.... securities analysis mergers acquisitions discounted cash flow Risk Return Arbitrage analysis stock dividends stockholder relations firm valuation Consumer Goods At three o'clock in the morning on September 10, 2001, Thierry Hautillac, a risk arbitrageur, learns of the final agreement...

...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...

... 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-investment analysis capital budgeting discounted cash flow sensitivity analysis...