1. INTRODUCTION In 1992‚ Arundel Partners was looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights were to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wanted to determine if this innovative business strategy is viable by estimating the value of the sequel rights. 2. OBJECTIVE Our report aims to investigate the viability of the implementation of Arundel’s strategy in purchasing sequel rights to produce
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Case Write-Up: Arundel Partners 15.415 Finance Theory Section B‚ Oysters Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project With the purchase of sequel rights‚ what Arundel is achieving is to have a call option on the revenue that each movie brings. This helps to remove the uncertainty and risks associated with producing a movie‚ especially with regard to moviegoers’ taste. With the sequel right‚ Arundel will only exercise this option to produce a sequel if the first movie proved to be popular and the
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Ahmed Murtaza Naqvi Omer Akif Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project If the first movie was a success they would exercise their right and make the sequel or sell it to the highest bidder. Otherwise they would just write it off their investment schedule. The chances of making a profitable business would largely depend on a good estimate of the rights present value at the contract date. To less would not tempt the studios (inquiries indicated not less than USD 2 million per movie) and too much would not
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20/(1+6%)+25/(1+8%)^2-40=0.3014 1b) Describe the tracking portfolio for this project. FV=25 and 20 1c) Describe how you could finance the project to make arbitrage profits at t = 0 (i.e.‚ a sure cash inflow at t = 0 without any future obligation). Please be explicit about what assets you would invest in‚ how much each would cost at t=0‚ and what each would pay at t=1 or t=2. (Hint: You will have to consider investing in the project and a portfolio at the same time). Short sell bond by 40.3014
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project The maximum per-film price for the sequel rights that Arundel Partners should pay is $5.12M. If Arundel Partners were to use the traditional DCF methods to find the value of the sequel rights‚ the NPV would be -$8.42M loss per-film (see Appendix 1). Calculation Details We assume that Arundel Partners will purchase a portfolio of films similar to one used in the analysis. The average hypothetical net inflow of the sequel ($21.57M) is used to figure out the value
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Guidelines for the Arundel Partners Case Assignment This is a group project and only one case-report should be submitted FIN 6425 – “Arundel Case” Guidelines Nimalendran In this case‚ a movie industry analyst is asked to evaluate a proposed venture in which a group of partners would purchase the sequel rights to movies produced by the major studios. Your objective is to 1) discuss and evaluate the basic concept; 2) determine the value of the sequel rights on a per-movie basis; 3) evaluate
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Assuming that Arundel Partners is a purely financial company with no experience in the movie industry whatsoever‚ one reason for them to buy the rights to create sequels would be to exploit a possible arbitrage in between the price they would pay for an option to sequels and its real value. Therefore valuing the said option correctly is of the most importance. 1.2 We believe that portfolio negotiation rather than on a film-by-film basis will level the playing field. Since the partners do not have
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business situation of an investment group‚ Arundel Partners. Arundel partners focused its investments on the sequel rights of that ‘associated with firms produced by one or more major U.S. movie studios’. As owner of the rights‚ Arundel could continue or reject the production of sequel. Business The proposal was innovative but at the same time‚ very risky. According to the case report‚ ‘Arundel would purchase the sequel rights before the first film were even made. Furthermore‚ the investor group
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel project 1. Why do the principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights? Why do the partners want to buy a portfolio of rights in advance rather than negotiating movie-by-movie to buy them? • The principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights because they can use unpredictability of a movie’s success to their advantage. This can be done by exercising the right if the movie is a success
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7 1. Time Value 7 2. Capture Value of Options 7 Disadvantages 7 1. Assumptions Made 7 2. Tax Effect 7 3. Historical Data 8 4. Selection Bias 8 Further Assistance/Data Required 8 Question 4 9 Problems/Disagreement 9 Contractual Terms and Provisions 9 Appendix A – Per Film Value Using Financial Projections 11 Introduction In 1992‚ Paul Kagan Associates‚ Inc. came out with a new business idea. The idea was to create an investment group‚ Arundel Partners‚ to purchase
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