1. Do you think Mercury is an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? Mercury is an appropriate target for AGI. AGI is looking to increase its revenue and profit by utilizing synergies. The initial aim of AGI for acquiring Mercury Athletics is to increase leverage with contract manufacturers and to boost the cooperation with the retailers and distributors. AGI was one of the most profitable and successful companies in the market segment, but the firm’s size re mained rather small in comparison
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1. Do you think Mercury is an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? Mercury is an appropriate target for AGI. AGI is looking to increase its revenue and profit by utilizing synergies. The initial aim of AGI for acquiring Mercury Athletics is to increase leverage with contract manufacturers and to boost the cooperation with the retailers and distributors. AGI was one of the most profitable and successful companies in the market segment, but the firm’s size remained rather small in comparison
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------------------------------------------------- Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity By Christian Daba Submitted To John Katkish Background West Coast Fashions, Inc has decided to sell one of their segments, Mercury Athletic in the context of a broader reorganization. The head of the business development for Active Gear, Inc(AGI), John Liedtke, views this event as a good opportunity to acquire Mercury Athletic. Acquiring Mercury, to a large extent, is driven by that Mercury would double Active
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4050 SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 TIMOTHY A. LUEHRMAN JOEL L. HEILPRIN Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity In March 2007, John Liedtke, the head of business development for Active Gear, Inc., a privately held footwear company, was contemplating an acquisition opportunity. West Coast Fashions, Inc. (WCF), a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel had recently announced plans for a strategic reorganization. The plan called for a divestiture of certain non-core
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reorganize its company, and one of the divisions it intends to shed is Mercury Athletic (MA), its footwear division. Lietdtke knows that acquiring Mercury Athletic would roughly double Active Gear’s revenue, increase its leverage with contract manufacturers, and expand its presence with key retailers and distributors. Before hearing the pitch from Active Gear’s bankers on a possible bid, Mr. Lietdke wants to do his own evaluation of Mercury Athletic first. From a qualitative perspective, MA is an appropriate
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F745 Valuation and Capital Investments Assignment 2 | Contents Mercury Footwear 1 Appendix A-1 Mercury Footwear Question 1 We think that this acquisition makes sense for AGI, for a number of reasons. First, the Mercury product portfolio gives AGI access to growing markets that they have not had access to in the past. Specifically, Mercury’s products have become popular with a loyal market of extreme sports enthusiasts that has seen recent sales growth. This could be a nice complement
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Jide Wintoki From: Richard Smith, Scott Mitchell, Zack Gregory Re: Mercury Athletic Acquisition Based on our analysis of Mr. Liedtke’s base case projections for a potential acquisition of Mercury Athletic, we have concluded that this is a positive net present value project, and that AGI should proceed with the acquisition. Under Mr. Liedtke’s operating assumptions, we calculate the value of Mercury’s discounted cash flows to be $624.446 million, and the acquisition price to be $156.643 million, yielding
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Case Project Case # 1: Valuation “ Mercury Athletic Footwear : Valuing the Opportunity” FIN 321 Dr. Ghosh Edward Pinela Adriana Nava Kristie Tillett Grace Tung Zhibin Yang Mercury Athletic Footwear 1. Is Mercury an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? There is sufficient evidence to suggest it will be advantageous for AGI to acquire Mercury Athletics. Factored into the decision is the lack of information on the work culture both firms currently possess.
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Case Project Case # 1: Valuation “ Mercury Athletic Footwear : Valuing the Opportunity” FIN 321 Dr. Ghosh Edward Pinela Adriana Nava Kristie Tillett Grace Tung Zhibin Yang Mercury Athletic Footwear 1. Is Mercury an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? There is sufficient evidence to suggest it will be advantageous for AGI to acquire Mercury Athletics. Factored into the decision is the lack of information on the work culture both firms currently possess.
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