Structuring Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Shareholder Value

<p> Unlike other M&A references, this one-volume guide establishes a framework for analyzing each transaction from a financial perspective, and evaluating your options in terms of how they create value today or better position the company to build value tomorrow. In this newly updated Third Edition of <i><b> Structuring Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Shareholder Value</b></i> , you get clear, authoritative discussions of: </p><ul><li><b>How shareholder value relates to mergers and acquisitions, and different methodologies for valuing a transaction</b>, such as discounted cash flow, comparable company, comparable transaction, premiums paid, price/volume relationships, and private company valuation. </li><li><b>How accounting can influence value creating in mergers and acquisitions</b> , a critical aspect of understanding and structuring the proper transaction for differing business circumstances. </li><li><b>Collars, break-up fees, lock-ups, walk-aways, minority squeeze outs, earnouts, and anti-trust considerations</b>, and other special topics you will encounter in deals </li><li><b>Transactions you may encounter</b>, from “plain vanilla” deals like mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and leveraged buyouts, to more complicated restructuring alternatives like spin-offs, split-offs, share repurchases, recapitalizations and restructuring options that can enhance shareholder value. </li><li><b>Protecting against takeover threats</b>, including legal and structural defenses, with coverage of the most common form of legal defense, the shareholder rights plan. </li><li><b>Making aggressive or hostile offers for a company</b>, the pros and cons of “going it alone” in attempting a hostile acquisition. </li><li><b>Performing effective and complete due diligence</b> on a company in the context of a transaction, a critical step that is often overlooked as something “someone else should do.” </li><li><b>Handling the human aspects of mergers and acquisitions</b>, including basic transition tips that can avoid massive pre- and post-deal turnover. </li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>