Congoleum Corporation Executive Summary In valuing the target company Congoleum after an LBO by First Boston found the expected free cash flows generated by this firm from 1980 to 1984. These numbers were based on values provided in the case. From there‚ we employed the Adjusted Present Value method to discount these cash flows because we assumed that Congoleum was varying its Debt to Equity ratio during those years. We discounted these cash flows by the required return on assets that was in
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company has not been performing as expected in recent years‚ and management has not tried to improve operations in any way. To help improve the company’s financial position‚ Meg Whalen‚ a financial analyst has suggested a buyout. “A leveraged buyout (LBO) is the acquisition by a small group of equity investors of a public or private company.” Meg believes that Cheek Products‚ Inc. could improve its financial position by making two major changes. The first change that Cheek should make is to concentrate
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automotive and industrial distribution. In 1979‚ First Boston Corporation bid for an LBO of Congoleum for a price per share of $38. The purpose of this analysis is to assess Congoleum as a LBO candidate and determine whether the offer made by First Boston Corporation is fair. 1. Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt capacity? The company was identified as a good LBO candidate as it had: (i) a minimal outstanding level of debt estimated at 5-7%; (ii)
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(Table of Contents) 1. 2. 3.LBO 4.TXU 5. LBO 6. (Overview of Leveraged Buyouts) (Mechanics of an LBO Analysis) (LBO Best Practices) (TXU Case Study) (LBO Modeling) (Homework Assignment) (Appendix) 1. Overview of Leveraged Buyouts (LBO) Overview of Leveraged Buyouts An LBO is the acquisition of a company or division of a company using debt for a majority of the purchase price and equity for the remainder. The buyer (the LBO Sponsor or Equity Sponsor) borrows the debt portion of
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Why is the senior management of HCA pursuing an LBO of the firm? Prior to the LBO offer‚ HCA was suffering from poor market performance. The firm’s bad-debt expense was growing at a rate faster than anticipated. In 2005‚ uninsured emergency visits and uninsured admissions increased by 9.9% and 8.9% respectively‚ and it is estimated nationally that 85% of uninsured do not pay their medical bills. Moreover‚ the uninsured population was growing at a faster pace in the states HCA operated in than nationally
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Deutsche Bank‚ 2 Deutsche Bank Securities‚ 3 Intercontinental Capital‚ Ltd (ICL)‚ and 4 Consolidated Supply S.S. (CSSA). Each player has different role to play; thus‚ each of them faces with different responsibilities in the Leveraged Buyout (LBO) situation. Players | Responsibilities/ Problems | 1. Deutsche Bank | * Role: Provide funds to ICL in this leverage buyout * Problems: 1) must evaluate the risk whether ICL would be able to repay the loan and 2) In case that ICL defaults
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purpose of this executive memo is to evaluate the justification to invest in a potential LBO candidate‚ Acova Radiateurs‚ and estimate the possible bidding price‚ keeping the minimum annual return required by Baring Capital’s investors at 30%-35%. 1. Justification of the Potential Transaction We evaluate the prospects of Acova LBO transaction for Barings and come into a conclusion that Acova is a good potential LBO candidate is justified. a. Strong Cash Flow Generation Ability: Radiators manufacturing
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Savannah Paterson FINAN Case Questions #5 Toys “R” Us LBO 1. What are the risks and merits of the transaction? This LBO transaction has both risk and profit potential. KKR‚ Bain‚ and Vornado Realty Trust face risk because the industry that Toys “R” Us (toys) is currently in‚ the retail toy industry‚ is in a decline. Industry sales have been down 4% in the last year‚ and analysts don’t have a positive projection for future sales in the US. This declining industry‚ and threat of new competitors
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