Ducati & Texas Pacific Group – A ”Wild Ride” Leveraged Buyout 1. What is the nature of the opportunity? Could the Ducati brand be expanded beyond motorcycles? Why or why not? TPG strategy is to invest in undervalued firms’ that usually have been poorly managed. The investments are made in privately hold firms that are either unlisted from the beginning or that is being delisted from the stock exchange under the LBO process. TPG wants to invest in firms with a “healthy” basis but that are experience
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Heinrich Hertz Hertz‚ in 1886‚ constructed a series of experiments to verify J.C. Maxwell’s predictions on the electromagnetic spectrum. Heinrich Hertz ’s First Transmitter from 1886 The instrument used by Hertz incorporated an induction coil to produce an extremely high voltage. This was connected to a circuit with a very small opening‚ with small copper balls on each end. Capacitor plates were used to adjust the capacity of the circuit for resonance. A ring of copper wire with a
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American Lawyer 2d yr full time possible exam – 1-1.5 on last day ------------------------------------------------- Jan. 10‚ 2012 Why take this class? * Reason 1: Leveraged acquisitions (LAs) aren’t going away * Lots of decline in 2007‚ 08‚ 09 * 10‚ 11‚ 12 little better * M&A isn’t going anywhere * LA and PE isn’t going anywhere – may decrease‚ but doubtful * Over 1 tril. avail. * Big factor: big institutional investors (pension funds
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Case2: Leveraged Recapitalization Client: Sealed Air Corporation I.Executive Summary Founded in 1960‚ Sealed Air grew rapidly during its first twenty-five years because many products had strong patent protection. By the mid-1980s‚ the patent of air cellular had run out and competition was getting fiercer. The managers started to pay attention to manufacturing. Therefore‚ the Sealed Air launched World Class Manufacturing to promote manufacturing performance. After a year
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Hertz A: 1. CD&R pursued Hertz for three years only to find itself facing an auction and a complicated deal. Is it worth it? • It is worth it. Because hertz is a mature company with predictable cash flows. Such acquisition provides a great opportunity to generate decent return on equity to sponsors • CD&R had access to available debt avenues to make the company grow • CD&R was able to make operating changes and improve the companies efficiency 2. What are the
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VALUATION -PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE CASE STUDY Name Institution Instructor Course Date Question 1 Potential value creation in the transitions: 1. Use of a risk hedging financial contract‚ the swap. 2. Acquisition of an undervalued target. 3. Evading tax liability. The management under the advisory of analyst believe that the company requires to make intensive‚ heavy investments which is not feasible if the Seagate Inc. remains a public company The other capital reorganisations alternatives are
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CHAPTER 6 : WIRELESS DEVICES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS MINICASE 1: HERTZ GOES WIRELESS Q1. Which of these applications are intra business in nature? A1. Intrabusiness defined in this case study as m-commerce applications mainly conducted within an organization. In this case‚ Hertz has used some mobile applications in several services it has provided. It has used wireless intra business applications for quick services and communication amongst its employees. Wireless applications in the non-environment
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Strategic Plan for the Hertz Corporation February 18‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction of Team and Assignment 4 Company Profile 6 Mission Statement 6 Vision and Values 7 Economic conditions 7 Strategic Analysis 9 SWOC Analysis: Strengths 10 SWOC Analysis: Weaknesses 13 SWOC Analysis: Opportunities 17 Internal Actions 17 Opportunities 18 SWOC Analysis: Challenges 20 Dependence on the United States Automobile Industry 20 Technological Changes and Advances 20 Competitive
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1) Hertz makes five adjustments (ignoring ‘Other adjustments’) to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities. List each of these five items and explain why each of these items is added (subtracted) from net income to calculate Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities. Answer: The five adjustments to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Hertz Global Holdings‚ Inc. are listed
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higher than those in the US. CD&R proposed that efficiencies from this source would be $33M per year. d. US RAC fleet costs: Hertz had higher fleet costs as compared to its competition. However‚ this advantage that the competition held over Hertz was expected to go away soon‚ which would result in a more level playing field. e. US RAC Nonfleet capital expenditures: Hertz spent more on capital expenses than its competitors. Reducing this to comparable levels with Avis would result in savings of $57M
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