Q. First Data Corp. Is $34 per share a fair price from the viewpoint of the selling shareholders? To evaluate this issue, value the business in its pre-LBO status. Set up your analysis so you can change the beta on command, i.e., it resides in its own cell on your spreadsheet. As a mutual fund portfolio manager with a major holding in First Data Corp. stock, would you accept the KKR offer? This requires a numerical analysis, a very simple one. Using data from the FDC 2006 Annual Report create the analysis in Excel which uses the negotiation, i.e., value of FDC from KKR point of view, debt capacity of FDC based on an EBIT forecast, also anything else you would need to justify your position.