EXCEL PLUG-IN TEMPLATE GUIDE

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

TemplatesAlpha Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Commodities and FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Company Tearsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Data Explorers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Equity Comparables . . . . . . . . . . . 8Estimates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Fixed Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Indices and Ownership. . . . . . . . . . .11Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Macroeconomic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Real-Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Valuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Training The Street . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Plug-In Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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2Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Accessing Templates

The Capital IQ Excel Plug-In provides a number of

comprehensive templates that can be customized.

To access templates in the Capital IQ Excel Plug-In,

click on the “Capital IQ” menu item in the toolbar.

Go to “Templates” and select “Get/Update

Templates.”

*Please contact your Capital IQ Account Manager

or Client Support at US: 888.806.5541 or Global:

+44.(0)20.7176.1234 / +1.212.438.1070 to receive

the templates not available for direct download in

the Capital IQ templates dropdown. All templates

are complimentary.

Accessing Templates*

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3Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Alpha Model

Alpha Models Provides a proprietary Alpha Rank from 1-100 for

publicly traded U.S. companies. Utilizes four models

(Value, Growth, Quality, and Momentum) and various

factors in each model to derive a composite score.

Alpha Models

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4Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Charts

Historical Bond GraphPlot the performance of a fixed income security on a

historical basis. User also has the choice to plot YTW

or STW.

Individual and Dual Chart Template Plot two financial metrics on graphs vs. each other

or plot financial metrics on the same graph to compare

two companies. Graphs include: Income Statement,

Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Short-Term

Liquidity, Long-Term Solvency, Leverage/Coverage,

Valuation, Margin Analysis and Growth Analysis.

Annotated Stock Price/ Volume ChartOverlay key development inputs onto a historical stock

price/volume chart.

Currency ConversionPlot historical exchange rates between 180 currencies

and compare current exchange rates for up to 11

currencies at once.

Historical Multiples vs. Price Chart Plot the pricing history of a company, along with a

moving average (user can select number of days for

the moving average), overlaying a historical valuation

multiple of their choice.

Shares Traded AnalysisCompares equity trading levels for a company across a

range of close prices for a specified time period.

Stock Price/Volume Chart Chart a company’s stock price (unadjusted, dividend

adjusted, or volume weighted average price (VWAP))

and volume history.

Valuation Multiples ChartPlot various valuation multiples, with the ability to

display frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly

and yearly).

Charts

VWAPChart the volume weighted average price (VWAP) as

well as a trailing VWAP for a given company.

Yield Curve Chart various yield curves at a given date.

27-11 ChartChart recommendations and target stock price

information overlayed over a historical price chart.

Users can input their own proprietary information.

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5Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Commodities and FX

Commodities Pricing Estimates TemplateReplicates the Commodities Est. Forecast pages on

the Capital IQ website. Allows users to view data on

commodity price targets and detail on individual

analyst estimates that make up the consensus target.

Futures TemplateReplicates the Futures pages on the Capital IQ website.

Allows users to view data on futures contracts across

75+ commodity categories and 80+ foreign exchange

categories.

Commodities and FX

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6Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Company Tearsheets

Financial Snapshot TearsheetProvides business description, key executives and

board members, enterprise value build-up,

summary historical/projected financial metrics

and corresponding multiples. Also includes a second

page with a summary income statement, balance

sheet and cash flow data, summary profitability ratios,

margins analysis, liquidity analysis and leverage

multiples. Provides the option to chart Revenue,

EBITDA, EBIT or EPS metrics.

One Page TearsheetProvides business description, key executives and

board members, enterprise value build-up, summary

historical/projected financial metrics and corresponding

multiples. Also gives users options of selecting a

one-year price volume chart vs. a relative price

performance chart. Provides the option to chart

Revenue, EBITDA, EBIT or EPS metrics.

Key Developments, News and Events TemplateView Key Developments, Events and News data for a

selected company. Users can filter Key Developments

across 10 Major Categories and over 100+ Sub Types

within a specified time-frame. Also allows users to

track upcoming earnings calls and dial-in information

for a selected universe of companies.

