GENEVA BUSINESS SCHOOL Master of Science in Finance ********************* ASSIGNMENT Flinder Valves and Controls Inc. Case 43 Student: Nguyen Hoang Ngoc Anh Professor: Dr. John Heptonstall Subject: Strategy and Financial May 2011 NgocAnhNo1 1. Make a brief description of each company and its business activities . Flinder Valves and Control ( FVC) Flinder Valves and Control (FVC), located in Southern California, was come from a small company organized in 1980 for engineering and developmental work on an experimental heat-exchanger product. FVC was organized to acquire the properties, both owned and leased, of the engineering corporation in 1987 and it got the licensed patents after the product was brought to the …show more content…
Flinder feared that without a stronger partner, the company would be crush by competition. He was attracted by the thing that FVC’s company might be more fully valued if it were a part of a larger and more diversified enterprise. Thus, when the merger opportunity with RSE corporate in 2007, Flinder determined to make it work as best as he could. In addition, Flinder expected the merger to generate significant cost gains. RSE’s greater purchasing power would lower the cost of materials and components for FVC. RSE’s new resourcemanagement system could be expected to reduce FVC’s in-process costs. Flinder hoped that RSE would recognize the fair value of his company. 2. How large a premium do you thing RSE International will have to offer ? What should their opening offer be ? And should they be willing to increase the bid if the opening offer is rejected? Keep in mind that RSE us apparently not sitting on a large “war chest” of cash . and in order to make a cash offer will probably have to take out a bank loan. 2 The acquisition premium is the difference between the actual costs for acquiring a target firm versus the estimate made of its value before the acquisition. On May 1st 2008, FVC’s market value was worth is $39,75 (price close in exhibit 6) x 2.440.000 shares = $
According to the researchers the increased value results from an opportunity to utilize a specialized resources which arises solely as a result of the merger (Jensens & Ruback, 1983; Bradle, Desai and Kim , 1983). For creating operational and financial synergies managers believe that two enterprises will be worth more if merged than if operates as two separate entities. Thus, the two companies, A and B:
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There is a chance that Floral Fragrances would be a target of a hostile takeover. FFI is a relatively small company with a potential to grow bigger by penetrating the market of other countries. However, with their need for financial support, the corporation is a potential target of a hostile takeover. The growth of the company might be getting slower since their current ratio is 1.3 while other industries are averaged at 2.5. Their debt to asset ratio is 0.42, which can be calculated by total liabilities divided by the total assets. Due to the current dividend policy, there is a chance that the price per share would decrease overtime or the growth of the price per share would slow down. The company takeover can be avoided by repurchasing stock,
Flowserve Corporation is a multinational company that provides pumps, valves, and associate parts and interfaces for these devices to nuclear power generation facilities. Flowserve was established in 1997 and has grown primarily through acquisitions. Flowserve Corporation is incorporated in New York and the principal executive offices are located in Irving, Texas. Flowserve Corporation is currently ranked 539 on the Fortune 500 list and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FLS. Flowserve Corporation currently has earnings per share (EPS) of 1.11 and a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 42.47, with stock trading at $47.00 per share (Google Finance, 2017).
With a valuation of $67,03 per share, City Capital will provide a premium of slightly more than 4%, lower than the 17,9% they were willing to pay as a premium one day prior to stock price based on 27 July 1988 and the more common 30% takeover premium. Scenario 1 included a decrease of 1% in cost of capital which increased the valuation per share even more. The share price increased to $84,30 per share, higher than the takeover bid of $70,00.
…even in a down-turning economy, Volcom’s 2008 consolidated revenues increased 24.5% to $334.4 million from 268.6 million in 2007. This portends great things for the future.
- According to market value maximization an asset is worth acquiring if it increases the value of the owners equity i.e. if it adds more to the market value of the firm then the costs of its acquisition.
