LBO Model: Sources & Uses

Why Does the Sources & Uses Schedule Matter? Key part of an LBO (leveraged buyout) model -- what you’re paying for (the Uses) must equal how much you’re putting in (the Sources). By “Financial Modeling Training And Career Resources For Aspiring Investment Bankers“ Similar to the conservation of energy or momentum in physics, *money* must be conserved in a transaction like this -- cannot be created or destroyed. But the real point is that this schedule determines the amoun