Capital Structure and Debt Structure* Joshua D. Rauh Kellogg School of Management and NBER Amir Sufi University of Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER February 2010 *We thank Doug Diamond‚ Anil Kashyap‚ Gordon Phillips‚ Michael Roberts‚ Toni Whited‚ Luigi Zingales‚ and seminar participants at Emory University‚ Georgetown University‚ Maastricht University‚ Rice University‚ Tilburg University‚ the University of California-Berkeley‚ the University of Chicago‚ the University of Colorado
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Restructuring the organizational structure at Kimberly-Clark In 2003‚Kimberly-Clark the maker of paper products including Kleenex‚ Haggis ‚ and Depends‚ announced it was creating a radical new structure to shore up parts of its business that were performing poorly by restructuring its product into three categories .The categories were” grow‚” “sustain‚” and “fix”-somewhat unconventional categories. They weren’t devised based on product type‚ customers‚ or the geographic location is which Kimberly-Clark
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Notes: Capital Structure by Kyung Hwan Shim University of New South Wales Australian School of Business School of Banking & Finance for FINS 1613 S1 2011 May 14‚ 2011 ∗ These notes are preliminary and under development. They are made available for FINS 1613 S1 2011 students only and may not be distributed or used without the author’s written consent. ∗ 1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Financial Leverage 3 M&M Proposition I: Capital Structure Irrelevance 4 M&M Proposition II: Capital Structure
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Verizon and MCI: A Merger that Promotes Competition August 2005 POLICY STUDY No. 05-1 by Richard E. Wagner Harris Professor of Economics George Mason University; Fairfax‚ VA and Senior Fellow‚ Public Interest Institute Mt. Pleasant‚ IA POLICY STUDY August 2005 No. 05-1 Public Interest Institute Dr. Don Racheter‚ President Verizon and MCI: A Merger that Promotes Competition POLICY STUDIES are published as needed. They are longer‚ analytical articles on important
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American Lawyer 2d yr full time possible exam – 1-1.5 on last day ------------------------------------------------- Jan. 10‚ 2012 Why take this class? * Reason 1: Leveraged acquisitions (LAs) aren’t going away * Lots of decline in 2007‚ 08‚ 09 * 10‚ 11‚ 12 little better * M&A isn’t going anywhere * LA and PE isn’t going anywhere – may decrease‚ but doubtful * Over 1 tril. avail. * Big factor: big institutional investors (pension funds
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Case2: Leveraged Recapitalization Client: Sealed Air Corporation I.Executive Summary Founded in 1960‚ Sealed Air grew rapidly during its first twenty-five years because many products had strong patent protection. By the mid-1980s‚ the patent of air cellular had run out and competition was getting fiercer. The managers started to pay attention to manufacturing. Therefore‚ the Sealed Air launched World Class Manufacturing to promote manufacturing performance. After a year
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Capital Structure Policy In the normal course of business‚ Columbia Sportswear’s financial position and results operations are subject to a variety of market risks. Those market risks include interest movements on borrowing and investment activities. As well as the volatility of currency exchange rate movement. The business is also affected by the general seasonal trends due to the nature of outdoor industry. In 2011‚ approximately 65% of the net sale and all of their profitability were realized
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Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis‚ vol.1‚ no.2‚ 2012‚ 61-81 ISSN: 2241-0988 (print version)‚ 2241-0996 (online) International Scientific Press‚ 2012 Topic: capital structure determinants of quoted firms in Nigeria and lessons for corporate financing decisions Michael Nwidobie Barine1 Abstract Financial arrangements determine how and the amount of financing that can be obtained from fund providers. An optimal allocation between equity and debt is determined by the trade-off between
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of Diageo‚ the treasury team was given the task of establishing the cost of capital for each of the different areas the company operated. The team had to create a simulation model which should consider new finance approaches‚ treasury functions to focus on‚ what the firm’s risk footprints will be‚ how to calculate cost of capital and finally how to optimally structure capital. How has Diageo managed its capital structure? Both Grand Metropolitan and Guinness had little debt prior to the merger‚
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(Table of Contents) 1. 2. 3.LBO 4.TXU 5. LBO 6. (Overview of Leveraged Buyouts) (Mechanics of an LBO Analysis) (LBO Best Practices) (TXU Case Study) (LBO Modeling) (Homework Assignment) (Appendix) 1. Overview of Leveraged Buyouts (LBO) Overview of Leveraged Buyouts An LBO is the acquisition of a company or division of a company using debt for a majority of the purchase price and equity for the remainder. The buyer (the LBO Sponsor or Equity Sponsor) borrows the debt portion of
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