Toy Biz Case Summary

Q3: How much is Marvel’s equity worth per share under the proposed restructuring plan assuming it acquires Toy Biz as planned? What is your assessment of the pro forma financial projections and liquidation assumptions?

To get the equity per share, we will utilize the discounted free cash flow method.
Free Cash Flow:
The first step is getting the free cash flow for the next five years. The basic steps to get free cash flow is Net Income+Depreciation and Amortization-Changes in Net Working Capital-Capital Expenditure, but there are two extraordinary items 1.Undistributed earnings in unconsolidated subsidiaries: this will be there when income is earned but not distributed back to the parent company, it should be subtract from net earning because no real cash flow from subsidiaries to parent company, but added to net income. 2. Minority interest in Toy Biz earnings: Similar to depression, it was counted as cost in the calculation of net income, but no real flow of cash, so it should be added back.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital:
Treasury bill rate. The leverage beta is 2.5, calculated using the asset beta of 0.65 and assuing debt's beta as 0. D/(D+E) is the average value of Debt-to-Total Capital of the next five years. Tax rate is get by dividing tax paid by net income before tax. With everything in hand, we can easily get the WACC should be 8.2%, a 0.8% premium to WACC is added to make it higher and account for operating