Synopses & Reviews
Your personal on-call M&A consultant--covering every detail from
pre-negotiation planning to post-closing integration. including:
choices between internal expansion and acquisitions; acquisition
financing; valuation methods including discounted cash flow analysis;
"due diligence" reviews; negotiating methods; federal and state
taxation including tax-free reorganizations and Section 338(h)(10)
elections; accounting methods including pooling of interests and
leveraged buyout treatment; antitrust, securities registration, and
tender offers; environmental and other legal requirements; employee
stock ownership plans; acquisition contracts and closings; pension and
other employee benefit plans; international transactions. Written in a
concise style, by one of today's leading M&A authorities, The
McGraw-Hill Guide to Acquiring and Divesting Businesses is required
reading for a fast-paced business environment. Packed with numerous
examples, diagrams, checklists, forms, passages excerpted from
standards, laws, and regulations, and references to to other sources,
this comprehensive resource is all you need to be well-informed in all
aspects of acquisition and divestiture transactions.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the M&A Market.
Strategies, Preparations and Negotiations.
Acquisition Financing.
Business Valuation from a Financial Point of View.
Business Investigation ("Due Diligence") Reviews.
Federal Taxation of Taxable Acquisitions.
Tax Free Organizations, Reorganizations and Divisions.
State Taxation.
Accounting Methods.
Antitrust Law Requirements.
The Securities Regulation Laws--Overview, Public Offerings and Private Placements.
The Securities Regulation Laws--Tender Offers; "Going Private"; Proxy Solicitation and Contests.
Other Legal Matters.
Leveraged Buyouts.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Acquisitions.
Acquisition Contracts.
Acquisition Closings.
Post-Closing Integration and Other Activities.
Some Aspects of International Acquisitions.