Company Tearsheets

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7Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Data Explorers

Data Explorers

Data Explorers Short Interest OverviewView summary information on short interest and other

indicators for multiple companies as well as detailed

data and charts for a single company.

Data Explorers Portfolio DashboardProvides a detailed aggregation of Data Explorers data

for portfolio managers. Provides the ability to import

portfolio holdings and analyze short interest, sentiments,

and other indicators for individual holdings and the

portfolio as a whole.

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8Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Equity Comparables

Detailed Comps A more detailed version of the Summary Comps.

Includes capital structure breakdown, ratings

information and historical valuation multiples.

Industry Summary Comps (Airline, Cable, Healthcare, Home Builder, Hotels and Gaming, Internet Media, Metals and Mining, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech, Restaurant, Retail, Semiconductor, and Telecom)Compare companies in a specific industry based on

industry specific valuation metrics.

Screening TemplateImport screening results directly into a spreadsheet

and then choose the financial metrics to display for the

target companies (Balance Sheet, Income Statement,

Cash Flow Statement, Multiples, Ratios and Market

Data). Once the user selects a category, another

dropdown will allow them to choose a financial data

item under the category to display.

Bank Comps Compare banks, thrifts, and other depository

institutions using industry specific metrics.

Profile and CompsIncludes a financial statements tab (with historical

income statement, balance sheet and cash flow data)

and a summary one-page tearsheet for the subject

company. Subsequent tabs display summary and

detailed trading multiples output sheets.

Comp Set Replicates the comparable company set downloaded

from Quick Comps on the Capital IQ website.

Equity Comparables

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9Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Estimates

Detailed Broker Estimates Template displays summary estimate information with

broker by broker detail and allows for the creation of

custom consensus estimates. Data includes contributor

and analyst names, historical and forward estimates

and multiples from individual contributors, and broker

specific surprise, among other data.

EstimatesExport of the Estimates tab from the Capital IQ website,

but with Excel formulas driving the data.

Intelligent EstimatesCapital IQ has developed a robust approach to

forecasting company earnings. Rather than focus on

the most accurate analyst, the Intelligent Estimates

template focuses on the attributes of an accurate

forecast. These attributes provide a more accurate

estimate over the traditional equal weighted

consensus forecast.

Estimates

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10Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Fixed Income

Credit Comps Compare the credit statistics of various companies

against each other. Includes items such as ratings

information, leverage and coverage ratios and a full

capital structure breakdown.

Fixed Income Comps Input fixed income security tickers for a comparable

fixed income security analysis. Includes items such as

issue size, coupon, maturity date, rating, price, YTW

and leverage and coverage multiples.

Barclays Capital Indices Displays 975+ Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices.

Users will have access to a tearsheet of popular indices

as well as a chart that graphs up to 10 indices and

various pricing and fixed income related data points.

Credit Default Swaps and Index Template View historical pricing and perform comparable analysis

for Credit Default Swaps and CDS Indices. Includes

items such as CDS name, type, term, restructuring type,

pricing, ratings and leverage and coverage multiples.

Fixed Income Tearsheet Replicates the Fixed Income Summary page on the

Capital IQ website. Provides both book and market value

debt overviews.

Securities SummaryExport of the Securities Summary tab from the Capital IQ

website, but with Excel formulas driving the data.

Structured Securities AnalysisProvides a comparable overview of up to 5 structured

securities.

Fixed Income

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11Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Indices and Ownership

Institutional CrossholdingsProvides ownership data for the top 100 institutional

holders of a company and displays those institutions’

crossholdings in up to 10 additional companies. Data

can be viewed by percentage owned, number of shares

held, or market value.

Mutual Fund TearsheetReplicates the Tearsheet for a Mutual Fund on the

Capital IQ website. Allows users to pull pricing data,

investment criteria, investment style, holdings data by

industry, geography and company, advisors and spon-

sors, and key professionals.

Private Equity TearsheetProfiles a selected PE firm and provides data on their

current, pending and prior investments, as well as

co-investors and investments as an LP. The template

also displays specific fund level data, such as the size,

date launched, and stage. Lastly, the template shows

a fund’s investment criteria on a geographic, industrial,

and financial basis.

