UVA-F-1415-SSRN v 1.2 JETBLUE AIRWAYS IPO VALUATION My neighbor called me the other day and she said‚ ’You have an interesting little boy. ’ Turns out‚ the other day‚ she asked my son Daniel what he wanted for Christmas. And he said‚ ’I want some stock. ’ ’Stock? ’ she said. ’Don ’t you want video games or anything? ’ ’Nope‚ ’ he said‚ ’I just want stock. JetBlue stock. ’ --David Neeleman‚ CEO and Founder‚ JetBlue Airways It was the first week of April 2002‚ barely two years since the first
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PROJECT ON “INVESTMENT IN IPO: AN ANALYSIS” Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration (2006-2008) TABLE OF CONTENTS * ABSTRACT……………………………………………………2 * INTRODUCTION ABOUT IPO………………………………..9 -EVOLUTION AND GROWTH OF INDIAN PRIMARY MARKET -REGULATORY FRAMEWORK -PROCEDURE FOR IPO -BUY BACK OF SHARES -ROLE OF INTERMEDIARIES -IPO GRADING * REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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William Brent February 3rd 2009 JetBlue Airways: IPO Valuation Table of Content I. Statement of Problem II. Alternative Solutions III. Analysis of the Alternatives IV. Final Recommendation V. Appendix I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM David Neeleman‚ CEO of JetBlue Airways and his management team have realized that JetBlue is still making profit despite the many challenges facing the airline industry after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. Despite
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\ Pinnacle Foods Inc.: Initial Public Offering MACKK Consulting Group BSAD 444.20 April 1st‚ 2013 Company History Pinnacle Foods Group is a food packaging company specializing in shelf stable and frozen food categories. The company was formed in 1998 as Vlasic Foods International‚ acquiring several food-manufacturing brands such as Swanson TV dinners and Open Pit from the Campbell Soup Company. Pinnacle’s portfolio of iconic brands dates back in existence to the 1800s. The earliest brand
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analysis on the recent announcement of Twitter’s IPO. The tweet heard around the world came yesterday afternoon stating‚ “We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.” Immediately Wall Street was running wild with speculation over what the company could be worth‚ who the underwriters were‚ and whether or not Main Street investors would get fleeced as badly on this IPO as they all did on Facebook. The analysts in
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Executive Summery “Going Public is like planning a child. Once the idea catches hold‚ it just grows and grows. Your life becomes more complicated. It will cost you a lot of money. And….it can be a very‚ very rewarding experience” Anonymous The main purpose of the report is to provide a basic idea of Initial Public Offering (IPO). In this report we try to find out‚ what are steps a company has to go through for IPO‚ according to the
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Creating Public Shares According to Brau and Fawcet (2004)‚ the most common reason CFOs choose to provide an IPO on their firm is to create public shares for use in future acquisitions. While Rosetta Stone may not have immediate acquisition plans‚ the public offering of their shares will provide new capital for them to continue to expand. Only 5% of their revenue comes from outside of the United States‚ and with increased capital from an IPO‚ Rosetta Stone can look to pursue new markets (Schill
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Spring Arbor University invited the duo Gungor to come to preform a concert on campus. Before the concert‚ I wasn’t very familiar with their music besides one song the chapel band preforms. Although‚ I wasn’t very familiar with their work I was willing to experience something new. I was excited to attend the concert because I now have a better understanding of music because of Music Foundations class. The first thing I notice about the concert was the setting‚ which shows a lot about the band and
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Group’s IPO 1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them? 2. If you were an LP in Blackstone‚ how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public? 3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP? 4. As a potential employee‚ how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public? Case (1)：The
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Name: Roll no: 2011203 Div: Finance B MMS II Law assignment: IPO Promoters Role INTRODUCTION The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has tightened rules governing promoter contributions in initial public offerings by mandating a one-year lock-in period on such holdings from the date of allotment of shares to other shareholders of the company. Presently only 20% of the promoters’ share in the IPO is subject to such lock-in. Sebi has introduced this and a slew of other changes
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