Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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In the winter of 1995‚ a fire broke out in the Malden Mills factory and was the largest fire that Massachusetts had seen in the last century. No one was killed‚ but the town was devastated. Malden Mills was one of the few large employers in a town that was already in desperate straights. Employing over 3‚000 employees from Lawrence‚ Massachusetts and its neighboring communities. “The only thing going on my mind was how could I possibly recreate it… I was proud of the family business and I want
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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a(n) Liquidation Where should a company undergoing reorganization report the gains and losses resulting from the reorganization? on the income statement‚ separate from other gains and losses. How should liabilities (except for deferred income taxes) be reported by a company using fresh start accounting? at the present value of future cash payments. Which one of the following unsecured liabilities has the highest priority when an insolvent company is about to be liquidated
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Financial distress‚ reorganization and bankruptcy You are required to explore‚ study and investigate the issues of financial distress‚ reorganization and bankruptcy of firms around the world‚ in particularly Malaysia and examined the factors that may have caused this phenomenon. Search for journal articles (at least 10) that are related to these topics and provide your comments and opinions in your write-up‚ not more than 10 pages. Financial distress can be defined as situation in which a company
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marketplace for books to providing web services to online retailers‚ storage solutions and a dramatically expanded product line. Nevertheless‚ despite massive sales the company failed to produce a profit for shareholders and Amazon was on the brink of bankruptcy at the beginning of 2001. If I were a shareholder who received the company’s 2000 annual report‚ I would have strongly agreed with CEO Jeff Bezos that the company must achieve profitability by year-end 2001. I would recommend that the company
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truncated data. Altman‘s Z Score It is created by Edward Altman in 1968. Altman’s Z Score is a measurement to value the financial health of a company. And it can forecast the probability of the bankruptcy within 2 years. Using the statistical method and a large amount of the cases of bankruptcies‚ Edward Altman created Z- Score formula: Z= 1.2T1 + 1.4T2 + 3.3T3 + 0.6T4 + 0.999T5 In this formula‚ there are five business ratios: T1 = Working Capital / Total Assets. This ratio measures the company’s
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In 2000 MicroAge was delisted from the NASDAQ‚ trading over-the-counter as MICAQ. In 2001 it filed for bankruptcy‚ terminated all business and liquidated all remaining assets to pay creditors. One of the founders‚ Jeffrey D. McKeever‚ subsequently bought the rights to the name "MicroAge" and uses this as a "doing business as" name for Frontier Technology LLC. The new company organized by McKeever has a different ownership structure and legal company name from the original MicroAge. MicroAge is
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Loewen Group Inc. Case Report – Session 3 Group 6 Executive Summary This report provides a qualitative analysis of the Loewen case study‚ starting from the excessive debt policy used in its expansion and ending with huge debt ratios and bankruptcy. The analysis includes the effect of the company’s policy and the financial distress it caused and results of such a financial condition. Method of Analysis: For the analysis we have used the historical financial data of the company‚ the history
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inability of a debtor to pay their debt.[1] Cash flow insolvency involves a lack of liquidity to pay debts as they fall due. Balance sheet insolvency involves having negative net assets—where liabilities exceed assets. Insolvency is not a synonym for bankruptcy‚ which is a determination of insolvency made by a court of law with resulting legal orders intended to resolve the insolvency. A business may be cash-flow insolvent but balance-sheet solvent if it holds illiquid assets‚ particularly against short
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Kmart – The Game of Bankruptcy Executive Summary Under the protection of Chapter 11‚ Kmart secured $2 Billion in debt financing and successfully emerged from bankruptcy after conducting financial restructurings and business reorganization. Hedge funds saw investment opportunities from the company’s new capital structure and growth potential‚ while debtors had the chance to receive recoveries according to their level of seniorities. A deeper examination of this case also revealed a significant amount
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