Second, management would have to pay out large dividends or undertake
substantial share repurchases.
Not exact matches
Leveraged Buy - Out (LBO): Financial transaction in which a corporation's management
repurchases all public
shares, usually by incurring
substantial debt, and the company goes private.
With a little over $ 4 billion in cash on hand and a $ 1.1 billion dividend deficit in Q3, it seems likely to us that XOM will need to raise another $ 4 to $ 6 billion in debt over the next year unless oil prices recover, its costs drop significantly, it sells off
substantial assets, or
share repurchases are temporarily halted.
I'm not counting
share repurchases as cash returned to shareholders as, you will note, the
share count, despite the
substantial repurchases, is up slightly.
Focusing on Tetragon, we have: Excellent relative performance during the crisis,
substantial post-crisis NAV growth, a history of
share repurchases, current 20 % RoE & IRRs, far higher peer valuations, plus the growth potential offered by its evolving asset management strategy & platform.
First, re-set the company's capital structure with
share repurchases: Use available cash & a conservative level of debt to make a
substantial return of capital to shareholders via a tender offer.