Executive Summary Hampton Machine Tool Company (HMTC) was founded in 1915 to produce machine tools. Machine tools manufacturing business is highly prone to economic fluctuations. Therefore‚ success of HMTC depends upon success of other related industries. The major customers of the company are aircraft manufacturers and automobile manufacturers. Sales of HTMC boomed during 1960s‚ decreased in the mid 70s and started to recover around 1978 due to the increase in demand of military aircrafts‚ a stable
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effective. Disadvantage : * 40% payout ratio will increase the cost of debt and put at risk it s investment opportunities * According to Asquith and Mullins (1986‚36) dividend signalling is more effective for lower risk firms‚ which Gainesboro is not. * Raise the capital to pay dividend by borrowing more will lead to an increase of debt to equity ratio and consequently financial risk. Reaction of various providers of capital : * Gainesboro’s shareholding is constituted at 26%
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Mr. Jerry Eckwood‚ V.P of Louis national bank requested loan from customer named Hampton Machine Tool Hampton-requested renewal of the existing 1 million dollar loan‚ repaid time of Sep.30 Additional-asking for a 350‚000 loan for planned equipment purchases in Oct. Under terms of company’s request‚ both were to be paid back end of 1979 Background of Hampton Established in 1915‚ machine tool manufacturing business. Recent months‚ record production/profitability mid-late 1960. -Customers
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Hampton Machine Tool Company 1. Why can’t a profitable firm like Hampton repay its loan on time and why does it need more bank financing? What major developments between November 1978 and August 1979 contributed to this situation? A/ Hampton Machine Tool Company was unable to repay its loan on time due to several factors. One of such factors is the fact that the stock repurchase‚ for which the loan was initially requested‚ was a major cash disbursement of $3 million. In the period between November
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The Starnes-Brenner Machine Tool Company of Iowa City‚ Iowa‚ has a small one-man sales offi ce headed by Frank Rothe in La- tino‚ a major Latin American country. Frank has been in Latino for about 10 years and is retiring this year; his replacement is Bill Hunsaker‚ one of Starnes-Brenner’s top salespeople. Both will be in Latino for about eight months‚ during which time Frank will show Bill the ropes‚ introduce him to their principal customers‚ and‚ in general‚ prepare him to take
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How might various providers of capital (shareholders and creditors) react if Gainesboro repurchased its shares? Should Gainesboro do so? Repurchasing shares or share buyback: – Open market repurchases (buy over time as other investors) – Tender offer (buy shares at a precise date) – Targeted repurchase (buy from major shareholder There are ways for shareholders to receive cash without being paid dividends. A firm can buy back some of its shares with the advantage being that most investors
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Zachary Duffy Hampton Machine Tool Company From the point of view as the bank creditor‚ Jerry Eckwood‚ a determination must be made of whether Hampton Machine Tool Company should receive an extension of their original loan of $1 million‚ as well as an additional loan of $350‚000. After research and careful consideration and extraneous research and forecasting‚ we‚ St. Louis National Bank‚ as well as myself‚ Jerry Eckwood‚ have determined to reject Hampton Machine Tool Company’s loan request‚ as
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Hampton Machine Tool Case Group 5: Laura Lafitte‚ Joe Loden‚ Chris Ingham‚ Keenen Leake‚ and Humberto Maldonado Hampton Machine Tool Company was founded in 1915 and began supplying parts to military and automobile companies. Beginning in the 1960’s‚ heavy increases in defense spending prompted by the Vietnam War in conjunction with a blossoming automobile industry allowed Hampton Machine Tool Company to experience a period of high growth and increased profitability. By the mid-1970’s‚ defense spending
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Financial Management Case Study-Payout: Gainesboro I. The goals of Gainesboro i. Corporate Goals Management expected the firm to grow at an average annual compound rate of 15% and reach $2.0 billion in sales and $160 million in net income through 2011. ii. Recent strategy of Gainesboro The company devoted a greater share of its research-and-development budget to CAD/CAM as to reestablish its leadership in the field. The company also underwent two massive restructurings‚ including selling
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MOTION IN MACHINE TOOLS A machine tool is a machine for making components of a given shape‚ size and accuracy as per the requirements by removing material from the workpiece by using a cutting tool to operate upon the workpiece. Machine tools are capable of producing themselves therefore the machine tools are quite often referred to as mother machine. In the manufacturing processes‚ machine tools are the most versatile and almost any product can be produced with them. The machine tools should able
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