*PCOMMON: the percentage of the total that consists of common equity provided by the buyout group
*PCASH: the percentage of the total that comes from the use of the target firm's existing cash and marketable securities balances
*CF = INC-TAX-INTEXP-PFDDIV-COMDIV
*TAX/EQUITY
*FOOTSTEPS (=1 if competing bid or takeover speculation in WSJ)
*percentage non-executive directors
*speculation of takeover in financial press
*Q ratio
*Operating income/assets
*Low cash flow, high q
*Diversified, low q
*number of LBO's
*interest expense to operating income
*inside equity ownership fraction
Variables: