passengers. United Airlines was in a difficult position to pay off its debt, given that its industry leverage ratios are high compared to other industries. After failure to attain $ 1.8 million in loan guarantees from the Air Transport Stabilization Board, UAL finally filed for bankruptcy protection in December the same year. ANAYLSIS OF UAL UNDER BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION The rationale for allowing companies to restructure their debt and operation is to allow companies to have the ability to cut its
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their debt management and structure and is a demonstration of how active debt management can affect a firm’s performance. The case examines Union Carbide Corporations approach to debt management and shows the relationship between financial practices, banking relationships and the necessity for banks to understand their client’s current situation and needs. At the time of the case Union Carbide had transformed from a Fortune 500 company with $9.1 billion in revenues in 1983 with a low debt level
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1 Because both JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch promised to underwrite $17.5 billion of the debt financing and $6 billion in the bridge loans and the another $1.5 billion of credit lines. FCX’s two equity related transactions were led by JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch as joint book-runners. Big risk happened to the FCX interests and these two firms. FCX’s book running and M&A were controlled by the two firms which facilitated M&A transaction. Than, the two firms equally shared fees and league table credit
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automotive parts manufacturers originated in the U.S. The company originally belonged to General Motors (G.M.) and spun off in 1999 as an independent company. However, facing the increasing competition in the automotive industry, inability to repay its debt, and weakened by the high labor costs that set by the spinoff agreement with GM, Delphi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 8, 2005 to reorganize its struggling U.S. operations. After Delphi release the news of filing bankruptcy, the
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Case 9 & 10 Analysis Seagate Technology Buyout The Hertz Corporation Advanced Corporate Finance MW 2:00-3:15 PM Question 1 On page 1, the “value-gap” is two-fold. It signifies an under-valuation of Seagate’s core disk drive operating assets due to unfavorable public market investor preferences. Furthermore, the value of the Veritas share price has caused the Veritas stake to far outweigh the value of Seagate’s stand-alone market capitalization. Since Seagate does not own at least 80%
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report finds the current debt/equity mix lies in the high range of estimated optimal values. The current structure does compensate for the current volatility by reducing exposure to debt markets but also attempts to efficiently exploit a recent recovery in debt markets. Nonetheless, on the backing of peer analysis, Leighton should reduce its reliance on debt to better position itself against uncertainty and also exploit its advantages in debt markets to refinance debts for longer terms, hence locking
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bankruptcy law work? How did the 1998 amendments change the law? 8. Why was it so difficult for the various interested parties to agree on a restructuring plan for Alphatec? • History of alphatec group o Creates submicron, to be Thailand’s first state of the art wafer fabrication facility at a cost of 1.1 billion. Initial financing includes $350 million of debt provided by 26 banks and
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year 1981 the company presents outstanding debts for 2.5 bln US$. The short term debt accounts for 43% of the total amount (1.075 bln US$). In 1980 the D/E ratio is 214%, which is relevantly above the average level of the competitors. It is thus evident that our position as lenders results particularly risky since the company won’t be able to repay the debt due by the 1st November. Indeed, the growth of the company was massively financed by short term debt, whose impact in terms of the interest
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to 1 or 2% of total remuneration. If exceeds, not deductible Bad Debt Allowed Expenses o Write back of specific provision for doubtful trade debts o Trade debtors liquidated Disallowed Expenses o Bad debts write-off trade debt taken over from another company o Bad debts write-off for loans to ex-director or ex-employees o Bad debts write-off simply because too small o Increase in general provision for bad debts Foreign exchange (ref to Lecture note) Allowed Expenses o Exchange
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corporation, or other organization cannot meet its financial obligations for paying debts as they are expected. Insolvency can occur when certain things happen, some of which may include: poor cash management, increase in costs, or decrease in cash flow. A finding of insolvency is imperative, as particular rights are empowered for the creditor to exercise against the insolvent individual or organization. For example, exceptional debts may be paid off by dissolving assets of the insolvent party. Prior to proceedings
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