
Concept explainers
1.
Explain the reason why Company A acquire Company M.
2.
Explain the way in which the consideration transferred allocated between cash paid and the contingent consideration.
3.
Provide a schedule showing Company A’s allocations of the consideration transferred to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the remainder going to
4.
Compute the maximum potential contingent payout (i.e., earn out) to the former owners of Company M. Although not explicitly stated in Company A’s fiscal 2015 10-K report (for the year ended March 31, 2015), Explain some possible factors that entered into the determination of the acquisition-date fair value of the contingent consideration.

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