Pinkerton Group Project Executive Overview The security guard services industry consisted of two segments: proprietary guards and contract guards. The historical growth was driven by companies realizing‚ that contracting guards allowed them gain operating flexibility instead of managing their own security personnel. In 1987 security guard services was a $10 billion industry growing at 6% a year. Due to the industry being very mature‚ fragmented‚ and price competitive there was an ongoing
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strategies # 2 - $100 million purchase price funded by 100% debt. (This is before I did free cash flow forecast for # 9). It will provide the highest tax shield of $17.49 million for CPP. In addition‚ Pinkerton has the highest value of $107.34 million under this strategy. 7. Below is the balance sheet after CPP and Pinkerton acquisition. * CPP market value leverage ratio is 7.46% and book value leverage is 14.69% before acquisition. * After acquisition‚ with $75 million debts‚ the market
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Exhibit 1 Selected Pinkerton’s Financial Data (in $millions) 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 (E) Income From Services Cost of Services provided Gross Profit Operating Expenses Operating Profit Cash Accounts receivable‚ net Other current assets Total Current Assets Net property‚ plant‚ and equipment Total Assets Accounts payable Accrued expenses ad other current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities Exhibit 2 $ 296 265 32 16 16 4 49 53 11 64 0 29 $ 308 275 32 17 15 3 51 54 11 65 1 29
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Executive Summary. Wathen is attempting to value the proposed acquisition of Pinkerton in an effort to determine whether bids of $85 million to $100 million is value enhancing for CPP’s shareholders. Additionally‚ Wathen must choose between two financing options: (1) raising $100 Million via a $75 million debt structure at 11.5% interest rate together with a $25 million equity investment for a 45% stake in the combined company and (2) a $100 million debt facility at 13.5% interest rate. General
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Bid Rigging Bid rigging is a major source of corruption in procurement organizations today. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)‚ “bid rigging (pr collusive tendering) occurs when businesses‚ that would otherwise be expected to compete‚ secretly conspire to raise prices or lower the quality of the goods or services for purchasers who wish to acquire products or services through a bidding process” (Danger‚ 2009). Bid rigging can occur is both public and
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Biography of Allen Pinkerton Heather Smith CJS/250 08/02/12 Denise Mowder Allen Pinkerton was a man that people automatically respected. He was a man that had a sight for security and many different companies looked to him for help with their security problems and to make sure that their businesses were safe. He could also do things and go places that the public police could not. In 1855‚ he was asked by six Midwestern railroad companies to establish a railroad police agency‚ and at this time
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Pinkerton (A) Assignment The assignment is twofold. First‚ to advise Tom Wathen as to whether he should buy Pinkerton for the asking price of $100 million. Second‚ regardless of your answer to #1‚ assuming that Wathen does buy Pinkerton‚ should he finance the purchase with Financing Alternative #1 (debt and equity financing from an investment firm) or Alternative #2 (all debt financing from a bank). The financing alternatives are discussed on page 4 of the case. You should do the discounted
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Is there anything more frustrating than sitting in rush hour traffic‚ day after day‚ knowing that it will never get better? How does standing in line at the grocery store‚ spending a full day at the crowded Department of Motor Vehicles‚ or having to squeeze into the packed elevator in a downtown high-rise sound? These are but a few minor‚ yet inconvenient‚ effects of the population explosion Californian’s face day after day. Our geographical space is not getting any larger‚ but the population is
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Can schools really be 100% safe for students? I have heard a lot about violent activities that have been happening in schools not only colleges‚ but elementary schools as well. People are shooting and killing innocent people. “The National Safety Center believes that schools have the choice to create and maintain safe schools or return to their institutions to safe‚ secure and effective places of learning”. So‚ why are we letting this happen? We need to make some changes to make our schools a safer
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Allan Pinkerton was born 1n 1819 in Glasgow Scotland. Pinkerton immigrated to the US in 1842 and settled in Chicago Ill. He opened a barrel making shop just outside of Chicago. Pinkerton was an avid fan of Abraham Lincoln. Like Lincoln he was an abolitionist. He used his small shop as part of an underground railroad for assisting slaves who were moving north for freedom. His first adventure in detective work was a mere coincidence. While Pinkerton was gathering wood for his shop he discovered counterfeiters
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