Blaine Kitchenware Inc. Case Analysis: Muhamad Fahad Sohail Table of Contents Blaine Kitchenware capital structure and payout policy 2 Advantages and Disadvantages of share repurchase move 2 New proposal by CEO TO repurchase stocks from the market and its analysis 3 Recommendation to the CEO as a family member and as an independent consultant 3 How does the proposal differ from paying a special dividend of $4.39 share instead? 4 Blaine Kitchenware capital structure and payout policy
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Ahmad Mohammad Analysis of Blaine Kitchenware Inc. case Brief Background Blaine Kitchenware Inc., a mid-sized producer of branded small appliances primarily used in residential kitchens, has a very conservative practices regarding taking debt. It only took debt twice in its entire history. An investment banker prompted the idea of repurchasing some of the company’s stocks to the CEO Mr. Dubinki. The CEO is not sure whether the repurchase will benefit the company or not. Problems with Blain
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Robert H. Smith School of Business BUFN 740: Capital Markets Fall 2014 Tuesdays and Thursdays Aug 25, 2014--Oct 13, 2014, 1:00pm—2:50pm, VMH 1330 Instructor: Yajun Wang Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00pm-6:00pm Office: VMH 4453 E-Mail: ywang22@rhsmith.umd.edu, Office Number: (301) 405-3412 Teaching Assistants: CP Sessions: Qi Xu, qi.xu@rhsmith.umd.edu (hold help sessions in CP, grade all homeworks and cases for session 0501, and grade hw #1,2,3 and case #1,2,3 for session 0502) DC
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Blaine Kitchenware Case Study Blaine Kitchenware has occupied the industry for over 80 years and continues to gain control in the market it occupies. As the CEO of the company, Mr. Dubinski is faced with the difficult decision of determining what is best for the family company. The following questions will address what decision is the optimal and why it is beneficial for BKI. Ans. 1) The main dilemma in the case is whether Blaine Kitchenware’s should choose to repurchase its own shares or not
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Blaines Kitchenware Blaine kitchenware has occupied the industry for a over 80 years and continues to gain control in the market it occupies. As the CEO of the company, Mr. Dubinski is faced with the difficult decision of determining what is the best for the family company. The following questions will address what decision is the optimal and why it is beneficial for BKI. * Do you believe Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are appropriate? Why or why not? The main dilemma
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Introduction Victor Dubinski, CEO of Blaine Kitchenware, Inc. had recently been made aware that a group of private equity investors made inquiries about a possible acquisition of Blaine. Dubinski knew that the family had absolutely no interest in selling, but he was still perplexed about how the private equity group could unlock some inherent value within their company. They wanted to use the cash on Blaine’s balance sheet and new borrowings to purchase all of Blaine’s outstanding shares at a
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Blaine Kitchenware Inc. Take-Home Case Assignment BSAD 342 Prof. Vishwakarma Grady McQuillan Joe Mackay Mitch Chown Alessandro Galeone Discussion questions • Do you believe Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are appropriate? Why or why not? The current capital structure and payout policies for Blaine’s Kitchenware Inc in our opinion is not the most appropriate. The firm’s structure is invested primarily in equity, for the
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CASENI N etFlix.com, Inc. In July 2000, Reed Hastings, chairman ,md CEO of NetFlix.com, Ine., faced a criticaI deci:;jon. Thrl'C months earlier, following one of tl1l' worst episodes O!l record for the NASDAQ market, NetFlix had submitted it:; 5-1 filing for its initial Pllblic offering (Iro).! A:; il rl'sult of thl' market downturn, many Internet companies had been forced to withdraw their 1['0s. Invl,:-;tment bankers indicated to Hastings that NetFlix would 11(.'Cd to show positive cash flows
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08, 2009 TIMOTHY LUEHRMAN JOEL HEILPRIN Blaine Kitchenware, Inc.: Capital Structure On April 27, 2007, Victor Dubinski, CEO of Blaine Kitchenware, Inc. (BKI), sat in his office reflecting on a meeting he had had with an investment banker earlier in the week. The banker, whom Dubinski had known for years, asked for the meeting after a group of private equity investors made discreet inquiries about a possible acquisition of Blaine. Although Blaine was a public company, a majority of its shares
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Itaituba – PA 2015 Estudo de caso: Blaine Kitchenware Inc.: estrutura de capital FUNDAMENTOS DA MATEMÁTICA FINANCEIRA E ESTATÍSTICA APLICADA Blaine Kitchenware Inc. REFERÊNCIA: LUEHRMAN, T. & HEILPRIN, J. Blaine Kitchenware Inc.: estrutura de capital. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, caso LACC # 413-P02, 8 de Outubro de 2009. Os autores descrevem a atividade da empresa de capital aberto Blaine Kitchenware Inc. e em seguida fazem uma análise do seu desempenho
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