This case explores the use of advanced out-of-court restructuring techniques from the perspective of a company facing looming debt maturities and an overleveraged capital structure. The decade that followed the global financial crisis was characterized by rising corporate leverage with increasingly forgiving debt covenant packages. These looser covenants enabled borrowers to pursue a range of novel transactions to avoid bankruptcy. The 2016 exchange offer conducted by J. Crew paved the way for the use of a particularly aggressive form of restructuring, where valuable assets that had provided collateral and/or value support for loans and bonds are separated from the company and used as a bargaining chip to obtain more favourable terms in a restructuring negotiation. The protagonist in the case is a restructuring advisor, contemplating the proposal of a similar type of transaction for Neiman Marcus Group. These transactions have significant financial, strategic, commercial, legal and ethical implications, which the case explores in depth.
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• Increasing liberalization of trade policy can help the
company to invest further.
• The economic performance of the markets that the
firm is present in – can grow because of increasing
government expenditure, increasing disposable
income, and increasing investment into the sector.
• Also, the consumer expenditure is increasing and
expected to increase upcoming years, which will
affect the sales of electricity and energy industry.
• Efficiency of financial markets – The company can
access vibrant financial markets and easy availability
of liquidity in the equity market to expand further
globally.
• Economic Cycles – The performance of The company
in Finance & Accounting is closely correlated to the
economic performance of the country it is present in.
ECONOMY ANALYSIS
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PESTLE ANALYSIS
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• Intellectual property protection
• Highly regulated political
environment
• Efficiency of financial markets –
Does firm need to raise capital in
local market?
• Infrastructure quality
• Technology's impact on product offering
• Impact on cost structure in this industry
• Intellectual property protection
• Highly regulated political environment
• Efficiency of financial markets –
Does firm need to raise capital
in local market?
• Infrastructure quality
• Technology's impact on product offering
• Impact on cost structure in this industry
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
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Competitive
Rivalry- Low
Suppliers
Bargaining
Power- High
Buyers
Bargaining
Power- High
Threat of New
Entrants- High
Threat of
Substitutes-
Moderate
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SWOT ANALYSIS
1. High Capital Expenditure
2. High risk for future.
3. Need more research ad
development and training to human
resources.
WEAKNESSES
1. Has opportunity to influence
the market.
2. Opportunities to expand oil
prices and exports.
OPPURTUNITIES
1. Has first mover advantage &
good growth rate
2.Strong facilities and good
infrastructure
3. Skilled Management.
STRENGTHS
1. Delay of the project may
affect the government
supports..
2. Risk from natural elements
and events.
THREATS
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DuPont Analysis of Neiman Marcus
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Net Income/Total Sales Sales/Total Assets Total Assets/Total Equity ROE
DuPont Analysis
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14. Which Steps and offer
Neiman Marcus should
take in the situation of
Bankruptcy?
Did it make any sense to
revisit the idea of pursuing
a traditional stand-alone
reorganization plan?
Neiman was confronting a serious
situation. After a long and storied history
of growth and profitability, the luxury
department store group had experienced
significant declines in its operating
performance over the past few years,
which rendered the heavy debt load
raised during its 2013 leveraged buyout
(LBO) unsustainable.
PROBLEM
STATEMENT
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Alternative 1: Extending Debt
Maturity
Cost of equity 0.16342
Tax rate 0.257
Total equity 943
Total debt 5637.3
Total capital 6580.3
Interest rate 0.1
Weight of equity 14.33%
Weight of debt 85.67%
WACC 8.7%
Business risk premium 3.5%
Financial risk premium 4%
Adjusted WACC 16.2%
Issuance of new notes($735 mn) at 10% rate to pay 15% of term loan
PV of FCFF $1,374.24
Add: Cash balance 62
Firm value $1,436.24
Less: Interest bearing debt 5,637
Less: Distress risk premium $323.15
Equity value ($4,524.21)
Share outstanding 94
Value per share ($47.98)
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Alternative 2: Debt-to-equity
Swap
New price(40%) 14.00
Debt before Restructuring 4,902
Debt after Restructuring 0
Equity 943
New Equity 5,845
No of New Shares 42
PV of FCFF $3,126.67
Add: cash balance 62
Firm value $3,188.67
Less: Interest bearing debt 0
Less: Financial distress cost $717.45
Equity value $2,471.22
Share Outstanding 136
Value per share $18.16