Savannah Paterson FINAN Case Questions #5 Toys “R” Us LBO 1. What are the risks and merits of the transaction? This LBO transaction has both risk and profit potential. KKR‚ Bain‚ and Vornado Realty Trust face risk because the industry that Toys “R” Us (toys) is currently in‚ the retail toy industry‚ is in a decline. Industry sales have been down 4% in the last year‚ and analysts don’t have a positive projection for future sales in the US. This declining industry‚ and threat of new competitors
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Innovation investment funds‚ Journal of Business Venturing 22‚ 193-235. Cumming‚ D.‚ Walz‚ U.‚ 2010‚ Private equity returns and disclosure around the world. Cotter‚ J.‚ Peck S.‚ 2001‚ The structure of debt and active equity investors: The case of the buyout specialist‚ Journal of Financial Economics 59‚ 101-147. Demiroglu‚ C.‚ James‚ C.‚ 2010‚ The role of private equity group reputation in LBO financing‚ Journal of Financial Economics 96‚ 306-330. Ellis‚ J.A.‚ Moeller‚ S.B.‚ Schlingemann‚ F.P.‚ Stulz
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Bidding on the Yell Group 1. Introduction Yell Group consists of two businesses that are operating across countries. Yellow Page is a classified directory business in the UK‚ while Yellow Book is an independent directory business in the USA. These businesses are currently owned by British Telecom which is under pressure to reduce its heavy debt load and had been wavering for months about the future of these two Yellow Pages divisions. Apax Partner and Hick Muse are two private equity firms
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1. How would you describe Zara’s financial performance? Since only Inditex historical financials are shown in the case‚ we took the financials of Inditex to describe Zara’s financial performance. It is reasonable to take Inditex financial data because Zara made up 76% of Inditex’s sales in 2001. Zara (Inditex) Financial Performance in 1996-2001 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Liquidity Ratio (current ratio) 0.81 1.00 0.88 0.87 0.90 1.02 Leverage Ratio (debt/ equity) 1.98 1.84 1
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Betas provide a convenient measure of systematic risk of the volatility of an asset relative to the market volatility. J.Choi & M.Richardson (n.d) stated that the asset volatility is time-varying and that financial leverage matters and has a large influence on equity volatility. Besides that‚ the systematic risk is defined as the probability that the financial system as a whole might become unstable‚ rather that the health of individual market participants (E.V.Murphy‚ 2012). Sometimes‚ systematic
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Final Case Write Up Details “Toys “R” Us LBO” Due Date: Last day of class (December 10‚ 2010) Teams: 1 or 2 students. Write up: This write up should be done as if you were submitting it to a superior at work. Thus you should state your main conclusions early and clearly. Messy and long exhibits should be kept to a minimum and placed in the back. Your assumptions and work in general should be easy to follow and well organized. The write up should be long enough that your arguments
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Why is the senior management of HCA pursuing an LBO of the firm? Prior to the LBO offer‚ HCA was suffering from poor market performance. The firm’s bad-debt expense was growing at a rate faster than anticipated. In 2005‚ uninsured emergency visits and uninsured admissions increased by 9.9% and 8.9% respectively‚ and it is estimated nationally that 85% of uninsured do not pay their medical bills. Moreover‚ the uninsured population was growing at a faster pace in the states HCA operated in than nationally
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1. Why are the private equity sponsors pursuing an IPO of Hertz at this time – that is‚ what is the purpose of the IPO? The sponsors wanted cash in order fund another special dividend. They felt that even though they had only owned the company for short time‚ they were in the perfect position to sell it. There are several reasons why 2006 was an opportune time for the IPO of Hertz. The market was on the rise with the S&P up over 10% on the year. The IPO market itself was incredibly strong‚ outperforming
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BIDDING FOR HERTZ November 19‚ 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April 2005‚ Ford announced its intention to investigate possible strategic alternatives for Hertz. At the same time‚ Ford’s stock price went down significantly. This negative reaction from the market shows Ford’s lack of confidence in its future operation‚ since Hertz is one of the strongest subsidiaries and revenue sources for Ford. Even though Ford would lose significant value of itself in this transaction‚ the slump in Ford’s
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