MONTHLY M&A INSIDER OCTOBER 2012 A MERGERMARKET REPORT ON GLOBAL M&A ACTIVITY EDITION CONTENTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW AMERICAS: LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA ABOUT MERRILL CORPORATION 01 09 18 29 41 52 62 MONTHLY M&A INSIDER Part of The Mergermarket Group MERGERMARKET www.mergermarket.com 80 Strand London‚ WC2R 0RL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)20 7059 6100 f: +44 (0)20 7059 6101 sales@mergermarket.com 11 West 19th Street 2nd fl. New York‚ NY
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A merger is a combination of two companies where one corporation is completely absorbed by another corporation. The less important company loses its identity and becomes part of the more important corporation‚ which retains its identity. It may involve absorption or consolidation. Merger is also defined as amalgamation. Merger is the fusion of two or more existing companies. All assets‚ liabilities and the stock of one company stand transferred to Transferee Company in consideration of payment in
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Alvarez Valencia (1310200) University Canada West Dr. Paul Rome MGMT 661 Strategic Management Tuesday‚ May 12‚ 2015 Introduction and Problem Identification In this case study we will identify the problems that can be issued in the process of the merger between two of the largest commodities traders in the world‚ Glencore and Xstrata. It will provide the background of both companies‚ the situation analysis‚ identification of alternatives Companies Background. Glencore had been a trading company
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ACQUISITION STRUCTURE 1.0 1.1 1.2 Objectives Introduction Mergers and acquisitions 1.2.1 Types of Mergers 1.2.2 Advantages of merger and acquisition 1.3 1.4 1.5 Legal procedure of merger and acquisition Financial evaluation of a merger/acquisition Financing techniques in merger/Acquisition 1.5.1 Financial problems after merger and acquisition 1.5.2 Capital structure after merger and consolidation 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Regulations of mergers and takeovers in India SEBI Guidelines for Takeovers Summary
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Acquisition of Lodestone by Infosys Aayush Nangru | 11BM60023 In September 2012‚ Infosys announced the acquisition of Zurich-based Lodestone Holding AG‚ a leading management consultancy firm‚ for 330 million Swiss francs ($345 million or Rs.1‚925 crore). Lodestone advises international companies on strategy and process optimization‚ and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP ’s enterprise solutions. Lodestone clocked revenues of $210 million in 2011. Of this‚
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There have been several benefits for CEMEX and its global competitors derived from globalization: (strategic group‚ part of the big six competitiors) International trade offered opportunities to arbitrage price differentials. Import from low cost countries and sell to 3rd parties to profit on arbitrage. FDI: After been exposed to the countervailing duty‚ CEMEX acquired a 1 million ton cement plant in Texas to reinforce its ready mix of cement and distribution facilities in US. Firewall protection
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1. Newell’s corporate-level strategy is to grow and become “big enough to get attention” from its big buyers‚ such as the Walmart‚ Sears‚ Kmart (back then)‚ etc. The company’s CEO John McDonough saw the acquisition of other smaller companies as a way of achieving the $10 billion market value threshold‚ which would give Newell leverage and bargaining power over their big clients and fulfil the corporate-level strategy. Once a smaller company is acquired by Newell almost immediately it goes through
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On the Importance of Managing Intangible Assets as Part of Corporate Strategy Abstract: Given that a high number of companies return value to investors via acquisition rather than a public offering the development of intangible assets is the bait that sets up the acquisition. This paper discusses how companies can fast track to high valuation by strategic growth of certain intangible assets such as customer tribes‚ brands‚ and intellectual property‚ comparing those strategies to larger companies
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Story 1 – Facebook buys Whatsapp Facebook has bought instant messaging service Whatsapp for £11bn‚ giving Facebook access to Whatsapp 450 million users. The deal was split into £2.4bn in cash‚ £7.2bn in Facebook shares and £1.8bn in restricted stock awards for the Whatsapp founders and employees. Facebook has also paid a break fee of £1.2bn (Rushton 2014). Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp can be described as a hostile takeover in effort for Facebook to monopolize on the Internet market
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Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer There are many ways of acquiring a business. Among them‚ there are mergers and business transfer that convert two different companies into a company‚ and comprehensive stock exchange and share acquisition allows for the acquisition of management control of other companies without changing the legal entity. To summarize the concept of mergers and business transfer: first‚ the merger is a method of amalgamating
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