has contributed to the formation of virtual corporations. Explain what “divestiture” is and how it may be accomplished. Understand what "going private" means and what factors may motivate management to take a company private. Explain what a leveraged buyout is and what risk it entails. Mergers and Other Forms of Corporate Restructuring © Pearson Education Limited 2004 Fundamentals of Financial Management‚ 12/e Created by: Gregory A. Kuhlemeyer‚ Ph.D. Carroll
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61.70 Faculty FINANCE Associate Professor and Chair of the Department THOMAS WALKER‚ PhD Wash.State‚ Laurentian Bank Professor in Integrated Risk Management Professors ABRAHAM BRODT‚ PhD N.Y.‚ Director‚ Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program ALAN HOCHSTEIN‚ PhD McG.‚ Interim Dean ARVIND JAIN‚ PhD Mich.‚ Academic Director‚ International Business Program LAWRENCE KRYZANOWSKI‚ PhD Br.Col.‚ Concordia University Research Chair in Finance STYLIANOS PERRAKIS‚ PhD Calif.(Berkeley)
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Adjusted Present Value Adjusted present value is an investment appraisal technique similar to net present value method. However‚ instead of using weighted average cost of capital as the discount rate‚ ungeared cost of equity is used to discount the cash flows from a project and there is an adjustment for the tax shield provided by related debt capital. Formula Adjusted Present Value = PV of Cash Flows using Ungeared Cost of Equity + Present Value of Tax Shield Where PV stands for ’present value’
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becoming more interested in the restructuring and long-term controlling of attractive assets. Hedge funds’ stakes in these companies are then transformed into equity from the arising new entity. Private equity is split up into Venture Capital and Leveraged Buyout funds‚ with a little made up of mezzanine funds. LBO companies buy publicly traded companies that are experiencing inefficiencies from costly regulation of being publicly traded and the incentives of managers and shareholders. The growing overlap
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Private equity‚ pecuniary logic and enterprise restructuring Private equity firms‚ which in recent decades have become an important avenue for financial transactions in the US and UK markets‚ are being hard hit by the sub-prime crisis as they are unable to source their funding from investors. The resulting credit crunch and financial turmoil may also pose a threat to developing-country financial markets where they have become significant investors‚ particularly in Asia. The danger‚ according to
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dedication and willingness to take a lot of risks of the owners. They both put almost all they had into the company (Waddell put another $250‚000 on top of the $250‚000 they had both put in the beginning to save the company)‚ engaging in leveraged buyouts‚ and taking on a lot of debt. Also‚ as the company grew rapidly with approximately 20% internal growth per year through acquisitions and internal growth‚ they put a lot of effort in bringing the “conquered and conquerors” together to be able
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Seagate Technology Buyout 1. We can examine the stock prices of Seagate and Veritas on Exhibits 3 and 5. Exhibit 3 shows us that Seagate had a stock price of 64.25$/share on March 10th 2000. Veritas stock price is disclosed on Exhibit 5 with 168.69$/share at that date‚ which is an increase in value of more than 200% within the last six months (Exchibit4). Moreover‚ we can assert that the pre-tax value of Veritas stake‚ which is held by Seagate‚ has notably exceeded Seagate’s market capitalization
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Case 2 – The Chrysler Takeover Attempt 1. Evaluate Chrysler’s financial and operating performance between 1980 and 1992. What financial and investment policies did they pursue and why? How successful were they? During the early 1980s Chrysler recovered from a severe enterprise crisis in 1978. Vehicle sales grew stable from 1980 to 1986 (with a small stagnation in 1982). In 1983 they grew much stronger than the U.S.-vehicle market and their competitors. This reflected in a steady earnings growth
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more efficient and therefore more profitable. It generally involves selling off portions of the company and making severe staff reductions. Restructuring is often done as part of a bankruptcy or of a takeover by another firm‚ particularly a leveraged buyout by a private equity firm such as KKR. It may also be done by a new CEO hired specifically to make the difficult and controversial decisions required to save or reposition the company Conglomerate In business‚ a conglomerate is a company involved
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(TPG)‚ by way of Abel Halpern‚ expressed interest in purchasing Ducati‚ the Italian motorcycle company‚ from Cagiva‚ an Italian conglomerate owned by the Castiglioni family. Cagiva owned a number of diverse companies but had become excessively leveraged‚ and Ducati’s profits were believed to be supporting other failing businesses of the conglomerate. This financial difficulty led the Castiglioni family to begin searching for new financing and‚ ultimately‚ meeting Halpern. Halpern had never done
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