In November 2003, the vice-president of Deutsche Bank Securities has received a request from the client to finance the purchase of a large hospital supply distributor. Client must provide the seller offering price and the financial obligations for two weeks. Proposed transaction entails a highly leveraged acquisition target. Problems for students to appreciate the purpose of the company and predicted interactions, the credit assessment of the target (ie, the ability to carry high debt), and critically evaluate the overall design of the transaction. "Hide
by Robert F. Bruner and Sean Carr Source: Darden School of Business 22 pages. Publication Date: December 9, 2005. Prod. #: UV1392-PDF-ENG
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