Torstar Inc.

This memo will examine Timken Company's decision to acquire Torrington by examining the stand-alone value of Torrington, the synergies of this acquisition and the effect on Timken's investment grading.

1. What is private-equity investing? Who participates in it and why? How is Palamon positioned in the industry?

Her success has recently come in 2011. My plan is to open a second sleep study in San Antonio, Texas. Roxanne will continue to manage the center in Corpus Christ and will help me virtually manage the San Antonio location. Because Roxanne has the information needed to model her sleep center it will be much easier to open up my own sleep evaluation center based on her proposal.

The Canadian cellular service’s industry is comprised of approximately 15 cellular providers. These operators employ approximately 16,000 individuals and generate more than CAN$10B in revenues annually, which represents almost 30 percent of the Canadian telecommunications market. The Canadian wireless industry has been experiencing an annual growth rate three times that of any other Canadian telecommunications sector. This is very significant as Canada is in the top 10% in the world for broadband penetration.

Please answer the questions following each of the cases or problems. The assigned questions should be answered thoroughly in your own words in essay format and submitted using the on-line testing system at www.agu.edu. The level of writing should reflect the graduate level and the content should reflect a solid understanding of the subject matter.

This paper will address penetrating the global marketplace and broaden the area of operations and sales for ToolsCorp Corporation. This paper will include the overall evaluation of this corporation and the long term strategic plan development. It will also include the corporation’s mission and vision statements.

Trinity Industries Inc. is a “diverse industrial company that has managed to tap a variety of market-leading businesses providing products and services to the energy, transportation, chemical, and construction sectors” (Trinity Industrial INC. – about us). Trinity’ 2015 10K annual report was used to derive the following information. Their main headquarters is located in Texas, their state of incorporation is Delaware, and they have been publicly traded since 1958 on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “TRN”. Trinity employs over twenty thousand individuals primarily in the United States, and Mexico and maintains a distinct group of clients through their five segments. The first Rail Group, which is the heart of the company earned

The redemption available after the third anniversary of the original issue date is weighted towards equity. This option guarantees that the investors will receive at least the principal back. The mandatory redemption behaves like debt because there is a definite maturity date. The protective covenants are also weighted toward debt because the risk is limited and gives priority to the Series B Preferred Stockholders. Dividends are usually associated with equity; however, in this case the dividends are behaving more like debt interest payments. The dividends are paid at a fixed 8%

Sabre Industries Inc. (“Sabre”) provides highly-engineered support structures for a wide variety of industries including electric transmission and distribution, wireless communications, renewable energy, oil and gas, and government and defense

c. How should FPL choose between dividends and share repurchases as alternative modes of payment?

It has the option to distribute the cash in the form of dividends. Shareholders were taxed on cash dividends at ordinary income rates whereas gains realized on shares that were repurchased received capital gains treatment.

Based on the financing needs, as above dividends would be additional stretch on company finances

หลังจากรัฐบาลสหรัฐได้ผ่อนปรนกฏระเบียบด้านการบินในปี 1978 ทำให้ Major Airlines เช่น United, Western และ American Airlines ไม่ต้องการให้บริการในตลาดเล็กๆอีก จึงเป็นการเปิดโอกาสให้กับสายการบินแบบ Regional Airlines เช่น SkyWest

As a Managing Director at Summit Partners, I have received an investment proposal of FleetCor deal from the deal team-- To invest 44.9 million in FleetCor for an ownership position of 46%, in the form of convertible preferred stock with an 8% accruing yield. This memo includes all my concerns for this deal.

8. Using the exchange ratio (Brahma: Antarctica) of 0.096:1, which implied R$61.20 per share, the deal is dilutive both on historical basis and on future basis (from 2000 to 2004). The synergies that are necessary to make the