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Sources of Capital
§Senior Debt
§City National Bank, or other less qualified lenders
§Asset based lenders (Foothill Capital/WFB), CIT, etc.
§Mezzanine Debt
§Many hedge funds are out of the market
§A number of specialized funds still exist to provide mezzanine capital
§Equity
§Acquiror’s existing cash
§Issuance of acquiror stock to seller (of publicly traded)
§Other capital sources in acquiror home country