Penny's Department Store Case Study

In the open market share repurchase, the firm may or may not declare the repurchase. Depending on the market condition and the firm’s position in the industry, the firm can decide when and how many

Management considering share repurchase program should weigh its benefit of financial discipline, efficient corporate strategy implementation and utilization of tax shield against the downside of cost of financial distress. It’s not the possibility of bankruptcy that causes concerns among equity holders regarding extent of leverage but the direct costs (legal, liquidation, administrative etc.) and indirect costs (deteriorated corporate image, management time and attention, agency costs of value-destructing investment, distress asset sales etc.). Exhibit 4 lists the key assumption inputs of approximating quantitative firm value/ equity value accretion. Levering UST to a larger extent by adding $1,000m does increase firm value.

HISTORY : In 1902, James Cash Penney, in partnership with two other associates, opened the Golden Rule Store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. At the time it was uncommon to charge the same price to each and every customer; however, Penney preached the slogan "one price charged to all," regardless of customers' social status. After buying out his partners (in 1907), Mr. Penney opened two more stores. At present, J.C. Penney has more then 1400 department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico, making it one of the largest retailers in the world.

* a.  Determining the allocation of amounts paid to the repurchased shares and other elements of the repurchase transaction

If this individual receiving all voting stock and then transfer to his children, he actually “control” the corporation and his children will have ability to “control” the corporation in fact. It will be qualified to recognize no gain or loss during the transaction.

Rul. 70-104, 1970-1 C.B. 66 (1970), is that services from the consulting agreement by the father show a prohibited interest within §302(c)(2)(A)(i). The attribution to him would be terminated due to stock attribution rules of §318, which states that stock owned by family members individually may be reattributed to him through estate, trust, partnership or corporation of which he is a stockholder. Therefore the redemption does not qualify as a termination of his shareholder’s interest within the meaning of §302(b)(3) of the Code.

Penny Lane was founded by Ivelise Markovits in 1969. While attending high school in her native place Puerto Rico, her family moved to Southern California and settled down. After Graduating college, Ivelise began working within her career field as a placement officer for the Los Angeles County probation department. One of Ivelise job duties required her to find residential treatment centers for females in the ward courts. However, in a short time Ivelise became disappointed with the type of facilities that were available to females, as they were inadequate. This affected Ivelise on a personal level in which she could no longer ignore the injustice and it was within that time in which she decided to make a change.

- A firm has a market value equal to its book value. Currently, the firm has excess cash of $1,200 and other assets of $10,800. Equity is worth $12,000. The firm has 750 shares of stock outstanding and net income of $775. What will the new earnings per share be if the firm uses its excess cash to complete a stock repurchase?

3. All the stock is Sec. 1244 Stock. Under Sec. 1244, if Common stock is sold at loss or becomes worthless, the at least part of the loss would become ordinary loss that could be used to offset ordinary income.

Explain what shareholders would receive in exchange for (a) old common shares, (b) old class B shares, and (c) old shares held in the employee saving plan.

Another factor for management to consider would involve the clientele effects. Presently the Wrigley family controls 21% of common shares and 58% of Class B common stock. Assuming the Wrigley family do not sell any shares, the repurchase will raising their voting control from 46.6% to a majority control over voting rights at 50.6% (see appendix2.2). This isn’t deemed significant as the Wrigley family already previously possessed majority of voting rights

→ The family control would be weakened and it may hurt family interest if issuing stocks. What's more, if one of the family member sold his/her share, the Winfield Refuse Management, Inc would no longer be a family company.

Because firm value will rise to $6,850.8 million immediately after the recapitalization announcement, original shareholders will capture the full benefit of interest tax shield since they are able to sell their stocks at a higher price. The new stock price is determined by dividing the value of the levered firm by the number of shares outstanding at the end of 1998. Since there were 185, 516,055 shares outstanding at year end 1998, the new stock price after the announcement of recapitalization would be $6,850.8 million divided by 185, 516,055, which is $36.93. Compared to the

American Apparel, is an American multi-national clothing manufacturer, distributor and retailer since 1988based in Los Angeles, California. Dov Charney, a Canadian business man was a founder and former CEO of the company. He was involved in nearly every part of the business process from design and manufacturing to marketing. The Ernst & Young named Charney Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004. He was also termed "Man of the Year" by various fashion

This work is an introduction to the fashion industry of Pakistan which has made quite a lot of progress in just a few years. Ten to fifteen years from now, this industry was still unknown to actually exist to the masses. Later with the formation of fashion councils and education centers under the enthusiastic few who wanted to make a difference and promulgate this very institution of fashion, did the very fashion industry took its concrete contour from the old tailor culture that formerly existed. Today it is one of the most progressing industries in the country.