Public HoldingsReplicates the Detailed and History Public Holdings

pages on the Capital IQ website. Allows users to

view the current and historical public holdings of a

selected private investment firm. Data includes

portfolio composition, share count, value, investment

type and position date.

Public OwnershipReplicates the Public Ownership pages on the

Capital IQ website. Allows users to view summary

ownership information by owner type, top buyers

and sellers, crossholdings, and detailed ownership

historically.

Index SummaryReplicates the Tearsheet, Constituents, Analyst

Coverage, and Key Stats & Ratios pages for Indices on

the Capital IQ website. Allows users to view aggregate

data on indices as well as its individual constituents.

Indices and Ownership

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12Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Industry

Includes Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow

Statement, supplemental line items and ratios for a

selected company, with a dropdown to choose period

type and order of periods (most recent on the leftmost

or rightmost column). On subsequent tabs, it allows

users to view common size Income Statement and

Balance Sheet data, input company comparables and

provides summary and detailed outputs for

valuation multiples and a variety of other financial

metrics. The line items provided in the templates will

vary by industry.

•Standard

•Banks

•Bank Regulatory (US)

•D&B Standard

•Airlines

•Brokerage

•Financial Services

Industry

•Healthcare

•Home Builder

•Hotels and Gaming

• Insurance

• Internet Media

•Metals and Mining

•Oil & Gas

•Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

•REIT

•Restaurant

•Retail

•Semiconductor

•Telecom, Cable and Wireless

•Thrift Regulatory (US)

•Utility

Key StatsExport of the Key Stats tab from the Capital IQ website,

but with Excel formulas driving the data. Available

for both the Standard Template and Industry Specific

Templates.

Download Financials* With one formula (CIQMATRIX), users can retrieve the

Standard, Industry Specific or As Presented Income

Statement, Balance Sheet or Cash Flow Statement of a

company.

Toyo Keizai Six Industry templates using data from Japanese data

provider Toyo Keizai as well as a robust Estimates tem-

plate using Toyo Keizai estimates and guidance data.

* Requires Version 8 of the CIQ Excel Plug-in or higher.

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MacroeconomicsSelect a country to view 30 historical and 9 forecasted

Macroeconomic data points associated with that country.

Most metrics also have the ability to show not only the

value but various growth rates, dates, footnotes, and

other useful data. For Macroeconomic data associated

with the United States, there are over 575 data points,

which also have the ability to show growth rates, etc.

United States Macroeconomic data groups include GDP,

Balance of Payments, Corporate, Government Receipts,

Consumption and Investment, Labor and Unemployment,

Housing, Manufacturing, Retail and Wholesale, Industrial

Production, Money Supply, Inflation, Consumer and

Business Sentiment, and Energy.

Macroeconomic EventsRetrieve past and upcoming macroeconomic events for

both countries and the world as a whole. Provides dates

and times for the events, as well as forecasts, actuals,

and previous results.

Macroeconomic

Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Macroeconomic

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14Excel Plug-In Template Guide: People

PeopleView qualitative data on the top executives and

board members of a selected company and its peers.

Available data includes background, education,

present and past board and professional relationships,

age, compensation, and contact information.

People

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15Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Real-Time

Real-Time

Real-Time Full Quote Tearsheet *Allows users to display summary data on a selected

company in real time as provided by Capital IQ’s Real-

Time Application. Data includes pricing, volume,

summary financials, multiples and news. If the template

is left running during trading hours, data on intraday

trading will be recorded for covered companies.

Real-Time Market Tearsheet *Allows users to display data on global indices and a

universe of companies of their choosing (via Capital IQ

Screening) in real time as provided by Capital IQ’s Real-

Time Application. Data includes pricing, news, and daily

gainers and losers.

* Requires Version 7 of the CIQ Excel Plug-in or higher

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16Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Segments

Business and Geographic Segments Template*Provides operating statistics and revenue contribution

charts for a selected company’s business and

geographic segments.

Key Stats (w. Segments)*Export of the Key Stats tab of the Capital IQ website, but

with Segment data and Excel formulas driving the data.

