JOHN M. CASE COMPANY Mergers and Acquisitions OCTOBER 6, 2015 FINA 5513D - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Syed Ali Ahmad (100978220), Long Thanh Dinh (100986227) Zeeshan Halim (100986227) Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 2 Why the J.M.C. Company is an Attractive Target for the Firm’s Management ............... 3 Why purchase the J. M. C. Company by LBO ....................
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The goal of the financial manager is to maximize the current share price or equity value of the firm. This goal encompasses many good business practices such as a good working relationship with the surrounding community. If the firm pollutes local streams, abuses local facilities such as roads, and in general does not participate in the economic advancement of the local community its share price or equity value will suffer. The local community may sue the company for its damages and the best local
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Chapter 3 The Time Value of Money Solutions to Questions 1. A rate of return is the ratio of net cash inflows to net cash outflows produced by a financial contract. It is often expressed as a percentage. The ‘financial contract’ involved may be, for example, an investment in shares, land or bonds. An interest rate is a rate of return produced by debt of one form or another. Thus, an interest rate is one type of rate of return. Simple interest is a method of calculating interest in which the interest
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FGB 380 Common Final Exam The final exam consists of 60 multiple choice and/or true false questions worth 2.5 points each. The 60 assessment items may include, but are not limited to the following: 1. The goal of the financial manager Chapter 1 Maximize stockholder’s wealth 2. Legal forms of business organization, with specific emphasis on the advantages/disadvantages of corporations Sole Proprietorship: a business owned by one individual (greatest in number of the forms) Advantages:
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Corporate Finance, 9/e Stephen A. Ross, Massachussetts Institute of Technology Randolph W. Westerfield, University of Southern California Jeffrey F. Jaffe, University of Pennsylvania ISBN: 0073382337 Copyright year: 2010 Table of Contents PART I: Overview 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance 1 1.1 | What Is Corporate Finance? | 1 | | The Balance Sheet Model of the Firm | 1 | | The Financial Manager | 3 | 1.2 | The Corporate Firm | 4 | | The Sole Proprietorship | 4 | | The
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premium over the current GEICO stock price of $55.75. This report attempts to determine a range of appropriate stock prices for GEICO. Using the Gordon dividend discount model, along with historical dividend information and projections by Value Line, we estimate the value of GEICO stock in the range of $58 to $80. A review of historical growth rates in GEICO dividends also lends credibility to the investment’s future potential. • Review of Warren Buffett’s investment record. While our analysis lends credence
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8-2 Suppose that a thirty-year U.S. Treasury bond offers a 4 percent coupon rate, paid semiannually. The market price of the bond is $1,000, equal to its par value. a. What is the payback period for this bond? b. With such a long payback period, is the bond a bad investment? c. What is the discounted payback period for the bond, assuming its 4 percent coupon rate is the required return? What general principle does the example illustrate regarding a project’s life, its discounted payback period
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Pozen, MFS Investment Management; Anne Madden, Honeywell International; Aileen Stockburger, Johnson & Johnson; Forbes Alexander, Jabil Circuit; Steve Munger and Don Chew, Morgan Stanley. Moderated by Jeff Greene, Ernst & Young Liquidity, the Value of the Firm, and Corporate Finance 32 Yakov Amihud, New York University, and Haim Mendelson, Stanford University Real Asset Valuation: A Back-to-Basics Approach 46 David Laughton, University of Alberta; Raul Guerrero, Asymmetric Strategy
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relative attractiveness of a bond. We begin with an explanation of how to compute the yield on any investment. COMPUTING THE YIELD OR INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN ON ANY INVESTMENT The yield on any investment is the interest rate that will make the present value of the cash flows from the investment equal to the price (or cost) of the investment. Mathematically, the yield on any investment, y, is the interest rate that satisfies the equation. ------------------------------------------------- P =
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| | | | 4. | All of the above | | | | 5. | - | | 1. | The present value of a single future sum: | 1. | depends upon the number of discount periods. | 1 | | | 2. | increases as the discount rate increases. | | | | 3. | is generally larger than the future sum. | | | | 4. | increases as the number of discount periods increases. | | | | 5. | - | | 1. | The present value of a perpetuity decreases when the -------- decreases. | 1. | number of investment
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