INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ INDORE Finance 2 Case Analysis Gainesboro Machine Tool Corporation Course Instructor: Prof A Kanagraj Submitted By: Amol Vyawahare Roll Number: 2008PGP021B Gainesboro Machine Tool Corporation Background Reading: Once a company makes a profit‚ they must decide on what to do with those profits. They could continue to retain the profits within the company‚ or they could pay out the profits to the owners of the firm in the form of dividends. Once the
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Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In mid September 2005‚ Ashley Swenson‚ the chief financial officer (CFO) of a large computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) equipment manufacturer needed to decide whether to pay out dividends to the firm’s shareholders‚ or to repurchase stock. If Swenson chose to pay out dividends‚ she would have to also decide upon the magnitude of the payout. A subsidiary question is whether the firm should
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Executive Summary Gainesboro Corporation was a company who designed and manufactured a number of machinery parts‚ including metal presses‚ dies‚ and molds. The company was found in 1923 in Concord‚ New Hampshire‚ by two mechanical engineers‚ James Gaines and David Scarboro. The two men had gone to school together and were disenchanted with their prospects as mechanics at a farm equipment manufacturer. In the 1940’s Gainesboro produced armored-vehicle and tank parts and miscellaneous equipment
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Introduction – Company background Dividend payment decisions Policy analysis ◦ Zero dividend payout – pros and cons ◦ 40% or $0.2 per share – pros and cons ◦ Residual-dividend payout – pros and cons Conclusion Founded in 1923 In early days‚ it has designed and manufactured a number of machinery parts‚ including metal presses‚ dies and molds. By 1975‚ it has evolved as innovative producer of industrial machinery and machine tools. In 1980‚ entered in CAD/CAM and established itself as industry
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Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation Executive Summary Company: Gainesboro Corporation is a company that began in 1923 as a manufacturer of metal machinery parts which was in high demand during the Second World War. Since then‚ Gainesboro has changed with the times‚ entering into the machine tool industry in 1975 and most recently has transitioned into computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) equipment manufacturer. Recently‚ two events have events have taken place
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SWOT Analysis and Tools SWOT is analysis of company. It is opened as Strengths‚ Weakness‚ Opportunities and Treats. With this model you can analyze what can or cannot do the company‚ and also what are the potential opportunities and threats. This is environmental analysis‚ which include external and internal issues. As the pioneer of this analysis‚ and one of the first strategy theorists Ken Andrew was the first who analyzed the strategy with considering capabilities and resources with the external
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TOPIC: MACHINE TOOLS India stands 13th in the production and 6th in the consumption of machine tools in the world. The country is set to become a key player in the global machine tools industry with substantial increase in manufacturing of high end machine tools. The Indian machine tool industry has approximately 1000 units in production of machine tools‚ accessories/attachments‚ sub-systems and parts. Threefourth of machine tool producers in India are ISO certified. The market for machine tools
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Summary of Facts September of 2005 Ashley Swenson is faced with preparing a recommendation on the restructuring of the dividend payout policy for Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation. In the past few years the company has experienced a decrease in sales due to increased competition. With the recent development of the Artificial Workforce‚ the company is looking at making a positive turnaround. With the soon to come global expansion and the forecasted growth in sales brought by new innovations of
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Hampton Machine Tool Company‚ a machine tool manufacturer‚ was founded in 1915. Hampton ’s customer base is made up primarily of military aircraft manufactures and automobile manufactures in the St. Louis area. Hampton felt the boom in the 1960s with record setting profits in the mid to late 1960s. Hampton slowed down in the 1970s with the withdrawal from Vietnam War and the oil embargo. Hampton stabilized by the late 1970s and now has a larger market share as other competitors were unable to
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Hampton Machine Tool Company -Case Write-up Summary: On September 12‚ 1979‚ Hampton Machine Tool Company requested from St. Louis National Bank a renewal to their loan of $1‚000‚000 due to be repaid on September 30‚ 1979 and also to be given an additional loan of $350‚000 for new equipment purchases in October 1979. Both loans were to be repaid on December 31‚ 1979. Hampton M.T. Company wrote a letter to the St. Louis National Bank stating the reasons for the extension of the loan and the need
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