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Teaching note for product 9B06B027.

The vice-president of operations must submit a valuation and recommendation to expand his plant to handle a doubling of sales over the next three years. Students will have to understand the process review for capital allocation in this large corporation in order to make their recommendation, as well as complete a discounted cash flow.

Teaching note for product 9A95B027.

Teaching note for product 9A95B028.

Teaching note for product 9A95B045.

The vice president, corporate finance with Bunting Warburg Inc., had just received a Directors' Circular issued by the Canada Malting Co. Limited (CMCL). The circular, dated October 6, 1995, had been issued the previous day and recommended the rejection of an offer by Bunting Warburg's client to purchase the shares of CMCL. One week earlier, the client, ConAgra, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, the second largest food processor in the United States, .....more

The vice president of corporate lending at London Life received a message that one of its borrowers, Air Atlantic, had not sent its first quarter loan payment and was, therefore, in default of its loan. London Life had loaned Air Atlantic close to $20 million in the late 1980s to buy two deHavilland Dash-8 aircraft. Also, he had deferred $4.5 million of future payments for Air Atlantic. The vice president wondered if Air Atlantic's condition would .....more

The treasurer of The University of Western Ontario was preparing a recommendation to the Spencer Hall board of directors concerning the financing of the $7.7 million expansion to Spencer Hall. The expansion was currently being financed with short-term loans but the board was concerned about increasing rates and was considering such hedging vehicles as interest rate swaps, caps and collars. A follow-up case is available (9A97N004).