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	Leveraged Buyout (LBO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The purpose of leveraged buyouts is to allow companies to make large acquisitions without having to commit a lot of capital.
		Leveraged buyouts have had a notorious history, especially in the 1980s when several prominent buyouts led to the eventual bankruptcy of the acquired companies.
		This was mainly due to the fact that the leverage ratio was nearly 100% and the interest payments were so large that the company's operating cash flows were unable to meet the obligation.
	www.investopedia.com /terms/l/leveragedbuyout.asp (451 words)

	Leveraged Buyouts: Inception, Evolution, and Future Trends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Leveraged buyouts are probably one of the most remarkable success stories of the 1980's.
		Buyout firms are presented with many good opportunities as sellers in financial difficulties are increasingly willing to accept the more realistic, lower valuations and as investors are trying hard to find investment opportunities to beat the SandP 500 return.
		While traditional buyouts were likely to occur in established, cash-rich firms within a mature industry, today buyouts have increasingly become a way to unlock the entrepreneurial spirit from rigid corporate structures, with increasing attention paid to technology-related industries.
	www.oycf.org /perspectives/18_093002/Leveraged_Buyouts.htm (6281 words)

	Leveraged buyout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A leveraged buyout is essentially a strategy involving the acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money (bonds or loans) to meet the cost of acquisition.
		A leveraged balance sheet has a small portion of equity capital and therefore a large portion of loan capital.
		The purposes of debt financing for leveraged buyouts are two-fold: 1) The use of debt increases (leverages) the financial return to the private equity sponsor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leveraged_buyout (978 words)

	Leveraged Buyout - Best-Ranks.com
		A leveraged buyout is a tactic through which control of a corporation is acquired by buying up a majority of their stock using borrowed money.
		A leveraged buyout may also be referred to as a hostile takeover, a highly-leveraged transaction, or a bootstrap transaction.
		In the 1980s, Congress began examining the practice of the leveraged buyout closely for legislation and the media devoted an enormous amount of attention to high-profile cases of leveraged buyout.
	www.best-ranks.com /leveraged_buyout.htm (487 words)

	Small Business Leasing, Leveraged Buyout, Minority Business Loans.
		Leveraged management buyout services should involve working with management to structure the buyout of the corporation, subsidiary, division or product line from start to finish.
		After a buyout analysis, if it has been determined worthwhile to incur the time and expense to proceed with a buyout effort, the four-step process begins: bid, negotiate, finance and close.
		Leveraged buyout financing (LBO) is typically provided for the strategic purchase of other product lines, divisions, or companies.
	russianharmony.com /hardmoneyloans/business-opportunities.htm (438 words)

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