...@dardenbusinesspublishing.com . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Firm valuation capital...

... acquisitions discounted cash flow Risk Return Arbitrage analysis stock dividends stockholder relations firm valuation Consumer Goods At three o'clock in the morning of September 10, 2001, Thierry Hautillac, senior manager of the merger-arbitrage/event-driven portfolio of Geneva-based hedge...

...Michael J. Schill This case is used in Darden's FY Finance course, but it would be appropriate in any course introducing firm valuation. The case examines the 2012 decision by American Greetings (AG) to repurchase shares. Students can build a simple model of the company's future cash flows...