...Susan Chaplinsky; Felicia C. Marston; Brett Merker In January 2012, Ellen Kullman, CEO and chairman of DuPont, must decide whether to retain or sell the company's Performance Coatings (DPC) division. This is an introductory case on valuing a leveraged buyout. The case focuses on a publicly listed...

...—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. 10/09. Private equity leveraged buyout valuation Banking/Finance/Insurance In July 2004, Sean Penmeyer, a principal at J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP, the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co.), was in the midst...