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    college professor‚ Professor Benjamin Graham‚ at Columbia University for laying the foundation of value investing for him. On May 25‚ 2005‚ Buffet announced that Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiary‚ MidAmerican Energy Holding Company‚ would acquire PacifiCorp‚ an electric utility company‚ for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in liabilities and preferred stock. This was the second largest deal of his career. Buffet had previously been looking for an extremely large investment in the utility industry

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    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to: William Cochran from: subject: Pacificorp Acquistion analysis and recommendation date: The following memo analyzes MidAmerican’s potential acquisition of PacifiCorp. Contents included involve a financial analysis‚ qualitative analysis‚ valuation‚ and acquisition recommendation. After careful review‚ MidAmerican should acquire PacifiCorp at the current offering price of $9.4 billion ($5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in attached liabilities and preferred

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    Warren Buffett‚ known in the financial world as the "Oracle of Omaha"‚ has reached the summit of business excellence and has become the most judicious financial investor and is admired the world over. Warren Buffett is an investor’s icon with a magnificent ability to select companies that will yield great profit year after year. Through Warren Buffett’s case study‚ we can see many financial principles. His principles aren´t very complex and you probably don´t have to be a mathematical or a social

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    value of future expected performance. This is one of the reasons Berkshire Hathaway saw a $2.55 billion gain in their market value the day of acquiring PacifiCorp. Many times you see the firm buying out the company especially when paying a premium go down the day they acquire a company. However‚ investors did their own calculation and valued PacifiCorp at much higher than the $5.1 billion purchase price and looked at the Duke Enegy deal to acquire Cinergy for $9 billion. Another reason Berkshire’s

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    acquisition of PacifiCorp. in 2005 and the ‘Big Four’ (2) investigation and critical analysis of his 8 major investment philosophies and other important ideas such as intrinsic value‚ valuation of stocks and time value of money. I. Acquisition of PacifiCorp.. On May 24‚ 2005‚ it was announced that MidAmercian Energy Holdings Company‚ a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway‚ would acquire a private energy company‚ PacifiCorp.‚ whose parent‚ Scottish Power‚ is a listed energy company PacifiCorp.. Berkshire

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    announced that MidAmerican would purchase the regulated electric utility PacifiCorp from Scottish Power‚ for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in liabilities and preferred stock. This would be the second largest purchase of his career. After the announcement‚ stock prices for both PacifiCorp and Berkshire Hathaway increased‚ by 2.4% and 6.28% respectfully‚ which suggests market approval for the acquisition of PacifiCorp. Problem: From the increase in stock price‚ we can assume that investors

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    CASE 1: WARREN BUFFETT a) From Warren Buffett’s perspective‚ what is the intrinsic value? From Warren Buffett’s perspective‚ intrinsic value is the value will affect the future value performance of investment and business. It is defined as “the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life” (Bruner‚ 2010). Why is it accorded such importance? In view of the fact that the intrinsic value is the “only logical way” (Bruner‚ 2010) which help investor

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    Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. How well has Berkshire Hathaway performed? How well has it performed in the aggregate? What about its investment in MidAmerican

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    meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? The possible changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of acquisition announcement indicates the market approval for the acquisition and for both sellers value was created. Berkshire’s Class A shares price

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    Case study 1 (a) What is the intrinsic value? A: The intrinsic value is a way to estimate the real value of a company or a capital‚ according to the present value of its future cash flow. Why is the intrinsic value so important? A: Intrinsic value is all important and is the only logical way to evaluate the relative attractiveness of investments and businesses. It shows investors the growth ability and profitability of the company or capital‚ which focus on its future trends. How to estimate

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