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Percentage of Sales
Cost of Goods 67.00% 67.00% 67.00% 68.00% 69.00%
Sell, Gen’l, Admin. 22.00% 23.00% 21.00% 22.00% 22.00%
Operating Income 6.60% 5.30% 7.30% 6.20% 5.40%
Stockholder Information
Earnings Per Share $ 2.91 $ 1.88 $ 3.25 $ 2.74 $ 2.23
Dividends Per Share $1.60 $1.60 $1.60 $1.60 $1.60
Book Value Per Share $49.40 $49.68 $51.33 $52.47 $53.10
Market Price 33-46 35-48 29-41 25-33 23-32
Price/Earnings Ratio 11-16 10-26 9-13 9-12 10-14
Shares Outstanding 584000.00 584000.00 584000.00 584000.00 584000.00
Exhibit 2 Balance Sheet at December 31, 2002, Robertson Tool Company
(millions of dollars)
Assets Liabilities and Net Worth
Financial Position
Current Assets $ 25 $ 46 $ 49 $ 41 $ 46
Current Liabilities $6.00 $11.00 $15.00 $10.00 $13.00
Net Working Capital $19.00 $35.00 $34.00 $31.00 $33.00
Long-term Debt $10.00 $18.00 $16.00 $15.00 $17.00
Shareholders’ Equity $21.00 $36.00 $40.00 $41.00 $41.00
Stockholders Information
Earnings Per Share $ .78 $ .61 $ .59 $ .21 $ .54
Dividends Per Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.20 $0.00
Book Value Per Share $8.31 $6.86 $7.37 $7.38 $7.45
Market Price 6-17 10-18 7-18 4-10 5-8
Price/Earnings Ratio 8-22 16-30 12-31 19-48 9-15
Shares Outstanding 2525600.00 5245900.00 5430100.00 5510000.00 5501000.00
Times Interest Earned (X)
EBITDA / Interest (X)
Pre-tax Return on Capital (%)
Debt as % Capital (%)
Number of companies
Exhibit 4 ProFormas for Robertson Tool (millions of dollars)
Actual Forecasts
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 to Infinity
Collection Period (days) 55.00 77.00 47.00 61.00 96.00 77.00 53.00
Inventory % Sales 12% 18% 13% 17% 18% 16% 33%
Times Interest Earned 3.80 3.20 7.10 11.50 7.80 9.30 3.50
Debt % Capital
· balance sheet values 98% 52% 30% 27% 29% 40% 28%
· market values 29% 37% 20% 17% 19% 24% 37%
Bond Rating BB- BB+ BBB - A+ A -
Share Price $ 42 $ 42 $ 29 $ 22 $ 26 $ 27 $ 30
Earnings Per Share $2.80 $3.20 $2.00 $1.78 $1.80 $2.32 $2.32
Price/Earnings $15.00 $13.10 $14.50 $12.40 $14.40 $11.60 $13.50
Equity Beta 1.00 1.00 1.00 .75 1.05 .95
Asset Beta .71 .63 .80 .63 .85 .73
Exhibit 7 Information on United States Capital Markets
I. Interest Rates in May 2003
30-Year U.S. U.S. Corporate Bonds Rated
Treasury Bonds AA A BBB BB
4.10% 4.52% 5.07% 6.07% 7.96%
II. Estimated Market Risk Premium = 6% over 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bonds
III. Median Values of Key Ratios by Standard & Poors’ Rating Category
AAA AA A BBB BB B
Times Interest Earned (X) 27.30 18.00 10.40 5.90 3.40 1.50
EBITDA / Interest (X) 31.00 21.40 12.80 7.60 4.60 2.30
Pre-tax Return on Capital (%) 25.20 25.40 19.70 15.10 12.50 8.80
Debt as % Capital (%) 12.60 36.10 38.40 43.70 51.90 74.90
Number of companies 6.00 15.00 118.00 213.00 297.00 345.00
IV. Debt and Times Interest Earned Ratios for Selected Industries
AAA AA A BBB BB
Food Processing
Debt % Capital 44% - 51% 54% 53%
Times Interest Earned 7.9 - 6.7 4.3 2.9
Electrical Equipment
Debt % Capital - - 36% 48% 72%
Times Interest Earned - - 7.3 3.2 1.6
Electric Utilities
Debt % Capital - 46% 54% 57% 73%
Times Interest Earned - 4.0 3.4 2.7 2.0
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What are the sources of value creation in target company(Robertson Tools)
Robertson tool company has a very strong brand value and is one of the largest manufacturers in few products, which would increase the cash flows for the company a
opportunities to grow in different markets and expand its market share.
Robertson's COGS could be reduced from 69% of sales to 65%. The high COGS was because Robertson tried to seel to every market segment which increased inventory
manufacturing efficiency.
Removal of sales and advertising duplication will decrease selling, general and admin expenses from 22% of sales to 19%.
As of now, industrial market contributed to 75% of Robertson's sales and the rest came from the consumer market, whereas Monmouth had the exact opposite propor
products are complements of each other, there can be increase in sales of Monmouth products in the industrial markets and of Robertson products in consumer marke
Robertson's distribution system is a great asset to Monmouth. They had 48 direct sales people and 28 sales engineers who marketed Robertson products to 2100 whol
Robertson held a 50% market share in clamps and vices and a 9% market share in scissors in shears and would bring in good reputation.
Exhibit 4 ProFormas for Robertson Tool (millions of dollars)
Actual
2002 2003 2004
Question 3
The maximum Offer price should be $88.01 for the share of Robertson Tools
Question 4
II. Estimated Market Risk Premium = 6% over 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bonds
III. Median Values of Key Ratios by Standard & Poors’ Rating Category
AAA AA A BBB BB B
Times Interest Earned (X) 27.30 18.00 10.40 5.90 3.40 1.50
EBITDA / Interest (X) 31.00 21.40 12.80 7.60 4.60 2.30
Pre-tax Return on Capital (%) 25.20 25.40 19.70 15.10 12.50 8.80