INTRODUCTION * Wrigley has a one sided capital structure * Their interest rates has been at their lowest in 50 years * However‚ they have the leading market share in a stale low technology business * Blanka Dobrynin‚ the managing partner of Aurora Borealis LLC (a company who used a hedge fund to invest in companies who are in distress‚ merger arbitrage‚ change-of-control transactions‚ and recapitalization) wanted to investigate a potential investment of $3B in Wrigley * Wrigley being an
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this analysis is 13%‚ Blanka Dobrynin’s choice.2 Yields rise almost linearly across the investment-grade spectrum (AAA to BBB) and then rise curvilinearly at lower debt ratings—this hints at the problem that we will encounter in estimating the cost of equity. 2. Beta: You should unlever Wrigley’s current beta of 0.75‚ assuming the current values of book debt and the market value of equity. This gives an estimate of the unlevered beta of 0.75‚ reflecting the fact that Wrigley has almost no debt.3
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Contents 1.0 Introduction In June 2002 Blanka Dobrynin‚ a managing director of Aurora Borealis hedge fund‚ considers the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Blanka suggests Wrigley raise the amount of $3 billion in debt of the capitalization while Wrigley has been conservatively financed and remained no debt at the end of 2001. This report is aiming to analyze whether Wrigley should use $3 billion debt recapitalization to either pay
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March 11‚ 2014 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: In my experience‚ I have seen a steady decline in the use of debt financing. Upon closer inspection‚ I have noticed that your company uses no debt at all. As an experienced hedge fund manager‚ I am concerned that your management is missing valuable opportunities by excluding debt from your capital structure. My partner‚ Susan Chandler‚ and I have done extensive research on how undergoing a capital reconstruction process can benefit you in the
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Statement of the Problem: The William Wrigley Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of chewing gum. Over the preceding two years‚ revenues had grown at an annual compound rate of 10% and earnings grew 9%‚ these increases are a direct result of the introduction of new products and foreign expansion. As illustrated in the graphical diagrams in Exhibit 4 (appendix)‚ the company’s stock price had significantly outperformed the S&P 500 Composite Index‚ and performed slightly ahead
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Expansion paper 2 : Island Hoping; Not Just for Cruise liners Unfortunately there is great debate in how Platyrrhine monkeys came to inhabit the America’s or for what reason. Seeing how South America at that time was quite isolated after it’s separation from Africa during the Mesozoic era and the earliest fossil record indicate the first primates were not found there until the late Oligocene ephoch‚ this left many to theorize about how they may have reached such a secluded land. One theory by
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Introduction The William Wrigley Jr. Company is the largest manufacturer and distributor of chewing gum‚ with a well consolidated market position. Due to new products and foreign expansion‚ its previous revenues have grown at an annual rate of 10% and its stock price regularly outperforms the S&P 500 as well the industry index. It is a conservatively financed firm with total assets of $1.76 billion and zero debt as of 2001. The purpose of this case study revolves around how should they use a $3
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ VALUATION and cost of capital Introduction: Blanka Doborynin a managing partner of AURORA BOREALIS LLC tries to initiate a research for a potential investment in Wrigleys. They are trying to recapitalize the firm. Wrigley’s which is 100% equity financed has a market value of $13‚103‚000‚000 the question begins if it is totally equity financed is it running at its efficient level? Or Is it better to recapitalize the structure and thereby bring
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ASSESS THE IMPACT ON THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF COST OF CAPITAL (WACC) ‚EPS . Chandler knew that the maximum value of the firm was achieved when the weighted average cost of capital was minimized. Thus she intended to estimate what the cost of equity and the wacc might be if wrigley pursued this capital structure change. The projected cost of debt would depend on her assessement of wrigley’s debt rating after recapitalization and on current capital market rates. WACC before recapitalization Wrigley’s
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From Wrigley Field to Yankee Stadium A mighty and triumphant roar radiates from the throats of the thousands upon thousands of people packed into the stands like sardines. Tears of joy stream down the faces of grown men as the team they have loved since they could first walk has just won the World Series. The sport of baseball has grown to become the national pastime of the United States since Abner Doubleday first invented it in 1839. From 1839 to the present‚ many things have changed about the
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