MCI Takeover Battle: Case analysis questions 1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Verizon‚ MCI‚ and Qwest? Where are the synergies in the proposed combination? 2. Evaluate the two offers in Exhibit 7. What explains the two structures? In each case‚ what is the value to MCI shareholders? 3. Merger arbitrage (or risk arbitrage) funds speculate on the completion of stock and cash mergers‚ typically buying the target and hedging the risk of the acquirer’s shares accordingly to exchange ratio
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“The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest” I. STRATEGIC PROFILE This case profiles MCI’s merger debate between Verizon and Qwest in 2005. At this time‚ many other companies are merging due to the industry consolidation‚ therefore forcing MCI to keep up with its competition. MCI was acquired after a bidding war between WorldCom‚ British Telecom and GTE‚ with the winning bid being a $37 billion offer from WorldCom. MCI-WorldCom then acquired many other communication companies excluding Sprint
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its CEO. The company name was changed to LDDS WorldCom in 1995 and later just known as WorldCom. MCI‚ Inc. was a telecommunications company that was headquartered in Ashburn‚ Virginia. This was a result of the merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications. They used the name MCI WorldCom but officially became WorldCom on April 14‚ 2003 “as part of the corporation’s emergence from bankruptcy.” (MCI Inc) MCI had a history of acquiring companies that led to the breakup of the AT & T monopoly. WorldCom on
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Group Case 3: MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 Executive Summary Assumptions The following are the assumptions we made through the whole analysis. The predicted revenues from 1983 to 1990 were assumed to follow the pattern in Exhibit 9A‚ despite the uncertainty of the higher access charge and competition increase. The marginal tax rate is 30% during that period. The firm must keep minimal cash balance of $100 million to support its operating activities. However
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merger of US West and Qwest‚ this article analyzes how powerful actors strategically used the process of
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For the exclusive use of Y. LI Harvard Business School 9-284-057 Rev. June 1‚ 1998 MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 In April 1983 Wayne English‚ chief financial officer of MCI Communications Corp.‚ faced the problem of setting financial policy in an environment characterized by a large potential demand for external funding and great uncertainty concerning MCI’s future. MCI‚ which provided long distance telecommunications services in competition with AT&T‚ had seen its revenues grow from almost nothing
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MCI Takeover Battle: Case analysis questions 1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Verizon‚ MCI‚ and Qwest? Where are the synergies in the proposed combination? 2. Evaluate the two offers in Exhibit 7. What explains the two structures? In each case‚ what is the value to MCI shareholders? 3. Merger arbitrage (or risk arbitrage) funds speculate on the completion of stock and cash mergers‚ typically buying the target and hedging the risk of the acquirer’s shares accordingly to exchange ratio
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MCI CASE ANALYSIS: PRESENTED: THURSDAY JUNE 15‚ 2006 MCI CASE ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION MCI is at a critical point in their company history. After going public in 1972 they experienced several years of operating losses. Then in 1974 the FCC ordered MCI ’s largest competitor AT&T to supply interconnection to MCI and the rest of the long distance market. With a more even playing field the opportunities to increase market share and revenue were significant. In order to maximize this opportunity
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Verizon and MCI: A Merger that Promotes Competition August 2005 POLICY STUDY No. 05-1 by Richard E. Wagner Harris Professor of Economics George Mason University; Fairfax‚ VA and Senior Fellow‚ Public Interest Institute Mt. Pleasant‚ IA POLICY STUDY August 2005 No. 05-1 Public Interest Institute Dr. Don Racheter‚ President Verizon and MCI: A Merger that Promotes Competition POLICY STUDIES are published as needed. They are longer‚ analytical articles on important
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Company Background Global Crossing Limited (GC) is an example of what may occur when there are failures to properly audit financial statements and internal controls. This scandal happened around the same time as the Enron scandal. In early 2002‚ the GC bankruptcy was the fourth largest in the U.S. history. In 2005‚ it settled with the SEC‚ having been determined that it did not comply with numerous accounting laws. ABOUT THE COMPANY GC‚ founded in 1997 by Gary Winnick‚ was a telecommunications
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