In June 2013, Apollo Tyre’s Limited announced that it would acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion. But Copper decided first to terminate the deal...
Torrent‐Elder Pharmaceuticals Acquisition For Mutual Benefit
Torrent Pharmaceuticals had acquired the branded domestic formulations business of Elder Pharmaceutical in India and Nepal for Rs 2,004 crore. The deal helped the Ahmedabad‐based company to widen its market...
Creating Value For Shareholder
Recently, the Board Of Directors of Pfizer Ltd. (“Pfizer India”) and Wyeth Ltd. (“Wyeth India”) had approved the long-awaited merger of Wyeth India into Pfizer India, which will create a single Pfizer brand in India. In...
Merger & Acquisition – The Telecom Way
A panel of Ministers called the EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) approved the final draft of the much-awaited merger & acquisition (M&A) guidelines for the Telecom sector which are likely to support the...
The BlackBerry’s Story
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED (RIM): The company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act on March 1984, head-quarter at Canada. A global leader in wireless innovation revolutionized the mobile industry with...
Holcim Partial Exit—Innovative Structure
The cement industry is literally the building block of a nation. A country’s cement output is considered one of the primary indicators of its level of economic development. In a recent development Holcim, one of the...
CIE Automotive And Mahindra Group Tie Up
Mahindra Group has entered into a global alliance with Spain’s CIE Automotive S.A. The agreement will come under Systech Sector, which happens to be the Mahindra group automotive component, and CIE Automotive (also...
Synergy Arising From Yahoo! Acquiring Tumblr
Yahoo has acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash – roughly a quarter of the purchase price The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators...
Amtek Grows From Strength To Strength
ALLIANCE INTEGRATED METALIKS LIMITED: The company started as a financing company in the name of “BS Holding and Credit Private limited” in the year 1989 based in New Delhi. In the year 1996 it was converted into a...
Why Merger Fails To Create Value
Mergers are supposed to make companies more productive. They’re meant to get rid of inefficiencies, grow revenues and result in a stronger bottom line. But sometimes things don’t go according to plan. The new team won’t...
GOING TURNAROUND THROUGH PRIVATE ROUTE
CURRENT FACTS: The Texas-based computer maker, which Dell started in his college dormitory room, once topped a market capitalization of $100 billion as the world’s biggest PC producer. Dell is now the number three...
Dell goes private
Dell has officially reached a deal to go private. It’s going to be led by its founder Michael Dell, with a financial assist from private equity firm Silver Lake and PC enthusiast Microsoft. The deal is worth $24.4...