As explained on the "cash to boot" page of this website‚ mergers between corporations sometimes are paid for with a combination of stock and cash‚ which provides a unique accounting challenge. The general tax rule is that you must pay capital gains tax on such a transaction‚ but only to the extent of "cash to boot" which is the amount of cash you actually received. (It’s technically called a Section 368 reorg.) In some cases‚ such as Fording Canadian and the Wyeth merger with Pfizer‚ the
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Case 7: News Corp. in 2005‚ Consolidating the DirecTV acquisition The case focuses on the acquisition and consolidation of DirecTV by media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. After the acquisition‚ Murdoch’s content-and-distribution empire spanned four continents‚ with more than 26 million subscribers. Murdoch‚ News Corp.’s chairman‚ had ambitions to build one of the most powerful media companies in the world. He aspired to have a balance between subscription and advertising revenue‚ the best
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share ranking of the pharmaceutical sector by revenues‚ the leader in 2003 was Pfizer‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ Merck‚ Johnson & Johnson and Aventis. However‚ due to patent expirations and new successful drug launches‚ the ranking of top pharmaceutical companies constantly faces numerous variations. The most sold drug in 2003 was Lipitor manufactured by Pfizer‚ with a global market share of 2.2%‚ or equivalently sales worth $10.3 billion. During this time‚ there were 64 blockbusters (products generating
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bidder and target. KIRSTEN • Background on the two companies: give a brief strength‚ weakness‚ opportunity‚ threat (SWOT) analysis. Comment on recent stock market performance by the companies. – KIRSTEN. • Valuation of target company: using the comparable companies or comparable transactions approach and actual numbers from the companies’ recent balance sheets and financial statements‚ place a valuation on the target company. Show your calculations in the text or appendix. JAMES
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Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Massmart: will the effects be detrimental rather than beneficial? The recently approved acquisition of a 51% stake in Massmart by Wal-Mart has brought about a lot of speculation as to whether this deal will mainly positively impact South Africa’s GDP or not. By investing in the African market‚ Wal-Mart will to a greater extent impact South Africa’s labour market as well as lead to the growth of the retail industry at a faster rate‚ thus positively impacting growth in the
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holders of debt issued by Basell AF in 2005 allege that The Bank of New York Mellon‚ as indenture trustee‚ breached its contractual and fiduciary obligations by executing an intercreditor agreement in 2007 in connection with Basell’s acquisition of Lyondell Chemical Company. Plaintiffs
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Use the following information for Questions 1 and 2: A stock has a required return on 11 percent. The risk-free is 7 percent‚ and the market risk premium is 4 percent. What is the stock’s beta? 1.2 1.1 1.0* 0.9 If the market risk premium increases to 6 percent‚ what will happen to the stock’s required rate of return? 6.00% 7.00% 11.00% 13.00%* Stock R has a beta of 1.5‚ Stock S has a beta of 0.75‚ the expected rate of return on an average stock is 13 percent‚ and the risk-free
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the characteristics of the companies that would use each? The characteristics of the companies that would use either a job-related system or a process system would be determining how many of the products would be made at the same time. For instance an apple factory would use a process system where a job-related system would be a company that does tax returns (Kinney & Raiborn‚ 2013‚ p 150). * Describe the three valuation method alternatives. The three valuation method alternatives are: actual
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Valuation Ratios in the Restaurant Industry Case Study Rahul Tiwari 3060267 Q1 Drivers of P/E ratio and P/B ratio Future earnings growth Expected earnings growth which affects future ROE. The future earnings of a company are expected to be due to its future growth potential which may be predicted by numerous indicators including forecasted sales growth rate due to market share gains etc. Operational efficiency Such as metrics such as ROA which according to Duponts analysis is composed of Asset
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Running Header: JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Borislav Belenov‚ Wade Brashear‚ Jamie Clausen‚ Paul Collier‚ Nicole Hagan and Melissa Lein Managerial Finance Chadron State College Professor Steve Stoner May 2009 David Neeleman is the founder of JetBlue Airways‚ which began under the name of “New Air” in 1999. Many JetBlue executives were previously employed by Southwest Airlines‚ a competitor in the area of low cost travel. However‚ Mr. Neeleman’s vision was
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