There are a number of competing theories of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) based on the purpose for which such M&As are undertaken. Among these theories are empire building (Baumol, 1967, & Mueller, 1969), establishment of monopolies (Roll, 1986, & Mueller, 1993), management entrenchment (Shleifer & Vishny, 1989), and the attainment of greater efficiencies (Mead, 1968, & Jensen, 1988). These theories are built on the motivations that prompt compa-nies to enter into M&A transactions (Motis, 2007:2). There are instances, however, when target companies do not voluntary agree to a takeover but are compelled by aggressive manoeuvres of the acquiring company. In such
One of the issues will be the integration of the two companies seeing as they are operating in two dissimilar segments within the same industry. Our Chief Operating Officer is quite concerned that the synergy of the two company’s operations and cultures won’t be realized and believes that the acquisition will result in an expensive experiment that will undermine shareholder value. I share his concerns and feel that this issue must be addressed if the integration of our two companies is to be successful.
Competitor Ador (P.9 PAR4) margins and values. CAGR 23%, Trade value 10.9x, 15% operating margin. Financials for valuations. Exhibits 11
James Tobin theorized that firms would continue to invest as long as the values of their shares exceeded the replacement cost of their assets, therefore highlighting that the market value of a firm equals total asset replacement cost (Tobin 1958). Furthermore, market value of a firm to net replacement cost Is best expressed in relation to Tobin’s Q equation where if Q value is greater than 1, then a firm should consider expansion and growth as profit derived from net assets should exceed the total cost of assets because if Q is a measurement of performance then ‘takeover returns are larger if the target is performing poorly, and the bidder is performing well’ (Servaes 1991). Contrastingly, if the Q value was lower than 1 , the firm would be better off selling its assets as monetary value of the assets are more than the value of retaining them . According to neo-classical economic theory mergers occur from a result of profit maximizing behavior where rationally companies merge to gain a competitive advantage in the market place, recognized by the extent to which the company has acted out its ‘synergy’ basis which is the idea that by combining business strategies and activities, performance will increase and efficiency will lead to cost reduction due to the essential notion that a business will intend to merge with another
The main objective of mergers and acquisitions is to increase market share and shareholder value by decreasing costs and implementing improved services (Nguyen and Kleiner 2003). Each organisation in this process targets the strengths and the capabilities of the other in order to improve its position in the market. Stallworthy and Kharbanda (1988) argue that one of the main objectives of mergers and acquisitions is the acquirer’s diversification with minimum cost in order to be protected and be restructured in a possible crisis. Keenan and White (1982) mention that firms seek for synergies in order to diversify and reduce the possibility of bankruptcy, achieve a better fit between the talents of corporate managers and the resources at their disposals and simultaneously acquire a bigger market share. Moreover Moon (1976) remarks that many firms choose to spread the risks by branching out into other unrelated industries or trades.
The research proposal which is going to be written will mainly revolve around the concept of mergers and acquisition in current situation. Research would mainly focus upon: How mergers and acquisitions take place? Why there is need to merge or acquire? What are the legal ways or step to do that? What parties are involved in mergers and acquisitions? What are the Factors to be considered before mergers and acquisition? In order to carry out whole research till the conclusion few models will be used such as business evaluation models which will comprise asset evaluation method, historical earning evaluation, future maintainable earnings evaluation, relative valuation and future discounted cash flows (DCF). The purpose of choosing the topic “mergers & acquisitions” is its significance in the industry of modern world now days. (Hansell, 2005)
Almost every aspect of the complexity of the merger can be explained through Rhône-Poulenc’s financial constraints. RP’s motives to acquire Rorer were to create crucial capital for its own strategic entry into pharmaceuticals. RP could not buy Rorer either in cash or shares due to the following factors:
Almost every aspect of the complexity of the merger can be explained through Rhône-Poulenc’s financial constraints. RP’s motives to acquire Rorer were to create crucial capital for its own strategic entry into pharmaceuticals. RP could not buy Rorer either in cash or shares due to the following factors: