RJR Nabisco RJR NABISCO AGENDA Historical Perspective LBO Candidate Special Committee Key Players Valuations Risk Factors Post LBO Plans Final Takeover Historical Perspective Started in 1875 as a tobacco firm. In 1967 ‚ RJR entered in food‚ restaurant‚ alcohol and shipping business. In 1987: - Food Business: $9.4 billion - Tobacco Business: $ 7 billion LBO Candidate Operating under low debt Exhibited long term and non cyclical growth RJR’s break up value: Nabisco $8 to $9
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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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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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effective way for MCI Communications to finance the capital investments they had during the high growth of the company. As the stock prices rose over the time MCI forced the conversion to eliminate interest payments. They issue convertible debt and as stock prices raised a lot they reduce the leverage converting it into stocks. As the company was growing at good levels the stock price was suppose to rise. That way of financing in my opinion was a good way to finance the company due to the problems they
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Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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CEO Assignment #1 Bank Analysis - Decomposition of ROE FIN 420 – Bank Management Summary: Utilizing data contained within the Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) of a local bank‚ decompose the company’s 12/31/11 financial performance as well as information for its peer group. Analyze the results. Available Banks: Bank of Holland Grand River Bank Mercantile Bank Macatawa Bank Format: Part #1 – Obtaining Information
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The Harvard Management Company (2001) Case You will design an excel spreadsheet that allows you to answer the following questions: i) Given figures in Exhibits 4 and 11 what is the expected return and volatility of the policy portfolio? ii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same expected return as the policy portfolio but lower volatility. iii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same volatility as the policy portfolio but higher expected return. iv) Repeat question ii
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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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