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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC. As the millennium began, the future for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., smelled sweet. Not only could the company boast iconic status and a nearly cultlike follow­ing, it had quickly become a darling of Wall Street. Less than a year after its initial public offering, in April 2000, Krispy Kreme shares were selling for 62 times earn­ings and, by 2003, Fortune magazine had dubbed the company "the hottest brand in America." With ambitious plans to open 500 doughnut shops over

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company gym. Skilling rewarded production with merit-based bonuses that had no cap, permitting traders to “eat what they killed.” One of Skilling’s earliest hires in 1990 was Andrew Fastow, a 29-year-old Kellogg MBA who had been working on leveraged buyouts and other complicated deals at Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago. Fastow became Skilling’s protege in the same way Skilling had become Lay’s. Fastow moved swiftly through the ranks and was promoted to chief financial officer in 1998. As Skilling

APRIL 2010 ST R I C T L Y P R I VAT E AN D C O N F I DEN T I AL INTRODUCTION TO VALUATION Presented by Tristan Fitzgerald Overview of the session Introduction Discounted cash flow (“DCF”) Trading multiples I N T R O DU C T I O N T O VAL U AT I O N Transaction multiples 1 What does the term “value” mean?1 The Oxford Dictionary definition “the material or monetary worth of a thing; the amount at which it may be estimated in terms of some medium of exchange

Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition Instructor’s Manual – Discussion Questions Palepu – Healy – Bernard – Peek 2 Instructor 's Manual Dot-Com Crash-3 Instructor’s Manual – Discussion Questions Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................3 Chapter 1 A Framework for Business Analysis Using Financial Statements................4 Chapter 2 Strategy Analysis.................

Hedge Funds Class London February 2007 February 9, 2007 SECTION 1 Class Agenda Agenda ♦ 9:00 - 10:30 ♦ 10:30 - 10:45 ♦ 10:45 - 12:15 ♦ 12:15 - 1:30 ♦ 1:30 - 2:15 ♦ 2:15 – 3:00 ♦ 3:00 - 3:15 ♦ 3:15 - 4:00 ♦ 4:00 - 4:45 ♦ 4:45 - 5:00 Hedge Fund Basics Coffee Break Basics Continued Lunch Continued Hedge Fund Services Coffee Break Fund of Funds Stuart Trueman Joe Troccolo Tamera Hodges Joe Troccolo Joe Troccolo Hedge Funds & Corp Finance Laurent Charbonnier Wrap-up / Optional Exam

rP os t 5 - 2 9 6- 0 7 0 REV. JANUARY 29, 2004 TEACHING NOTE op yo Arley Merchandise Corporation Objectives and Synopsis The Arley Merchandise Corporation represents an example of a corporate issuer attempting to realize a higher price for its common shares by offering potential investors a “money-back guarantee.” In this instance, the guarantee takes the form of a European put option (called a “Right” in the case) which is exercisable two years from the date of issue. In

Unemployment in the US Why I Chose These Indicators I chose these indicators because all are something that ordinary people deal with every day. All of us have control over our own spending and how far into debt we go. If we are not making the salary we want then we are free to look for a new job or an additional job. There is also the possibility of going back to school to raise your educational level in order to get a better job. This may, of course, put us deeper into debt.

1. Introduction A Colossal Failure of Common Sense was one of many books to be published in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2007. After seeing the global economy stall in the face of massive losses in word financial markets, many Americans sought to better understand the crisis and its causes. This book, written from the perspective of a financial market insider, provides a glimpse into the world of global finance and also seeks to explain how the players in this world were involved in

Strategic Change 2: Management Buyout and turnaround Under these circumstances, a group of 13 H-D executives bought the company from AMF in 1981. The buyout was funded by Citicorp, one of the leading banks in the US. The new management took immediate steps to reorganize H-D 's operations to meet the competition from its Japanese counterparts