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Goodyear Tire & Rubber: M&A Synergies
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W32285-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn late 2020, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear)’s chief executive officer, Richard Kramer, told Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Cooper)’s chief executive officer, Bradley Hughes, that Goodyear would submit an acquisition proposal by the end of the year. Goodyear had spent the last two years enduring global weakness in the automotive industry and the onset of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, which contributed to Goodyear’s stock falling ...Starting at €8.20
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber: M&A Synergies - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W32286-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W32285.Starting at €0.00
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The WeWork SPAC
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W25102-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceWeWork, a fast-growing but unprofitable real estate firm headquartered in New York, which leased shared office space around the world, announced in September 2019 that it was cancelling its plans for an initial public offering (IPO). In late 2020, as theStarting at €8.20
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A “Compelling and Pre-emptive Offer for the Valspar Corporation
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-9B16N063-EFinanceIn May 2015, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Valspar Corporation (Valspar) contacted the CEO of an industry competitor to discuss a potential strategic combination of the two companies. As discussions continued, Valspar’s board and senior management realized that an alternative strategic collaboration might be more beneficial, so Valspar then contacted the CEO of the second-largest comparable firm in the industry, Sherwin-Williams, which...Starting at €8.20
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Blackstone Group: Dry Powder in an LBO Drought (B)
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-9B20N019-EFinanceSupplement for product 9B20N018.Starting at €5.74
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Blackstone Group: Dry Powder in an LBO Drought (A)
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-9B20N018-EFinanceIn late 2016, it had been three years since Blackstone Group Inc. (Blackstone) had completed its last public-to-private leveraged buyout (LBO), and it had US$45 billion of capital available for investment, called “dry powder.” Blackstone’s head of privateStarting at €8.20
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The MoneyGram LBO
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W32220-EAccounting and ControlIn late 2021, Vahe Dombalagian, a managing director at Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), contacted MoneyGram International Inc. (MoneyGram) chief executive officer Alex Holmes to discuss the middle-market private equity (PE) firm’s potential interest in a transaction with MoneyGram. MoneyGram was a global leader in the cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment market, working to transition to the fast-growing digital payment market amid the emergenc...Starting at €8.20