Module 19 Flashcards

1
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Sell off

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Involves selling part of a business to a third party usually for cash

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Spin off

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No change in ownership of the business new company is created with assets transferred to it

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Reasons for sell-offs/ spin-offs (6)

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  • Different types of businesses
  • Defence strategy
  • Improved efficiency
  • Removal of negative synergy
  • Improved use of resources
  • After acquisition (asset stripping)
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Reasons against divestment (3)

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  • Vulnerability (to takeover)
  • Loss of economies of scale
  • Harder to raise finance/ higher cost
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Management buy out

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Existing managers of a business (commonly join with VC funds and banks) to buy it from the current owners

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6
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Common incentives featuring in MBO (2)

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  • Envy ratios

- Rachet

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7
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Envy ratio

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Where management team invests less than VC to obtain percentage of shares

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8
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Rachet

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Where management team outperform forecasts, percentage shareholding increases

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9
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Institutional buy out (IBO)

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Institutions via an auction buy business (usually achieves higher price than traditional MBO)

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Details of IBO (2)

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  • More common than MBOs for large deals (> £50m) where it’s too hard for management to raise finance
  • Management often offered equity incentives to motivate
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Management and employee buy out (MEBO)

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Key employees and executive management

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12
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Employee buy out (EBO)

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All employees offered an opportunity to buy a stake

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13
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Management buy-in (MBI)

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Outside managers, backed by institutions

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14
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MBO details (2)

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  • Benefit from existing management expertise

- Often used in niche sectors

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Buy in management buy out (BIMBO)

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External managers join forces with internal management and financial institutions

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Advantages of BIMBO (3)

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  • More reliable information because existing managers invited to join new venture
  • Less acquisitional slippage as existing managers are motivated to make the deal succeed
  • Vendor knows employees are likely to be safe after the sale
17
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Leveraged buy out (LBO)

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Can imply cross border ownership (significant amount of borrowing to finance acquisition)

18
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Circumstances behind buy-outs (5)

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  • Needs investment
  • Parent needs to reduce borrowings
  • Retirement
  • Insolvent parent company
  • Insolvent company
19
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Buy out structures (2)

A
  • Sale of shares

- Sale of assets

20
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Sale of shares

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Most straightforward form of MBO > managers acquire shares in the target

21
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Sale of assets

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May not be possible or desirable to acquire shares in target, so Newco acquires assets and trade of business instead

22
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Use of a Newco (3)

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  • Rare not to use Newco
  • Can obtain tax relief on interest paid on borrowings obtained to acquire target and offset against target’s taxable profits
  • Desired shareholding structure can be more easily achieved with fresh company
23
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Eventual mix of debt and equity influenced by

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Performance and objectives of lead finance provider

24
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Equity vs debt

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Equity is more expensive to the company than debt, however, over-leveraging a business with debt is risky

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Majority of finance for Newco will be
Debt
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Two principle types of acquisition debt
- Senior debt | - Mezzanine debt
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Senior debt
Funded by core earnings of business. Usually secured by charge over assets. Repaid 5-7 years. Margins of 1.5%-2/5% over LIBOR
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Mezzanine debt
Emerged to fill gap between senior debt and equity > highest risk form of debt. Cheaper than equity, but more costly than traditional debt. Lenders may require board representation, and participate in future growth of the company
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S895 allows companies
To enter into any type of scheme regarding either trade payables or shareholders as long as it does not breach general law or another statutory provision
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S895 scheme calculate (3)
- Position of each stakeholder under liquidation - Position of each stakeholder in terms of the proposed scheme - Scheme is only accepted if everyone is better off