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and Australia. In this role he was
engaged in over 25 acquisitions, over
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
Through distance learning you can enjoy
COURSE the benefits of studying, whilst
minimising disruption to your existing
professional commitments. You can set
20 equity raisings and a large number
of complex financings, many of them
structured on a limited recourse basis;
relationship manager.
engaging process”
• 6 years as a corporate finance
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involved in mergers and acquisitions
and corporate restructurings.
• 6 years as a CFO of a public group with
a joint head office in the United States
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Richard was excellent as a trainer – excellent
course content and leadership skills.”
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COURSE SYLLABUS
– offtaker default
– political interference
UNIT 1 UNIT 2
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE VALUATION ISSUES – logistics
– development risk
Unit Learning Aims and Objectives – illiquidity
FINANCE
Unit Learning Aims and Objectives The participant will gain a solid and practical – others
The participant will gain a solid and practical understanding of:
understanding of: The pricing of risk Discounting
• Shortcomings of Excel’s NPV function
Deriving a discount rate
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The essential difference between price and • EXP and XNPV functions explained
value Errors frequently encountered in DCF
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The central role of Free Cash Flow (FCF) Practical application in a case study • The fallacy of a “terminal” value
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Every single decision that a corporate • The technical and locational obsolescence
Summary of Unit executive makes, be it an acquisition, a factor
The first unit establishes themes that reappear divestment, a restructuring, a capital spending • The two-step formula
throughout the course – in particular: initiative, a rationalisation – is a decision • The value of the company’s Free Cash Flow
The role of accounting data in analysis of based upon the value implied by the decision
performance and the cost or price of its implementation. Deriving the Value Range
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assessing value.
This section flags some issues in the use of
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The principal difficulty with which we will be conventional valuation approach. We don’t
Corporate Finance from time to time becomes
grappling is that value is based on the future, have enough room to go into detail in unit two,
the target of fads – some of which can have a
not the past, and in the case of corporate so the issues will be addressed in more detail in
degree of utility in specific circumstances, but
decisions (as opposed to fixed income Unit three.
many of which are flawed. A solid grounding
securities), none of us has a perfect vision of • The Achilles heel
in the foundation principles of valuation and
what the future holds. We will know with • The errors frequently encountered –
capital structuring enables the analyst or
hindsight of course, but decisions have to be summary
decision maker to rationalise the approach,
made today. Value is not therefore a precise • The alternative approaches – summary
and effect any adaptations that are required, to
figure – it is a range. We can say that the
resolve the issues encountered in any specific
value is between “x” and “y”. Most of the
decision-making context. A Case Study
complexity that we shall encounter in this unit
Worked example of the steps explained
revolves around the uncertainty of future
in the unit
outcomes and the techniques that can be
used to address that problem.
UNIT CONTENT
Preliminary Comments
• Corporate finance and the scope of this
course
• Theory vs. practice UNIT CONTENT
The Concept and the Fundamentals
Value as the Central Driver of Corporate • The core concept
Decisions • Passing fads
• Share market fashions • Real options
• Earnings per share don’t count
• The limitations of accounting
The Pricing of Risk
• The concept of “risk”
• The correlation of risk and return
• The essential importance of Free Cash Flow
– for capital structuring • Mistakes with marginal financing, and
– for valuation present timeframes
– for investment decisions • Influences on the required rate of return
– for other purposes – the future funding mix
• Price distinguished from value – the future business mix
• The value range – the immediate investment
• The perfect market myth
– capturing the future Forecasting the Free Cash Flow
– the influence of trading • Why volatility is irrelevant to the modelling
– the credit multiplier effect • Indexation of assumptions
• The use of generic, or template models
Volatility
• The importance of volatility and its Discount Rates
quantification • Long term horizon
• The drivers of cash flow volatility • “Risk free” rates
• Company dynamics • Risk premia
– share market premium
– specific company premium
COURSE SYLLABUS
A Worked Example Calculational Case Study
• Embedded assumptions of the pricing A company wishes to acquire
UNIT 3
VALUATION AND PRICING techniques another company of similar size in a
• Adjustments for earnings growth friendly, agreed transaction. The
Unit Learning Aims and Objectives • Adjustments for accounting differentials price has been agreed. (NB: the
The participant will gain a solid and practical • Normalisation adjustments tactics in implementing acquisitions where
understanding of: there is no agreement between the parties or
The correct calculation of IRRs Pricing Models where we have to negotiate price, and the
• Adopting the market’s perspective regulatory environment of implementing
The errors that are frequently encountered
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The instructions for using the pricing model UNIT 4 – The transaction
supplied – Valuation in the context of mergers and
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This unit indicates the adjustments that would The different types of corporate finance • The functionality required
be typical in a variety of analytical contexts. modelling and how it effects its • The status worksheet
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a feedback loop as to whether the company • Inputs, engine room and bridge
The use of the Excel files supplied as part
under their management was generating value. • User interface
of this distance learning programme
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• Additional premia
numbers;
Joint Ventures Have been built in accordance with the
• Control and liquidity principles of modelling best practice
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• Speculative investment
• The requirements of the shareholder agreement
COURSE SYLLABUS
UNIT 7 UNIT 8
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS PART 1 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS PART 2
Unit Learning Aims and Objectives Unit Learning Aims and Objectives
The participant will gain a solid and practical The participant will gain a solid and practical
understanding of: understanding of:
夝 The regulatory issues pertaining to the The implications of a contested acquisition
acquisition of companies
The timetable, the prohibitions, and the
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UNIT CONTENT
An Introduction to Mergers & Acquisitions UNIT CONTENT
• Social and economic frameworks Commercial Considerations and Strategies for
• Researching potential acquisitions the Acquirer
• Regulatory framework and overview of • Key strategies
takeover law • Regulatory constraints
• Degrees of control • Tactics during the offer period
• Alternatives to takeovers • After the offer
eight short self assessment tests after each unit, you Provides exceptional teaching staff
will need to submit a 5000 word assignment at the end
Delivers applied learning experiences
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QUALITY
ABOUT OUR PARTNER MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) visited
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Middlesex University is a large London based university University’s current and likely future
with a history in higher education dating from 1878. In management of its academic standards and of
1992 it was granted the Royal Charter making it a the learning opportunities available to students.
university. The university offers a broad range of
courses through four academic schools of Arts and
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THE UNIVERSITY IS A MAJOR PROVIDER OF
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Middlesex University has over 34,000 students
WITH AN IMPRESSIVE TRACK RECORD OF
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campuses and also with partner institutions, making it
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PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AS WELL
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University has a long history of successful
collaborations with the corporate sector. It was the first
academic institution to develop industry specific MBA
programmes (Shipping & Logistics and Oil & Gas)
delivered 100% by distance learning.
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Middlesex University is committed to meeting the
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academic programmes. It has a major international
business school based in London with overseas
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