M&A Capital Desk

Music Catalog M&A and Financing Modeler

Apollo • BMG & Concord $1.25B Benchmark
Benchmark Grounding: Apollo backs BMG & Concord Integration with $1.25 Billion in financing (@billboard report)
$1.25B Capital Stack Breakdown

Deal Parameters & Tranches

Preset Scenarios
$1,250M ($1.25B)
$600M (48%)
$250M (20%)
$145.0M
DSCR Formulation: Annual NOPAT divided by total mandatory debt service (Senior Interest + Mezzanine Interest + Amortization factor). Benchmark floor: ≥ 1.30x.
Capital Stack
$1.25B
$1,250M Total Size
Total Debt
$850M
68.0% of Capital Stack
Debt Service Coverage
1.95x
$74.4M Ann. Service
Leverage Multiple
5.86x
Total Debt / NOPAT
✓ Robust Coverage (1.95x DSCR)
Debt service is safely covered by catalog streaming royalties and sync revenue.
Blended Debt Cost: 8.53%

Capital Stack Allocation $400M Equity (32.0%)

5-Year Catalog Cash Flow & Debt Amortization ($M)

Underwritten Financial Term Sheet • Apollo Benchmark

Tranche / Instrument Amount ($M) % of Stack Interest Rate Annual Service ($M)
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