Memo for Valuing Cross-Border LBO of Yell Group Group 5: Li Xiao‚ Xia Liu‚ Minghao Gu‚ Shine Li Table of Contents 1. Purpose and Overview 2. Acquiring Yell Group Is a Good Choice for Apax and Hicks Muse 2.1 Directory Industry has enjoyed fast growth both in U.K. and U.S. 2.2 Yell Group is a good LBO candidate 2.3 Apax and Hicks Muse are experienced media investors 3. Valuation 3.1 Valuation Method 3.2 FCF of BT Yellow Pages 3.3 FCF of Yellow Book USA 3.4 Interest Tax Shield 3
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Bidding on the Yell Group 1. Introduction Yell Group consists of two businesses that are operating across countries. Yellow Page is a classified directory business in the UK‚ while Yellow Book is an independent directory business in the USA. These businesses are currently owned by British Telecom which is under pressure to reduce its heavy debt load and had been wavering for months about the future of these two Yellow Pages divisions. Apax Partner and Hick Muse are two private equity firms
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Executive summary 2 PART 1: Valuation of the Yell Group 3 LBO Potential 3 Financial structure 3 Ownership structure 4 Potential cultural differences 4 Valuation 4 PART 2 : Readings 10 Bond prices and takeovers 10 Abnormal Bond Returns 10 Impact on bond returns of different legal standards in case of cross-border acquisitions 11 Sources of financing takeovers 11 References 14 Executive summary The Yell group is consists of BT Yellow Book Yellow Pages USA and
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Case Study Preparation Questions Valuing a Cross-Border LBO: Bidding on the Yell Group Shiyu Liu 1. Include a paragraph to summarize the case. A group of private equity investors – Apax Partner and Hick Muse are two private equity firms that are interested in buying the Yell Group. Yell Group comprises of two businesses that operated in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Yellow Pages is a classified directory business in the UK while Yellow Book is an independent directory business
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Investors led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group will buy TXU Corp.‚ the largest power producer in Texas‚ for $45 billion in the biggest- ever leveraged buyout.The investors are providing $8.5 billion in cash and the rest of the deal will be debt‚ according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout firms will put up $5 billion and Goldman Sachs is investing $1.5 billion‚ Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.‚ Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley are also investing. KKR‚ run by
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Borders Group‚ Inc. Logistic Management OUTLINE The book industry Borders Group‚ Inc. Phantom Stockout Borders.com & Future Step Q&A The Book industry In book industry‚ the product variety was enormous with more than 50‚000 titles‚ the variety of formats in which books were available had also increased. (Audio‚ leather‚ hardcover‚ paperback‚ and e-book) The sales market of book industry in U.S.A 1.68 billion in 1960s The industry
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presents competing theoretical viewpoints about the factors that may potentially be influential in determining the outcome of cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions and therefore this study aims to summarize empirical findings to reach a conjoint result. This done through consideration of factors at structural level and organizational level‚ ensuring the success of cross-border M&As. The most important factor considered is the organizational culture and national level differences at the structural
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Process of Lenovo and IBM Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Cross-border mergers and acquisitions are very complex investment activities. The process of mergers and acquisitions involve all aspects of professional knowledge‚ only depend on both sides of enterprise is difficult to complete. In the process of Lenovo mergers IBM PC business‚ the functions of intermediary organizations are very important. Such as in 2003‚ Lenovo hired Mckinsey as their strategic consultant to comprehensive understanding
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Cross Border Capital Flows Introduction The global crisis‚ in its evolving phases since 2007‚ has vividly demonstrated the extent to which cross border capital flows tie economies together. From the spread of the crisis from the United States to the global economy in 2008‚ to the jitters caused across the world‘s financial markets by recent tensions in the Euro Area‚ with surges of inflows into fast growing emerging markets‚ and more recently into ―safe haven‖ currencies‚ it is clear that the
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SEMINAR REPORT CROSS BORDER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTRODUCTON Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can aid‚ finance‚ or help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin or a new field or new location without creating a subsidiary
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