Introduction The William Wrigley Jr. Company is the largest manufacturer and distributor of chewing gum‚ with a well consolidated market position. Due to new products and foreign expansion‚ its previous revenues have grown at an annual rate of 10% and its stock price regularly outperforms the S&P 500 as well the industry index. It is a conservatively financed firm with total assets of $1.76 billion and zero debt as of 2001. The purpose of this case study revolves around how should they use a $3
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Statement of the Problem: The William Wrigley Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of chewing gum. Over the preceding two years‚ revenues had grown at an annual compound rate of 10% and earnings grew 9%‚ these increases are a direct result of the introduction of new products and foreign expansion. As illustrated in the graphical diagrams in Exhibit 4 (appendix)‚ the company’s stock price had significantly outperformed the S&P 500 Composite Index‚ and performed slightly ahead
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and the wacc might be if wrigley pursued this capital structure change. The projected cost of debt would depend on her assessement of wrigley’s debt rating after recapitalization and on current capital market rates. WACC before recapitalization Wrigley’s pre recapitalization WACC is 10.9%‚ the cost of equity assumes a risk free rate of 5.65% for 20 years US treasuries in the case exhibit 7; a risk premium is assumed 7% (or 5%)‚ and uses Wrigley’s current beta of 0.75 (case Exhibit 5). 4. WACC
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INTRODUCTION * Wrigley has a one sided capital structure * Their interest rates has been at their lowest in 50 years * However‚ they have the leading market share in a stale low technology business * Blanka Dobrynin‚ the managing partner of Aurora Borealis LLC (a company who used a hedge fund to invest in companies who are in distress‚ merger arbitrage‚ change-of-control transactions‚ and recapitalization) wanted to investigate a potential investment of $3B in Wrigley * Wrigley being an
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EFB340- FINANCE CAPSTONE Case Study 1- The William Wrigley Jr. Company: Capital Structure‚ Valuation‚ and Cost of Capital Group: 4-4 ABSTRACT This report examines the impact a $3 billion bond issue will have on the value of the William Wrigley Jr. Company. When analysing its various impacts‚ the expectations that arise as a result of the leveraged recapitalisation include an increase in the share price & cost of capital and reduced earnings per share. In essence‚ the potential benefits
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March 11‚ 2014 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: In my experience‚ I have seen a steady decline in the use of debt financing. Upon closer inspection‚ I have noticed that your company uses no debt at all. As an experienced hedge fund manager‚ I am concerned that your management is missing valuable opportunities by excluding debt from your capital structure. My partner‚ Susan Chandler‚ and I have done extensive research on how undergoing a capital reconstruction process can benefit you in the
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The University of Hong Kong Case Study on WM Wrigley JR.Company. Individual Written Assignment Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Analysis of the Issues 2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 2 Current Rivalry (yellow zone) 2 Substitute (yellow zone) 3 New Market Entrants (green zone) 3 Supplier (green zone) 4 Customer (red zone) 4 Major Issues 5 Analysis of Options 5 Positioning at medium to high end in sugar confectionery 5 Developing new concepts in sugar
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WACC before recapitalization Wrigley’s prerecapitalization WACC is 10.9%. The cost of equity assumes a risk-free rate of 5.65% for 20-year U.S. Treasuries (case Exhibit 7)‚ a risk premium is assumed 7% (or 5%)‚ and uses Wrigley’s current beta of 0.75 (case Exhibit 5). 4. WACC after recapitalization The increase in leverage will affect Wrigley’s WACC in at least three ways: 1. Cost of debt: Wrigley’s debt rating will change from AAA (consistent with no debt) to a BB/B rating reflecting
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is trying to pursue. Effect of recapitalization on WACC The current WACC of Wrigley is 10.9%. Since it is all equity firm the WACC is same as cost of equity. Raising $3billion debt for repurchase of stock or dividend would change the capital structure of the firm. The raised debt‚ because of the debt tax shield under good credit ratings‚ would reduce WACC and hence increase value of the firm. But in our case‚ the WACC after including the debt structure almost remains the same (10.9 to 10.91)
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Modigliani and Miller (1958) theorem has been widely touted as the basis for capital structure theory (M&M Propositions). While previously rationalizing that a firm should be indifferent between various levels of financial leveraging – a further study ‘optimal’ level of capital structure which enhances the use of a tax shield to best offset the cost of debt. It is important to note however‚ that there are several implicit considerations & limitations that are imposed with the increase of leverage
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