One Page Tearsheet (w. Segments)*Provides business description, key executives and board

members, enterprise value build-up, summary historical/

projected financial metrics, corresponding multiples and

segment data. Also gives users options of selecting a

one-year price volume chart vs. a relative price

performance chart. Provides the option to chart Revenue,

EBITDA, EBIT or EPS metrics.

Segment Comps*Provides a comparison of segment operating statistics

for selected companies and business segments.

* Requires Version 6 of the CIQ Excel Plug-in or higher

Segments

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17Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Transaction

Transaction Comps Analyze transaction values and multiples for precedent

deals in order to arrive at a valuation for a future

transaction.

Transaction One Page Tearsheets Analyze a company transaction with a detailed

breakdown based on each individual transaction.

Users can dig deeper into a specific M&A, IPO, Private

Placement, Buyback, Bankruptcy, Spin-Off/Split-Off,

and TARP transaction by viewing information such as:

General Transaction Details, Transaction Valuation,

Important Dates, Pre-Deal Share Performance, and

Target & Acquirer LTM financials.

Transaction

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18Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Valuation

Historical Beta Calculation Calculate historical beta on a weekly or monthly basis

(up to 5 years back) against various benchmarks.

Quick MergerPerform a “quick and dirty” merger analysis with

accretion/dilution analysis and pro-forma financials

and multiples.

WACC TemplateCalculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital

(WACC) with cost of debt and cost of equity sensitivity

analyses. Allows users to input comparable companies

to determine subject company’s beta. Other user inputs

are required to output subject company’s WACC.

Accretion/Dilution CompsCompare different companies against each other,

highlighting the accretion/dilution that would occur

if a buyer were to purchase the company on a pro

forma basis.

Analysis at Various PE Analyze how various premiums on a target company’s

P/E ratio will impact the company’s valuation multiples.

Analysis at Various PricesAnalyze how various premiums on a target company’s

share price will impact the company’s valuation

multiples.

DCF ModelCalculate the discounted cash flows of a company,

including WACC and exit multiple sensitivity outputs.

Dupont Analysis Provides an analysis of where return is derived for a

company by breaking down Return on Equity into three

parts: Net Margin, Asset Turnover and Leverage.

IPO Valuation Provides an implied IPO valuation of a private firm

using the median P/E and Net Income Margin of

comparable public companies as a benchmark. Output

provides Equity and Enterprise valuation and multiples,

potential share count, and per share price for a range

of P/E premiums.

Valuation

Projections Model Project a company’s financial statements, including an

Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow State-

ment and debt schedule.

Share Repurchase Provides Accretion/Dilution, Cash Flow, and

Capitalization statistics for various share repurchase

scenarios. Also compares Accretion/Dilution at

various Prices and P/E multiples.

Treasury Method Calculation Compute fully diluted shares using the Treasury

Method. Displays tranche by tranche data for warrants

and options outstanding and exercisable.

Weighting Template Weigh a financial metric by using Share Price, Market

Cap, TEV or Equal weights as a weighing method. The

user can see the actual value compared to the adjusted

weighted value side by side.

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19Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Training The Street Templates

Training The Street Templates

TTS – DCF TemplateA basic Discounted Cash Flow model designed by Training

The Street and powered by Capital IQ. The template covers

the three major concepts of a DCF: calculating WACC, pro-

jecting Free Cash Flows, and determining a terminal value.

TTS – LBO TemplateA basic Leveraged Buyout model designed by Training

The Street and powered by Capital IQ. The template

introduces the basic concepts behind an LBO, the

common underlying assumptions, and the steps required

to construct a simple functioning LBO model.

TTS – Merger ModelThe template introduces the basic concepts behind a

merger model, the common underlying assumptions,

and the steps required to construct a simple functioning

merger model.

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20Excel Plug-In Template Guide: Plug-In Tools

Plug-In Tools

Excel Plug-In Formula IndexA comprehensive directory of all Capital IQ Excel Plug-In

formulas.

Capital IQ Ticker ConvertorThis utility allows a user to input company names and/or

raw tickers to retrieve the Capital IQ ID for use with the

Capital IQ Excel Plug-In.