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Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-220044-EFinanceIn 2017, Constellation Brands, the U.S. based beverage company, acquired a 9.9% equity interest in the Canadian marijuana company, Canopy Growth. In 2018, Constellation announced a subsequent investment in Canopy-taking its ownership interest to 37%. However, Canopy's performance had been volatile and net losses had increased since the investment. In an effort to get into the cannabis market early, had Constellation Brands been too early?Starting at €8.20
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School Specialty, Inc.
Gilson, Stuart C.; Mugford, KristinCase HBS-214084-EFinanceSet in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to arrange debtor-in-possession financing to provide liquidity while in bankruptcy. The company has received a financing proposal from its existing term loan lender that includes some aggressive and unusual fea...Starting at €8.20
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Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-216059-EFinanceIn early 2013, CEDC, a large publicly-traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is under pressure from its largest shareholders to give them control of the board and to restructure its debt to avoid bankruptcy. The largest shareholder, billionaire Russian investor Roustam Tariko, has proposed an out o...Starting at €8.20
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Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-224005-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn November 2018, Dell Technologies was poised to re-enter the public markets by means of a complex recapitalization that would replace an entire class of publicly-traded "tracking stock," with new shares that would trade publicly without the need of a formal IPO. The tracking stock was meant to track the value of the publicly traded shares of the software company VMware, but from the outset had traded at a significant discount, sparking intense ...Starting at €8.20
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The Wolf in Cashmere: LVMH's Bid to Acquire Tiffany (Spanish version)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-223S03FinanceIn November 2019, the iconic U.S. jeweler Tiffany agreed to be acquired by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. The $16.6 billion transaction was scheduled to close in mid-2020. However, in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the luxury goods sector. In September 2020 LVMH announced that it was backing out of the deal. Tiffany filed suit against LVMH. LVMH countersued, arguing that the pandemic triggered a material adverse effect (MA...Starting at €8.20
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FAG Kugelfischer - Una reestructuración alemana
Gilson, Stuart C.Case HBS-210S11FinanceUn gran fabricante alemán de rodamientos de bolas y maquinaria de precisión experimenta dificultad financiera severa provocada por las malas prácticas de gestión, una adquisición mal concebida de una antigua fábrica de rodamientos de bolas de Alemania del Este, y una recesión de la industria. La empresa contrata a un gerente de respuesta profesional alemán que en recuperaciones anteriores de las empresas alemanas ha participado en "estilo" prácti...Starting at €8.20
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: El split-off de Conoco (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-210S21FinanceDespués de tomar el 30% de su filial pública de petróleo y gas de Conoco en la mayor oferta pública inicial doméstica (OPI) en la historia de EE.UU., la gestión de E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) está considerando desprenderse de su participación restante en Conoco. Este objetivo se logrará a través de una transacción relativamente poco común llamada corporativa "escisión", bajo la cual se darán los accionistas de DuPont la opción de in...Starting at €8.20
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Lyondell Chemical Company
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-210001-EFinanceHit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest internationally diversified chemical companies and headquartered in The Netherlands, placed its U.S. operations and a German subsidiary under U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. To successfully reorganize as a going concern, the company sought to raise over $8 billion in a super-priority "Debto...Starting at €8.20
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Delphi Corp. and the Credit Derivatives Market (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Ivashina, Victoria; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-210002-EFinanceIn 2005 Jane Bauer-Martin, a hedge fund manager, is considering what she should do with the fund's large investment in the publicly traded bonds of Delphi Corp., a financially troubled auto parts supplier. Delphi is General Motor's key auto parts supplier, and, like GM, it is burdened with large pension and other retiree liabilities that threaten to push it into bankruptcy. Bauer-Martin is considering using various credit derivatives (credit defa...Starting at €8.20
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-211027-EFinanceOne of the leading publishers of textbooks and other educational materials for the U.S. K-12 educational instruction market has suffered a dramatic decline in sales and profits in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial market crisis and economic recession and is now overburdened with debt. To regain its competitiveness, the company has to significantly reduce its debt by billions of dollars. Company management is trying to decide which of several op...Starting at €8.20