Merger arbitrage : how to profit from global event-driven arbitrage / by Kirchner, Thomas, 1968-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Buyouts by Private Equity -- Private Equity's Advantage -- CEOs Don't Want to Sell to the Highest Bidder -- Private Equity Funds Have Their Own Agenda -- Buyouts as Financial Engineering -- Activists Replace Private Equity -- Notes -- 11. Minority Squeeze-Outs -- Boards' Lack Effectiveness during Squeeze-outs -- Minority Shareholders Are in a Tough Spot -- Family Control -- Notes -- Part Three: Investing in Merger Arbitrage -- 12. …”
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The art of capital restructuring : creating shareholder value through mergers and acquisitions / by Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Standard Valuation Methods for M & As / Pablo Fernandez -- Real Options and Their Impact on M & As / Hemantha Herath, John S Jahera -- The Law and Finance of Control Premiums and Minority Discounts / Helen Bowers -- Cross-Border Valuation Effects in Developed and Emerging Markets / Wenjie Chen -- The M & A Deal Process. …”
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Practitioner's complete guide to M & As : an all-inclusive reference / by Emott, David T., 1944-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…-- Entropy: Tendency toward Negative Variation -- Equity Investor Risk -- Beta -- Systematic Risk -- Unsystematic Risk -- Beta with or without Debt -- Beta: Levered or Unlevered -- Beta Application in Determination of C -- Levered Beta Moves as Debt to Equity Moves -- Size Premium -- Weighted Average Cost of Capital -- Terminal Values, Terminal Value Multiples, and Terminal Value DCFs -- Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Illustrated -- Leverage: The Real Deal -- Debt Limits -- Debt Adds Value: The Derivation of Dt -- The Leveraged Buyout; Definition and Valuation -- Valuing the Leveraged Buyout -- Real Option Valuation: An Introduction -- Real Option Valuation: Application and Illustration -- M & A Values Are Not All the Same -- Discounts and Premiums -- Discounted Cash Flow Valuations: Minority or Control -- Inflation in DCF Valuations -- Integration, Alignment, and Synergy Benefits: Plan It Out -- Integration, Alignment, and Valuing Synergy Benefits -- Venture Capital Valuation -- Discount Rates and Valuing Free Cash Flow -- Growth, C*, and Return: The Engine to Increased Valuations and Deferred Tax Advantage -- How Fast Can the Target Grow? …”
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Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings / by Gaughan, Patrick A., Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Background -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Recent M & A Trends -- Terminology -- Valuing a Transaction -- Types of Mergers -- Merger Consideration -- Merger Professionals -- Merger Arbitrage -- Leveraged Buyouts and the Private Equity Market -- Corporate Restructuring -- Merger Negotiations -- Merger Agreement -- Merger Approval Procedures -- Deal Closing -- Short-Form Merger -- Freeze-Outs and the Treatment of Minority Shareholders -- Reverse Mergers -- Holding Companies -- Chapter 2 History of Mergers -- Merger Waves -- What Causes Merger Waves? …”
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