Disciplining management or guiding management: aligning interests in securitized leveraged buyouts
Disciplining management or guiding management: aligning interests in securitized leveraged buyouts
Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are generally explained in terms of a governance mechanism that disciplines management. It is operationalized by increasing the leverage of a firm, which has an implicit consequence of constraining management
in the use of free cash flows. However, under a relatively new form of LBO known as securitized leveraged buyouts, private equity firms raise funds on the back of the acquired company’s operating assets. A securitized LBO imposes explicit restrictions on management with regard to its freedom for carrying out strategy decisions. Using the case study of Hertz, we show how a securitized LBO can be structured more efficiently and what important decisions must be made in order to improve its debt service capacity.
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Bouvier, Laurent
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Nisar, Tahir M.
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Bouvier, Laurent
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Nisar, Tahir M.
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Bouvier, Laurent and Nisar, Tahir M.
(2015)
Disciplining management or guiding management: aligning interests in securitized leveraged buyouts.
Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 26 (2), .
(doi:10.1002/jcaf.22013).
Abstract
Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are generally explained in terms of a governance mechanism that disciplines management. It is operationalized by increasing the leverage of a firm, which has an implicit consequence of constraining management
in the use of free cash flows. However, under a relatively new form of LBO known as securitized leveraged buyouts, private equity firms raise funds on the back of the acquired company’s operating assets. A securitized LBO imposes explicit restrictions on management with regard to its freedom for carrying out strategy decisions. Using the case study of Hertz, we show how a securitized LBO can be structured more efficiently and what important decisions must be made in order to improve its debt service capacity.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 19 November 2014
Published date: January 2015
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