4. Portfolio & Asset
Restructuring
Affect distinctly the asset base or
the product / service portfolios of
the organizations in consideration,
as also the power and control
related issues. These types of
restructuring initiatives are usually
undertaken to enhance the
profitability of the both companies
in a mutually rewarding situation.
5. Capital
Restructuring
Capital is generally the assets,
often monetary, that are available
to generate more assets. Thus the
liquidity of capital should be high.
Restructuring them means
reallocating them to improve their
availability (liquidity).
12. Conglomerate
Merger
A merger involves mergers of
corporates in related as well as
unrelated businesses to achieve
three objectives;
a. Product Extension
b. Entry into new Geographic
Markets
c. Entry into unrelated yet
profitable businesses.
16. Management
Buyouts
The management of a company
decides to take their company
private because it feels it has the
expertise to grow the business
better if it controls the ownership.
17. Takeovers
Takeovers are normally viewed as
unfriendly acquisitions as in this
case, one company purchases a
majority interest in the target
company resulting in loss of
management control for the target
company.
18. Hostile
Takeover
It is a takeover attempt that is
strongly resisted by the target firm
and is undertaken by purchasing
the majority of outstanding shares
of the target company in the open
stock market.
19. Leveraged
Buyout
IT IS A TYPE OF ACQUISITION
WHEREIN THE ACQUIRING
COMPANY USES A LARGE
AMOUNT OF DEBT .
20. Asset Buyout
A buyout strategy in which key
assets of the target company are
purchased, rather than its shares.
21. Divestitures
The partial or full disposal of an
investment or asset through sale,
exchange, closure or bankruptcy.
23. Spin Offs
A company owns or creates a
subsidiary whose shares are
distributed on a pro rata basis to
the shareholders of the parent
company where the Parent usually
retains some ownership of
approximately 10 to 20%.
24. Splits
Splits refer to splitting the
corporate entity into two or more
parts to achieve its strategic
objectives.
25. Split-ups
When a firm splits into 2 or more
entities - usually accomplished
with carve-outs and spin-offs of
individual parts,
26. Split-offs
Some of the shareholders of the
parent company receive a
subsidiary's shares on condition
that they return the shares they
hold of the parent company.
27. Equity Carve-
outs
It is the IPO of some portion /
some percentage of the common
stock of the wholly owned
subsidiary of the Parent Company.
28. Disinvestment
The use of a concerted economic
boycott, with specific emphasis on
liquidating stock, to pressure a
government, industry, or company
towards a change in policy, or in
the case of governments, even
regime change.