# Loi: Deal Terms Frequency

> The Deal Terms Frequency carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1 to 10 percent, read 12 September 2026.

Exitvo · https://exitvo.com/datasets/deal-terms-frequency/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Range of the published figures:** 1 to 10 % (range 1 to 10 %; 3 sources with a figure; 2 of 12 sources read publish one).

2 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 September 2026.

## By term

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| term ppa-escrow-median | 1 % | 1 to 1 % | 1 |
| term escrow-non-rwi-median | 10 % | 10 to 10 % | 1 |
| term escrow-rwi-median | 2.8 % | 2.8 to 2.8 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [DealLawyers: private target deal terms study](https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html) | 10 % | escrow-non-rwi-median | 2026-09-12 |
| [DealLawyers: private target deal terms study](https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html) | 2.8 % | escrow-rwi-median | 2026-09-12 |
| [SRS Acquiom: M&A deals key trends](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/ma-deals/) | 1 % | ppa-escrow-median | 2026-09-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (3)

- [DealLawyers: private target deal terms study](https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html), read 2026-09-12: "For non-RWI deals, the average amount of all escrows was 12.1% of transaction value while the median was 10.0%."
- [DealLawyers: private target deal terms study](https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html), read 2026-09-12: "For deals with RWI, the average was 5.1% of transaction value and the median was 2.8%."
- [SRS Acquiom: M&A deals key trends](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/ma-deals/), read 2026-09-12: "The study also found that the median size of a separate PPA escrow remained at about 1% of the transaction value for the last two years."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [SRS Acquiom M&A Deal Terms Study](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-study/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SRS Acquiom: M&A escrow statistics](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/ma-escrows-statistics/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SRS Acquiom: key findings from the 2026 Deal Terms Study](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-study-key-findings/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SRS Acquiom: deal terms analysis](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-analysis/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search: letter of intent in 8-K exhibits](https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22letter+of+intent%22&forms=8-K), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search API](https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=test), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CT Acquisitions: rep and warranty insurance guide](https://ctacquisitions.com/rep-and-warranty-insurance/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [CT Acquisitions: RWI carrier comparison 2024-2026](https://ctacquisitions.com/guides/rw-insurance-carrier-comparison-2024-2026/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Fasken: key takeaways from the SRS Acquiom 2026 study](https://www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2026/05/private-ma-deal-trends-to-watch-key-takeaways-from-srs-acquioms-2026-study), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 12 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 34 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the FREQUENCY and central value of each deal term, counted across every study and filed-exhibit corpus that reports one: the share of private-target deals carrying an earnout and its size, the share with an escrow and the median escrow as a percentage of consideration (split RWI and non-RWI), the share with a seller note, the exclusivity period length, the RWI attachment point and rate on line. Read from the studies AND counted independently from SEC EDGAR's filed purchase-agreement exhibits, so a term's published frequency can be checked against the documents themselves - which no study does, because each counts only its own deal flow.

## Sources

- [SRS Acquiom M&A Deal Terms Study](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-study/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SRS Acquiom: M&A escrow statistics](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/ma-escrows-statistics/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SRS Acquiom: key findings from the 2026 Deal Terms Study](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-study-key-findings/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SRS Acquiom: M&A deals key trends](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/ma-deals/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SRS Acquiom: deal terms analysis](https://www.srsacquiom.com/our-insights/deal-terms-analysis/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search: letter of intent in 8-K exhibits](https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22letter+of+intent%22&forms=8-K) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search API](https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=test) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SEC EDGAR full-text search](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CT Acquisitions: rep and warranty insurance guide](https://ctacquisitions.com/rep-and-warranty-insurance/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CT Acquisitions: RWI carrier comparison 2024-2026](https://ctacquisitions.com/guides/rw-insurance-carrier-comparison-2024-2026/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DealLawyers: private target deal terms study](https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fasken: key takeaways from the SRS Acquiom 2026 study](https://www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2026/05/private-ma-deal-trends-to-watch-key-takeaways-from-srs-acquioms-2026-study) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Aon: Q1 2026 global insurance market overview](https://www.aon.com/en/insights/reports/global-insurance-market-insights/q1-2026-overview) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Deal Terms Frequency carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1 to 10 percent, read 12 September 2026.
- 2 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
- Deal Terms Frequency, term ppa-escrow-median: median 1 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
- Deal Terms Frequency, term escrow-non-rwi-median: median 10 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
- Deal Terms Frequency, term escrow-rwi-median: median 2.80 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.

Cite as: "Exitvo Deal Terms Frequency", updated 2026-10-19, https://exitvo.com/datasets/deal-terms-frequency/.

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