Distress investing : principles and technique /
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| Author / Creator: | Whitman, Martin J. |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009. |
| Description: | xxii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wiley finance series Wiley finance series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8297158 |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: The General Landscape of Distress Investing. Chapter 1: The Changed Environment. Trends in Corporate Debt Growth and Leverage before the Financial Meltdown of 2007-2008. Junk Bonds and the Levering-up Period. The Syndicated Loan Market and Leveraged Loans. The Financial Meltdown of 2007-2008. The Principal 2005 Bankruptcy Amendment as they Affect Chapter 11 Reorganizations of Business. Chapter 2: The Theoretical Underpinning. What market? Towards a general theory of market efficiency. The External Forces Influencing Markets Explained. What risk? Capital structure and credit risk. Valuation. The company as a stand-alone. Control and its vital importance. Chapter 3: The Causes of Financial Distress. Lack of access to capital markets. Deterioration of operating performance. Deterioration of GAAP performance. Large off-balance sheet contingent liabilities. Chapter 4: Deal Expenses and Who Bears Them. Attorneys and Financial Advisers' compensation structure and the distribution of the fee pie. Time in Chapter 11 and the number of legal firms retained. The determinants of legal fees and expenses. The determinants of financial advisers' fees and expenses. Can professional costs be excessive? Appendix. Chapter 5: Other Important Issues. Management compensation and entrenchment. Tax and political disadvantages. Chapter 6: The Five Basic Truths of Distress Investing. Truth 1: No one can take away a corporate creditor's right to a money payment outside of Chapter 11 or Chapter 7. Truth 2: Chapter 11 rules influence all reorganizations. Truth 3: Substantive characteristics of securities. Truth 4: Restructurings are costly for creditors. Truth 5: Creditors have only contractual rights. Part Two: Restructuring Troubled Issuers. Chapter 7: Voluntary Exchanges. Voluntary Exchanges. The holdout problem illustrated. Making a voluntary exchange work. Tax Disadvantages of a Voluntary Exchange vs. Chapter 11 Reorganization. Chapter 8: A Brief Review of Chapter 11. Liquidations and reorganizations. Starting a case: Voluntary vs. Involuntary petitions. Forum shopping. The parties in a Chapter 11 case. The administration of a Chapter 11 case. The Chapter 11 Plan. Chapter 9: The Workout Process. Parties and their differing needs and desires. Types of Chapter 11 Cases. Leverage factors in Chapter 11. Part Three: The Investment Process. Chapter 10: How to Analyze: Valuation. Strict Going Concern Valuation. Resource conversion valuation. Liquidation valuations. Chapter 11: Due Diligence for Distressed Issues. Chapter 12: Distress Investing Risks. Risks associated with the alteration of priorities. Other risks. Chapter 13: Form of Considerations vs. Amount of Consideration. Part Four: Cases and Implications for Public Policy. Chapter 14: Brief Case Studies of Distressed Securities 2008-2009. Performing Loans Likely to Remain Performing Loans. Small Cases. Large Cases. Capital Infusions into Troubled Companies. Chapter 15: A Small Case: Home Products International. The early years. Growth by acquisitions. Retail industry woes. The fight for control. Amendment of indenture and event of default. The decision: Prepackaged Chapter 11. Treatment of impaired classes under the Plan. Financial means for implementation of the Plan. Going concern and liquidation valuations. Chapter 16: A Large Reorganization Case: Kmart Corporation. Landlords and Unexpired Leases. Vendors and Critical Vendor Motions. Management and KERPs pre 2005 BAPCPA. Fraudulent Transfers. Subsidiary Guarantees and Substantive Consolidation. Chapter 11 committees and out of control professional costs. Blocking positions. Buying claims in Chapter 11. DIP Financing. Kmart's Plan of Reorganization and Plan Investors. Investment Performance. Chapter 17: An Ideal Restructuring System. Feasibility and Cash Bailouts. Good Enough Rather Than Ideal. Highly Beneficial Elements in the U.S. Restructuring System. The Goals of an Ideal Restructuring System. Suggested Reforms. About the Authors. Notes. Index. | |
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