1. Jessica Gallinelli should hold position in Honeywell and take short position in General Electric Company (GE) simultaneously The main consideration in her decision is when she heard disturbing news about the proposed bid by General Electric Company (GE) for Honeywell International Inc. This merge is obviously an arbitrage opportunity. Generally and predictably‚ there will be different positions for the stock price tendency. For the target company‚ the stock price normally will increase whereas
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Introduction General Electric Company (GE) proposed a bid for Honeywell International Inc (Honeywell) . GE is one of the largest and most diversified corporations‚ which generate revenues in segments as diverse as aircraft engines‚ plastics‚ and financial services. Honeywell is a diversified technology and manufacturing corporation leading in certain aerospace markets. It specializes in segments that include aerospace products and services‚ power generation systems and specialty chemicals. Honeywell’s
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General Electric ’s Proposed Acquisition of Honeywell Synopsis and Objective: October 19‚ 2000 Honeywell’s stock was up $10 due to recent merger discussions between Honeywell and United Technologies Corporation (UTC). For every share of honeywell‚ UTC would pay 0.74 of its own stock. In other words‚ the merge would lead to a dominant supplier company in the aerospace market‚ and a strong competitor for GE. This led John F. “Jack” Welch Jr.‚ GE’s chair and CEO‚ to call Michael Bonsignore‚ chair
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GE / Honeywell’s Failed Merger GE‚ while only encompassing a limited stake in the aerospace industry‚ nevertheless faced challenges in its merger with Honeywell due to its market share in the Large Regional and Large Commercial aircraft segments. Additionally‚ the “portfolio effect” of the merger and GE’s potential to reach “end to end” monopolization of the value chain through the bundling of its financing arm (GE Capital)‚ its leasing subsidiary (GECAS)‚ and Honeywell’s avionics manufacturing
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Proposed Acquisition from the Whistle Coffee Bar Discussion The business development director of the Whistle Coffee Bar (WCB) for the UK‚ Matt Jenkins has approached Zubinos Coffee Shop (Zubinos) at the end of February 2006 with a proposal to acquire Zubinos. The bid is identified as a threat to the current management team‚ and Luis Zubino is adamant that he does not want to sell his shares to WCB. Luis Zubino owns 30% holding of Zubinos shares. Together with his wife Vivien’s shares‚ their
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FIN3CSF Case Studies in Finance Semester 2‚ 2014 Case Study 5: Valuing the Enterprise Due date: 4.00 pm‚ Monday‚ October 20th‚ 2014 CASE 49: GEs Proposed Acquisition of Honeywell On March 1‚ 2001‚ the antitrust regulatory authority of the European Commission (EC) announced that it had initiated a review of the proposed takeover of Honeywell International Inc. by General Electric Company (GE). You are required to look at this situation from the point of view of an arbitrageur Jessica Gallinelli
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additional risks if needed * and comply with all accounting standards. These objectives would help maximize shareholder values in two major ways‚ which should increase the value of the firm as shown in Exhibit 1. If the assumptions in the case are correct‚ it should reduce program costs by 15% - 20%. Second‚ if the program was successful in providing greater earnings protection – say for currency (2% negative impact on sales in 1996) or liability (Litton Systems patent infringement suite)
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Defendants‚ HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. (“Honeywell”)‚ by its attorneys‚ Michael G. McQuillen‚ Austin W. Bartlett‚ Christopher J. Raistrick and James S. Koehler of ADLER MURPHY & McQUILLEN LLP‚ and MIDWEST AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE‚ INC. (“Midwest”)‚ by its attorneys‚ Donald G. Machalinski‚ Linda J. Schneider and Steven M. Sandler of MERLO KANOFSKY GREGG & MACHALINSKI Ltd.‚ jointly move that this Honorable Court extend the time for the parties to complete fact discovery by 120 days. In support
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Introduction Facing up all the uncertainties associated with the potential acquisition between GE and Honeywell‚ Jessica Gallinelli‚ managing director of Bancroft Capital Management‚ definitely needs to consider whether and how the future news form Europe would affect the value of her fund’s arbitrage position‚ what the probability was that booth the DOJ and the Ec would approve the merger‚ and of course eventually what is the most proper and profitable tactic to take at this certain time. The
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1.Executive Summary The case study has been approached from different valuation methods to ascertain if there is value in the acquisition of Southern Comfort. These methods all yield the same result‚ i.e. Southern Comfort is expensive at the asking price of $94.6million. The valuation methods also examined the reasonableness of the acquisition using methods such as Free Cashflow Analysis‚ Book Value methods and Price Earnings ratios analysis The qualitative aspects have also been analysed to
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