with conditions

$610Kidentified annual synergy
04open closing conditions

Upside is identified. Closing requirements are still open.

Fictional saved dashboard example · not an investment recommendation.

ONE DEAL / AN INSPECTABLE BASIS

The recommendation is a start.
See what it rests on.

Tallgrass Components is considering Meridian Fastener & Supply. Explore the same saved example used by the M&A dashboard, including its estimates, unsized items and open conditions.

FICTIONAL DEAL / SAVED DEMO RECORD

01 / SUPPLIED EVIDENCE

A cost does not become a synergy.

The racking in the main warehouse is past its service life. Replacing it is a $650,000 project we've deferred for three years. My banker joked we should present it to you as a modernization synergy. Nobody had better model that as a synergy — it's deferred maintenance, it's a cost, and the buyer inherits it.
STATED COST$650,000

Deferred warehouse racking replacement. Keep this cost visible; do not relabel it as buyer upside.

ANALYTICAL OUTPUTReview the basis

The saved finding retains this quotation. A source reference supports inspection; it does not establish that the source is correct.

Inspect the original finding

Priority Misalignment · moderate

Requires further investigation

01 / 05 · Source

Fictional saved demo, not a customer engagement. Public interactions run in your browser; they do not run diligence, save a clearance or authorize a deal.

INSIDE THE WORKSPACE

Five views.
One deal record.

Move from the verdict into the findings, upside, integration questions and action brief without losing the qualifications.

01

Deal Verdict

The recommendation, deal-risk score and open conditions. Keep conditional blockers distinct from fundamental walk-away issues.

02

Risk & Findings

Inspect findings by category and severity, with the evidence retained in the record.

03

Synergies

Review quantified and qualitative levers by category, realization horizon and confidence.

04

Integration & Liabilities

Inspect integration complexity, cost estimates, financial adjustments and any recorded hidden liabilities.

05

Action Brief

Bring negotiation asks and a phased post-close plan into one deal desk.

AFTER THE ANALYSIS

Keep the distinctions.
Review the next use.

MCOS structures the diligence record. Findings, estimates, source evidence and recorded decisions give the next reviewer something to inspect.

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Generated artifacts and prompt exports

The workspace offers grounded generation for an IC memo, red-flag report, value-creation thesis, 100-day plan and negotiation strategy. Memo, Deck and Sheet prompt exports hand the record to your own tool. Generated documents still need review.

Follow-up diligence

Later calls become amendments on a deal timeline. Review the changing picture alongside earlier snapshots. Adding a call and clearing a condition are distinct actions.

Sentinel and the next use

Retaining a record does not grant permission to rely on every claim now. Sentinel addresses configured integrity, meaning and current-use checks; a diligence verdict is not a Sentinel release.

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BRING YOUR DILIGENCE QUESTION

See the opportunity.
Keep the conditions visible.

Agree the evidence, scope, deliverables and acceptance checks your deal requires.

Discuss your diligence