Contents 1. REPORT SUMMARY 1 2. OVERVIEW OF GENERAL MILLS‚ INC. 1 3. OVERVIEW OF DIAGEO PLC AND PILLSBURY COMPANY 2 4. OVERVIEW OF GENERAL MILLS’ ACQUISITION OF PILLSBURY 3 5. GENERAL MILLS’ STRATEGIC MOTIVES FOR ACQUIRING PILLSBURY 4 6. IS THE DEAL ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE? 5 6.1. VALUATION OF PILLSBURY (WITHOUT SYNERGIES) 5 6.2. VALUE OF SYNERGIES (COST SYNERGIES) 5 6.3. VALUE OF CLAWBACK 6 6.4. VALUE OF GENERAL MILLS’ STOCK PAYMENT 9 6.5. VALUE OF DEBT ASSUMED 9 7. RECOMMENDATION FOR
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DIAGEO “Celebrating life‚ Every day‚ Everywhere” Will Harrison Bus. Finance 10/10/2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Quantitative Analysis_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3-4 a. Performance Overview _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 b. Trends_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 c. Industry Comparisons_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 II. Qualitative Analysis_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5-7 III. Sales Pitch_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 IV. References_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 QUANTITATIVE In 2012
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across the businesses that make up the organization Corporate parent refers to all those levels of management that are not part of customer facing and profit run business units in multi-business companies Growth Strategies According to Ansoff (1965) organizations can pursue four different growth strategies: Market penetration Increase market share in your existing markets using your existing products Market development Entering new markets with your existing products Product
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in Diageo. Date: 28th of March 2014 Introduction I am going to establish how the different stakeholders attempt to influence Diageo and to what extent they have been successful. Methods To rate Diageo’s stakeholders by their influence‚ helped Diageo’s website page which define their stakeholders as all those who affect or are affected by Diageo’s business. They include internal and external stakeholders. A table in the website page sets out each stakeholder group and examples how Diageo currently
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Diageo is a company that produces and distributes alcoholic beverages. Its products include all three branches of this industry – spirits‚ wine and beer. The brands that the company produces include well-known names like Smirnoff‚ Johny Walker scotch whiskey‚ Baileys‚ Captain Morgan rum‚ Tanqueray gin‚ Guiness beer‚ Don Perignon champagne‚ and many others. One can find the products produced by this company in nearly 180 countries all around the world. The company’s offices are located in 80 countries
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11PGDMHR22 | Contents DIAGEO- UNITED SPIRITS LIMITED DEAL 3 CONDITIONS TO THE DEAL 3 VALUATIONS 4 LEGAL ADVISORS 5 BENEFITS FOR DIAGEO 6 BENEFITS FOR UNITED SPIRITS 7 POST ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT 8 CONCLUSIVE ANALYSIS 8 DIAGEO- UNITED SPIRITS LIMITED DEAL On 9th November‚ 2012 Vijay Mallya owned United Breweries Holdings ‚ United Spirits and global drinks major Diageo announced a deal‚ which will see Diageo acquire a majority stake in United Spirits. Diageo will acquire 19.3
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Weaknesses 7 Market/Submarket Analysis 8 Submarkets 8 Market Trends 8 Distribution Channels 9 Customer Analysis 10 Wine 10 Spirits 10 Competitor Analysis 11 Direct & Indirect Competition 11 Top Three Competitors 11 Diageo 11 Brown-Forman 12 Constellation Brands 13 Comprehensive Strategic Assessment 14 Using Strengths to Maximize Opportunities and Mitigate Weaknesses 14 Strategic Recommendation 14 Implementation 15 Bibliography 16 [pic] Executive
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GENERAL MILLS’ ACQUISITION OF PILLSBURY FROM DIAGEO PLC General Mills is a major manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods in partnership with Pepsi Co. and Nestle. General Mills’ revenue is about 7.5 dollars with a market capitalization numbering to about 11 billion dollars. Its products are cereals‚ snacks‚ yogurt and many more and with this‚ they have to decide about an acquisition of another business which complements their products for them to be able to create more shares of stocks
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Clarke‚ K. (2007). Multi-channel strategy. Retrieved on April 11‚ 2007 from the Website: http://www.retailforward.com/consulting/services.asp Cohn‚ T Drucker‚ P.F. (1955). The Practice of Management‚ London: Heinemann. Drucker‚ P Gardner‚ R. (2004). Diageo holds pitch for Smirnoff Ice business. Campaign (UK); 8/13/2004 Issue 33‚ p4-4‚ 1/5p‚ 1c. Retrieved on April 11‚ 2007 from the EBSCO database. Gilligan‚ C Gooze‚ M. and Harms‚ J. (2007). Best Practices: Marketing Strategy. Retrieved on May 16‚ 2007
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analyzing main marketing activities of Guinness- Diageo. An examination of the organization’s orientation was analysed‚ strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats peculiar to Guinness Diageo was reviewed in comparison with academic literatures. The competitive advantage Guinness Diageo has over its competitors was reviewed and the impact‚ positive and negative‚ of the organization’s marketing mix was subsequently evaluated. BACKGROUND OF DIAGEO Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business
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