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Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Baillargeon, Andre; Parks, StephenCase HBS-208023-EFinanceBerkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, was pleased with their recent investment in the Holmes Group, a home comfort consumer electronics company. The portfolio company was exceeding key financial targets and Berkshire Partners was confident that it would be another successful investment. Holmes' management team then suggested acquiring a kitchen electronics company, the Rival Company. The management of Holmes believed that Rival wou...Starting at €8.20
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Austin, Blakeley & Cambridge, LLC
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Laconi, ChristopherCase HBS-207098-EFinanceThe founding partners of ABC, LLC, one of the leading private equity firms in the world, are trying to understand why some of the other top firms in the business, such as KKR and Apollo, have been tapping the public equity markets for their own funds, and whether they should do the same. They are also pondering how to monetize their own stake in the firm, and whether taking the firm itself public may be a viable option.Starting at €8.20
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Aurora Capital Group - Douglas Dynamics
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Fishback, Birche; Gottesman, Blake; Marino, MichaelCase HBS-209010-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Aurora Capital, a US Private Equity firm, contemplates whether to acquire Douglas Dynamics, the leading US maker of snow plows. Does a business that is highly dependent on the weather, and is seasonal, make a good LBO candidate? This case provides a good introduction to the LBO business. What are the characteristics of a successful LBO? And how do successful PE firms create ...Starting at €8.20
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Legendary Pictures & ABRY Partners
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Kofol, AnneCase HBS-210094-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case focuses on the review by the private equity firm ABRY Partners of an opportunity to invest in a film financing vehicle, Legendary Pictures. Before 2004, private equity firms had avoided co-investing with film studios in film productions because of their perception of the industry as highly risky and biased against financial investors. The ABRY team undertook extens...Starting at €8.20
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ABRY Fund V
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Ruback, Richard S.; Pierson, Leslie S.Case HBS-208027-EFinanceIn January 2006, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media industry and relationships with media lenders, coupled with a client-service approach to working with Limited Partners. For the fund, Banks and Yudkoff had intended to raise $1 billion and continue ...Starting at €8.20
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The Blackstone Group: Merlin Entertainment
El-Hage, Nabil N.; Chia, BrendaCase HBS-210014-EFinanceThe Blackstone Group had conducted a roll-up of theme parks and attractions business in Europe. It was considering how to generate liquidity for its investors. Blackstone entered the theme parks and attractions business in Europe by acquiring a majority stake in U.K.-based Merlin Entertainment in 2005. In 2005 and 2006, Merlin Entertainment acquired two other similar businesses, LEGOLAND based in Denmark and Gardaland based in Italy. At the end o...Starting at €8.20