Overview of the Issue In the scenario given‚ without an alternative‚ OCF probably has to initiate changes in its capital structure to drive off hostile takeover attempts from Wickes. There are a few a ways the capital structure can be changed‚ i) recapitalize by retiring equity with debt (swap)‚ ii) simply assume more debt‚ iii) issue more shares‚ or iv)buy back shares. An under levered firm can increase its debt ratio by borrowing money and buying back stock or paying a super dividend to its stock
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Case Overview It is 1984‚ and Disney is the target of a potential takeover by notorious greenmailer Sual Steinberg. Disney is faced with the option of fighting the takeover through the courts and media‚ or to repurchase Steinberg’s shares‚ in effect‚ giving in to his greenmail attempt. However‚ there are many other important issues which are facing Disney. These range from Disney’s abysmal return on investment in recent theme park investments‚ to the complete failure of Disney’s motion picture
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Chinese government wanted to have just one domestic company to making the bid‚ in order to avoid a big raise in the requested price due to higher competition. An acquisition of Starwood would represent the most important takeover of a US company by a Chinese buyer; this takeover would top the 2013 purchase of Smithfield Foods for almost $7 billion. However‚ when everything seemed to be made for the Chinese-American marriage‚ on March 21 Marriott did a counterproposal by offering $79.53/share or approximately
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that operate with a high fixed cost business model‚ particularly companies that operate in cyclical end markets‚ get hit the hardest when there is a cyclical downturn or a push out of an expected spending pattern.” (“Alcatel-Lucent: Turnaround or takeover?” (2012). When the industry struggles‚ competition to meet revenue goals increase‚ and airline firms tend to either encounter significant unexpected expenses to keep up or get caught in a price war situation. As far as competition in the airline
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CHAPTER 1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research problem • To analyze the effect of going global through merger and acquisition on investors and traders long term and short term earnings respectively • Impact on companies’ financials after acquisition or after being acquired • To find out enterprise value of the company by comparing it with the peer group and analyzing the value of the firm • To analyze the difference between prospected and actual returns in terms of % daily cumulative
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The Objective in Corporate Finance “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does not matter how you get there” Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business Aswath Damodaran 2 First Principles Invest in projects that yield a return greater than the minimum acceptable hurdle rate. • The hurdle rate should be higher for riskier projects and reflect the financing mix used - owners’ funds (equity) or borrowed money (debt) • Returns on projects should be measured based on cash flows
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required for Dakota Gasworks securities? Why or why not? Reliant Energy has registered securities and faces a takeover attempt‚ or third party tender offer‚ then the SEC’s tender offer rules will apply to the transaction. The filings required by these rules provide information to the public about the person making the tender offer. The company‚ Dakota Gasworks‚ is experiencing the takeover so they must file with the SEC its responses to the tender offer. These rules set time limits for the tender
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Assignment 1: Questions for discussion Chapter 2: pg. 48 1) Outline three ways in which the behavior of the financial system could affect the level of aggregate demand in the economy. The creation of liquid assets‚ the expansion of banking and money and the changes in people’s financial wealth are three ways by which the financial system could affect the level of aggregate demand in the economy. For a real economy to expand‚ liquidity of assets is a requirement and the availability
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Increased legitimacy and trust by more collaboration & participation from citizens Citizen takeover Too many opinions‚ not enough action (gridlock) Economics Reduced costs by citizenssourcing (Maybe increase efficiency). Costly to train government officials and collect and redistribute data. Transparency in economic decision can increase the wilingness to pay taxes. Citizen takeover→ economic turmoil Social Increased involvement Increased social interaction Too much citizen
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|Introduction | | | |Globalization has enlarged the scope for efficient operations‚ cost reduction‚ economies of scale‚ better| | |customer services‚ wealth optimization‚ human resource protection‚ new technologies adoption‚ capital | | |restructuring
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