associated with public share offerings 3. develop a deeper appreciation for challenges of valuing unseasoned firms and enhance corporate valuation skills KEY QUESTIONS FOR CONISDERATION 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of going public? 2) What different approaches can be used to value JetBlue’s shares? 3) At what price would you recommend that JetBlue offer their shares? Potential Questions to be addressed in report submission * What is an Initial Public Offering and why
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TERM SHEET FOR POTENTIAL EQUITY INVESTMENT IN [NAME OF CORPORATION] / AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCE This term sheet summarizes the principal terms with respect to a potential private placement of equity securities of [NAME OF CORPORATION] (the “Company”) by [NAME OF INVESTOR] (“Investor”) and related strategic alliance. This term sheet is intended solely as a basis for further discussion and is not intended to be and does not constitute a legally binding obligation. No legally binding obligations
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JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Background Started in 1999 with the promise to “bring humanity to air travel‚” JetBlue entered the “Discount Fare Airlines” to join the likes of Southwest‚ ATA‚ Frontier and others (Bruner 2002). With a strong and experienced management team‚ having Continental Airlines’ former vice-president as president and COO‚ and Southwest Airlines’ former executive vice-president and treasurer as CFO‚ David Neeleman believed that his new airline would thrive. Neeleman built
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Case Analysis of Netscape’s Initial Public Offering Executive Summary 2. Background-3P 3.1. Position The Internet Industry consists of companies that provide a wide variety of products and services primarily online through their Web sites. Operations include‚ but are not limited to‚ search engines‚ retailers‚ travel services‚ as well as dial-up and broadband access services. Netscape Communications is a US computer services company‚ best known for Netscape Navigator‚ its web browser
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Working Paper: An Empirical Investigation of Initial Public Offering (IPO) Performance Zachary A. Smith‚ Ph.D. An Empirical Analysis of Initial Public Offering (IPO) Performance Zachary A. Smith‚ Ph.D. 507 Winchester Road Jacksonville‚ NC 28546 (757) 553-1692 zacharyasmith@gmail.com Working Paper: An Empirical Investigation of Initial Public Offering (IPO) Performance Zachary A. Smith‚ Ph.D. Abstract: For decades‚ researchers have disagreed about the magnitude and predictability
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represents the net proceeds that the underwriter will realize from the investment. It is the difference between the price per share that is paid to an issuing corporation by an underwriter or underwriting group‚ and the public offering price that the underwriter offers to the public. While traditionally the underwriting spread was viewed as compensation for underwriting the issue‚ it now has been introduced as an incentive fee where it act as bonus for investment bank when they performance better than
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and outside parties that caused the Enron scandal. Misinformed parties‚ stealing and lying caused the downfall of Enron. “In early 2000‚ Enron let it be known that it was considering a separate public offering for its Internet operations. Analysts who raised prickly questions about an initial public offering could be assured that their firm wouldn ’t be chosen for the underwriting. That I.P.O. never happened‚ of course‚ as Enron ’s plans for the broadband business collapsed. Nevertheless‚ Wall Street
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Executive Stock Options and IPO Underpricing Michelle Lowry• Smeal College of Business Penn State University E-mail: mlowry@psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-1483 Kevin J. Murphy Marshall School of Business University of Southern California E-mail: kjmurphy@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-6553 July 31‚ 2006 Abstract In about one-third of US IPOs between 1996 and 2000‚ executives received stock options with an exercise price set equal to the IPO offer price (rather than a price determined by the market)
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Analysis of Malaysian IPO market price performance by Lee Kai Liang. Abstract (Summary) An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first sale of a company’s common stocks to investors on a public stock exchange. It is widely believed that IPO’s price appears to have relationship with its listing market price. Investor’s general perception shows IPO is under pricing and likely to obtain capital gain if immediately sell their shares in secondary market on the first day of IPO’s trading. However‚ there
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whether offering an initial public offering of stock‚ merging with another business‚ or acquiring another company presents the best option. Each method possesses its advantages‚ disadvantages‚ threats‚ and opportunities. In this case‚ the domestic purveyor of fine foods and wine‚ Kudler Foods‚ and the internationally recognized fine food and wine wholesaler‚ LaFleur Trading Company‚ face the decision as to what method of expansion suits their companies best. This paper discusses the initial public offering
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