Case Study: RJR Nabisco By July 20‚ 2013 One of the most famous leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that have has been studied is the RJR Nabisco LBO. There was also a movie made about this LBO entitled Barbarians at the Gate‚ which you may be interested in watching. Review this case study in Chapter 7 of your text and conduct your own research. In a 3–4-page case study‚ address the following: 1. Discuss the background of the case. Who were the players? What prompted this leveraged buyout (LBO)
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1. What is the total value of RJR Nabisco under (a) the pre-bid operating strategy? (b) the Management Group’s operating strategy? (c) KKR’s operating strategy? Approach We used the APV approach to value the company under each of the three scenarios. To do so‚ we needed to find the free cash flow‚ debt tax shield‚ and the discount rate‚ which is ra. This rate should be applicable across all three scenarios‚ because it is not dependent on the operations of the company. We then needed to value
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Harvard Business School 9-290-021 Rev. August 7‚ 1995 RJR Nabisco - 1990 In the spring of 1990‚ the firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) was in negotiation with lenders regarding the refinancing of a $1.2 billion bridge loan due to be repaid in full by February‚ 1991. The bridge loan was part of the $24 billion financing of KKR’s leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco in early 1989. Originally‚ KKR had planned to retire the loan with the proceeds of a $1.25 billion public offering of
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Financial Risk Management R.J. Reynolds International Financing HBS Case 9-287-057 The case is set in the context of RJR’s 1985 financing of its $4.9 billion acquisition of Nabisco Brands Inc. To finance the acquisition‚ RJR was proposing the issue of $1.2 billion of 12 year notes and the same amount in preferred stock. It had already funded $1.5 billion of the acquisition leaving $1 billion more to finance. Challenges facing RJR: Of the $1.5 billion that had been funded‚ $500 million came from
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firms to acquire RJR Nabisco. Finally‚ the private equity takeover firm‚ Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) was responsible for the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. This was documented in several articles in The Wall Street Journal by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. These articles were later used as the basis of a bestselling book‚ Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco‚ and then into a made-for-TV film. As a result‚ in February 1989‚ RJR Nabisco paid executive
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Nabisco Oreo Cookies‚ a brand that is older than the automobile assembly line. It is estimated that an average of 4.3 billion cookies have been eaten each year over the last 90 years. How does the number one sandwich cookie remain number one and not crumble? This paper will examine the marketing messages conveyed via television‚ print‚ and point of purchase for the 91-year-old sandwich cookie created in 1912. Secondly‚ an overview evaluating message positioning as it relates to the appeal of the
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the origin of the Oreo cookie II. Body A. History and beginning of the Oreo cookie. 1. First of all‚ milk’s favorite cookie‚ the Oreo is filled with history. On March 6‚ 1912 at the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco) in New York it made its debut. 2. The sandwich cookies were originally available in two flavors: lemon meringue and cream‚ lemon meringue discontinued in the 1920s. 3. Were sold for 30 cents per pound B
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Strategic Process Management – Nabisco 1) Introduction Nabisco is 1 of Kraft’s billion-dollar brands which is dated back to as far as more than a century since 1898 when the United States Baking Company‚ the New York Biscuit Company and the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company formed to become the National Biscuit Company. “Nabisco” first appeared on a new sugar wafer product in 1901‚ but the corporate name did not change from National Biscuit Company to Nabisco‚ Inc. until 1971. Kraft Food
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Case Study – Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast Foods Industry Submitted in the requirements for Section 1‚ Question 1 in TMA 4 MBA5921 on 28 September 2009 with a word count of 1976 Masters in Business Administration at the University of South Africa Table of Contents Page 1 Summary 3 2 Introduction 3 3 Value Creation in KFC 4 4 Strategic Issues Facing KFC 6 5 Conclusion 8 6 References 9 1. Summary Kentucky
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