Paper Assignment: Corporate Finance- Mergers and Acquisitions
Financial Ratios
Pick one of the Mergers or Acquisitions listed below and answer the questions in your paper. If you'd like to select another M & A that is not on the list, please confirm with me for approval. If you have been part of an M & A, you may write your case on that. Again, confirm with me prior to.
o America Online and Time Warner
o Dow Chemical and DuPont
o Anheuser-Busch and SABMiller
o Heinz and Kraft Foods
o Exxon and Mobil
o Oracle and Sun Microsystems
o CVS and Aetna
o Dell and EMC
o Time Warner and AT & T
o Comcast and Time Warner Cable
o Warner-Lambert and Pfizer
Be sure to answer every question below within your paper.
o Explain the deal. Merger or Acquisition?
o Structure of the deal. How was it financed? What was the cost?
o Identify the purpose and the goals of the deal?
o Whom do you believe benefited the most? Which company and why?
o What do you believe are the significant downfalls/damages caused by the deal if any?
o Is the deal successful today? Do you feel it will remain successful?
o Could/would anyone acquire them now?
o What company would be a potential merger candidate? Why?
o If they could do it again or not do it at all, what would your advice be and why?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.