Private equity -- Transforming public stock to create value BY Harold Bierman Jr.


contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
CHAPTER 1
The Many Virtues of Private Equity 1
CHAPTER 2
Valuing the Target Firm 7
CHAPTER 3
Structuring and Selling the Deal 25
CHAPTER 4
A Changed Dividend Policy 35
CHAPTER 5
A Changed Capital Structure 47
CHAPTER 6
Merchant Banking 67
CHAPTER 7
Operations: The Other Factor 79
CHAPTER 8
The Many Virtues of Going Public 85
CHAPTER 9
A Partial LBO: Almost Private Equity 91
CHAPTER 10
Metromedia (1984) 101
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CHAPTER 11
LBO of RJR Nabisco (1988) 107
CHAPTER 12
Marietta Corporation (1994-1996) 115
CHAPTER 13
The Managerial Buyout of United States Can Company (2000) 127
CHAPTER 14
Phillips Petroleum, Mesa, and Icahn (1984-1985) 137
CHAPTER 15
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1986) 143
Solutions 155
References 185
Index 189