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Master corporate financial restructuring and learn how organizations transform their capital structure to improve performance and create shareholder value. Analyze mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and valuation techniques used in real-world finance.
This course provides a comprehensive and practical approach to understanding corporate restructuring strategies. You will explore management buyouts, acquisition financing, leveraged recapitalization, and insolvency frameworks, building strong analytical skills in corporate finance.
You will learn how to apply valuation techniques, interpret financial models, and evaluate restructuring decisions based on their impact on earnings, capital structure, and firm value. The course also covers merger financing, EPS impact, and takeover strategies used in competitive corporate environments.
Real-world case studies, including major corporate mergers, help you connect theory with practical application. You will also analyze market concentration, free cash flow valuation, and global restructuring frameworks.
By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently evaluate complex corporate transactions and apply restructuring strategies, preparing you for roles in investment banking, corporate finance, consulting, and strategic management.
This module introduces the core concepts of corporate financial restructuring and management buyouts (MBOs). Learners explore the management buyout process, different buyout structures, funding sources, and valuation considerations used in corporate ownership transitions.
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11 videos4 assignments
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11 videos•Total 66 minutes
Introduction to Financial Restructuring•5 minutes
Management Buyout Process•5 minutes
Types of Management Buyout•6 minutes
MBO Structure and Funded•8 minutes
Sources of MBO Funding•5 minutes
Investors for Investing•9 minutes
Considering a Management Buyout•5 minutes
Criteria for Buyout•4 minutes
Valuations and Price•9 minutes
Types and Sources of Finance•7 minutes
Numerical Examples on Management•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded - Foundations of Financial Restructuring & MBOs•30 minutes
Introduction to Financial Restructuring•10 minutes
Financing the Management Buyout•10 minutes
Valuation Basics in Buyouts•10 minutes
Valuation & Buyout Calculations
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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This module focuses on practical financial calculations used in buyout evaluation. Learners explore acquisition price calculations, capital gains implications, and financial distress indicators that influence restructuring decisions.
This module examines insolvency modeling and creditor priority frameworks used in distressed corporate situations. Learners analyze bankruptcy prediction models, liquidation calculations, and repayment hierarchies.
This module explores financing structures used in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Learners evaluate stock transactions, share exchange ratios, EPS impacts, and financing determinants affecting merger outcomes.
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11 videos4 assignments
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11 videos•Total 56 minutes
Stock Swap Options•9 minutes
Example of Share Exchange Ratio•4 minutes
Analyzing on Impacting on EPS•2 minutes
Example on Impacting on EPS•3 minutes
EPS and Post Merger•5 minutes
Calculating the Total Earning•6 minutes
Assumption on Increasing EPS•5 minutes
Financing Decisions and Tab Methods•3 minutes
Determinants of M and A Financing Decisions•4 minutes
Learning Financing Options•9 minutes
External Commercial Borrowings•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded - M&A Payments & EPS Impact•30 minutes
Stock Transactions in M&A•10 minutes
EPS & Earnings Effects•10 minutes
Financing Determinants•10 minutes
Case Study – HP & Compaq
Module 5•2 hours to complete
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This module examines the HP–Compaq merger as a real-world corporate restructuring case study. Learners analyze share valuation, shareholder tax implications, market reactions, and capital structure impacts.
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11 videos4 assignments
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11 videos•Total 50 minutes
Case Study on HP and Compaq•5 minutes
Calculating the Outstanding Shares•2 minutes
Tax for Compaq Shareholders•8 minutes
Reaction on Market•7 minutes
Stock Payment Options•6 minutes
Outcomes with Cash Payments•6 minutes
Impact on Capital Structures•5 minutes
Concept of Levaraged Recapitalization•4 minutes
Assest and Liability Restructuring•3 minutes
Too High and Low Leverage•1 minute
Diagram for Leverage Recapitalization•3 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded - Case Study – HP & Compaq•30 minutes
Strategic Deal Structure•10 minutes
Payment Methods & Capital Impact•10 minutes
Asset & Liability Restructuring•10 minutes
Leveraged Recapitalization & LBO
Module 6•2 hours to complete
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This module focuses on leveraged recapitalization and leveraged buyouts (LBOs). Learners examine debt financing strategies, junk bonds, EBITDA-based valuation, and debt structure evaluation.
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11 videos4 assignments
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11 videos•Total 51 minutes
Purpose of Firm for Levaraged Recapitalization•2 minutes
Ways to carryout Leveraged Recapitalization•2 minutes
Leverage Share Repurchase•2 minutes
Leverage Buy Outs•4 minutes
Case Study on Leveraged Recapitalization•7 minutes
LBO and Junk Bond Financing•10 minutes
EBITDA Capital and Recapitalization•4 minutes
Calculation for EBITDA Capital•5 minutes
Analyzing on the Debt Structure•8 minutes
Learning the Recapitalization Transaction•3 minutes
This module explores advanced recapitalization strategies through case studies. Learners evaluate transaction assumptions, financial statements, shareholder value analysis, and structural forms of mergers.
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11 videos4 assignments
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11 videos•Total 68 minutes
Case Study on Levearged Recapitalization•6 minutes
Transaction for Levraraged Share and Dividend•4 minutes
Transaction Assumption Examples•8 minutes
Balance Sheet and the Income Statement•6 minutes
Learning Valuation and Leverage•7 minutes
Analyzing the Shareholder Level•4 minutes
Calculating Dividend Per Share•6 minutes
Concepts based on Mergers and Acquisitions•6 minutes
Example on Mergers and Acquisitions•2 minutes
Discussion on Parties to the Acquisitions•10 minutes
Understanding Horizontal and Vertical Merger•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded - Advanced Recapitalization Case Studies•30 minutes
Recap Transactions & Assumptions•10 minutes
Valuation & Shareholder Analysis•10 minutes
M&A Structural Types•10 minutes
Market Concentration & Valuation Techniques
Module 8•2 hours to complete
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This module introduces competition analysis and valuation techniques used in corporate acquisitions. Learners analyze market concentration, free cash flow metrics, and comparable company valuation methods.
This module explores acquisition accounting, takeover defense strategies, and value creation in corporate transactions. Learners examine goodwill calculations, corporate governance mechanisms, and synergy development.
Strategic Corporate Restructuring & Global Perspectives
Module 10•3 hours to complete
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This module explores global corporate restructuring strategies and financing approaches. Learners examine restructuring frameworks, international case studies, and governance practices across different markets.
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14 videos4 assignments
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14 videos•Total 100 minutes
Discussion on the benefits•10 minutes
Reductions in capital needs•9 minutes
Topic on corporate restructuring•4 minutes
Various types of corporate restructuring•6 minutes
Financial and Operational restructuring•5 minutes
Corporate Restructuring in East Asia•7 minutes
Securing Asset based lenders•6 minutes
Mezzanine and Subordinated Debt•6 minutes
Organic and Inorganic growth•7 minutes
Choice of Corporate restructuring•8 minutes
Corporate Control in Corporate restructuring•11 minutes
UK findings in International Findings•6 minutes
Canada findings in International Findings•4 minutes
Focusing Strategic Alternatives•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded - Strategic Corporate Restructuring & Global Perspectives•30 minutes
Capital & Growth Strategies•10 minutes
Global & Financing Perspectives•10 minutes
Strategic Control & International Insights•10 minutes
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