The Blackstone IPO 1. If you were a fund LP how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public? IPO offered Blackstone certain advantages: - Access to the capital markets‚ as a new source of funds. - Blackstone could also use its own stock for the acquisitions. - It changed compensation structure and provided more incentives to junior management and help to keep top employees motivated long-term. Blackstone decided to adopt the MLP
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ECN372 Corporate Finance 2‚ 2012/2013 Problem Set 5: Solutions 1. a) The face value of debt is given by: 0.5 × F + 0.5 × 40 = 60 ⇒ F = 80 The value of the firm is: V = 0.5 × 150 + 0.5 × 40 = 95 The value of equity is: E = 95 − 60 = 35 b) The value of debt: D = 0.5 × 50 + 0.5 × (20 − 10) = 30 The value of the firm is: V = 0.5 × 70 + 0.5 × (20 − 10) = 40 The value of equity is: E = 40 − 30 = 10 c) If the firms were to merge then: The value of debt: D = 0.5 × (80 + 50) + 0.5 × (40 + 70
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Yahoo Finance and is an analysis on the recent announcement of Twitter’s IPO. The tweet heard around the world came yesterday afternoon stating‚ “We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.” Immediately Wall Street was running wild with speculation over what the company could be worth‚ who the underwriters were‚ and whether or not Main Street investors would get fleeced as badly on this IPO as they all did on Facebook
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in many cases‚ just to start up their business. One of the best ways that newer and less established companies have found to raise quick capital is to make a stock offering. Initial public offerings (IPOs) have historically had very large initial first day gains com- pared to the performance of the rest of the market. Historically‚ IPOs were underpriced by roughly 16% according to an industry expert at Stein‚ Roe & Fonham. However‚ in recent months‚ some IPOs have seen first day run- ups of as much
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Considering an IPO? The costs of going and being public may surprise you September 2012 A publication from PwC’s Deals practice Table of contents The heart of the matter 1 Embarking upon the IPO process requires insight into the costs An in-depth discussion 4 The initial public offering Cost of going public Cost of being public 5 12 What this means for your business 27 Assess the readiness of your organization for an IPO to appropriately stage the costs incurred
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FI516 IPO Paper Identify the company and its industry. Pandora Media‚ Inc. is an internet streaming radio service used by more than 80 million listeners. Pandora‚ which has a catalog of 800‚000 songs from more than 80‚000 artists‚ has roughly half the market for Internet radio in 2010‚ according to a study published in November by Ando Media. Though the service is wildly popular‚ it has yet to make a profit. The Internet radio station generates playlists based on a user ’s favorite artist or
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integrated into our modern culture and society during that time. In 1995‚ Netscape‚ an early leader and innovator in the Internet and WWW software and web browser market‚ had been going through the initial public offering (IPO) process. Specifically‚ on August 8‚ 1995‚ Netscape ’s lead IPO underwriters recommended to the Netscape board to increase the initial offering price to $28 per share from $14 per share‚ a 100% increase. At this new offering price‚ the firm ’s value would be $1 billion‚ raising
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Raise Capital Business Proposal Following a series of expansions and acquisitions in the early 2000s Prada has found itself with a large amount of debt maturing over the next year. Since Prada is challenged with raising €1 billion to cover loans maturing in the coming year‚ the analysts at GCP have researched several options for the board to consider. These alternatives include issuing sort term bonds‚ forming a joint venture‚ and completing an IPO. Considering the pros and cons
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VALUATION TECHNIQUES Vault Guide to Finance Interviews Valuation Techniques How Much is it Worth? Imagine yourself as the CEO of a publicly traded company that makes widgets. You’ve had a highly successful business so far and want to sell the company to anyone interested in buying it. How do you know how much to sell it for? Likewise‚ consider the Bank of America acquisition of Fleet. How did B of A decide how much it should pay to buy Fleet? For starters‚ you should understand that the value
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Towards the fulfillment of project program‚ a study was conducted at Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.‚ Bangalore. The corporate exposure learning program involved in the study of Investors Perception on IPO’s and to analyze the selected IPO’s in the year 2006. Among various modes of raising fresh capital‚ the equity issue started gaining momentum in India during early 1980’s. It reached the peak during early 1990’s. Many companies made public issue during
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