Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to: William Cochran from: subject: Pacificorp Acquistion analysis and recommendation date: The following memo analyzes MidAmerican’s potential acquisition of PacifiCorp. Contents included involve a financial analysis‚ qualitative analysis‚ valuation‚ and acquisition recommendation. After careful review‚ MidAmerican should acquire PacifiCorp at the current offering price of $9.4 billion ($5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in attached liabilities and preferred
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Introduction Warren E. Buffett‚ the chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway (BH)‚ is the world’s greatest investor of the current era. From 1965 to 2007‚ BH has compounded annual gain of 20.3% while S&P has 9.3% (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2009). Most investors get normal returns and believe the market is in semi strong form. However Buffett believes the market is inefficient and acts on his own investment philosophy. This report will analysis BH’s acquisition of PacifiCorp‚ evaluate Buffett’s performance
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Buffet’s criteria for investments is important to the success of Berkshire Hathaway because Buffet’s five principles were the set of responses and patterns that Berkshire used to obtain their success. Buffet’s investment strategy‚ which consisted of five principles‚ can easily be observed throughout Berkshire Hathaway’s decision-making process. Buffet’s ability to evaluate a business while ignoring trends‚ making niche investments‚ and requiring key managers to be substantial stakeholders is the
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Berkshire Hathaway From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Type Public (NYSE: BRKA‚ NYSE: BRKB) Founded 1839 (as Valley Falls Company) Founder Warren Buffett Headquarters Omaha‚ Nebraska Area served USA Key people Warren E. Buffett (Chairman) & (CEO) Charles T. Munger (Vice Chairman) Industry Property and casualty insurance‚ Diversified investments Products Conglomerate focused on insurance Market cap US$ 196
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Individual Assignment BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Assignment Report Submitted by: Sudipt Tewari G13051 ~ Submitted to Prof. A. Kanagaraj In partial completion of Investments course Date of submission –April 20th‚ 2014 Case Summary: Berkshire Hathaway‚ Inc.’s chairman and CEO Warren Buffett‚ is the world’s third richest man. He invested in Berkshire Hathaway in 1962‚ and by 1963‚ Buffett was Berkshire’s largest shareholder. Buffett started purchasing other businesses
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Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that oversees and manages various subsidiary companies (Berkshire Hathaway‚ 2011). The current members of the Board of Directors are Warren Buffett‚ Charlie Munger‚ Walter Scott Jr.‚ Thomas Murphy‚ Howard Graham Buffett‚ Ronald Olson‚ Donald Keough‚ Charlotte Guyman‚ David Gottesman‚ Bill Gates‚ Stephen Burke‚ and Susan Decker (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2011). The primary job of the Board of Directors is to see that the
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Buffet that the substance of each of the proportionate redemptions was a dividend and not a sale of stock? In deciding how to account for an unusual or unique transaction for financial reporting purposes‚ should one consider the tax treatment applied to the transaction? Did Peat Marwick have a right to change its position on the proper accounting treatment for the stock redemptions? What factor or factors may have been responsible for Peat Marwick’s decision to change its position regarding these transactions
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Northern Santa Fe Railroad. This was a wise move for Mr. Buffett‚ which took a lot of research‚ and time‚ and knowing when to make an offer for BNSF‚ and what to offer. I feel that with age comes experience‚ and Mr. Buffet saw an opportunity and took it. BNSF was a solid investment‚ with real profit‚ cash flow and a very good future. Mr. Berkshire Hathaway’s business model was to buy large insurance companies that ensured a stabilized cash-float‚ but the purchase of BNSF may have seemed to differ
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In May 2005 Warren Buffets’ Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiary company MidAmerican Energy Holdings successfully took over the electrical utility company PacifiCorp. The company was purchased for $5.1 billion in cash plus debt assumption of $4.3 billion. The deal is the result of Buffet’s intense search‚ over several years to find an attractive acquisition. This case study evaluates the impact the acquisition has on the share price of both Berkshire Hathaway Ltd and Scottish Power. A valuation is conducted
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Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp. How does it compare
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