Whole foods market takeover by Amazon.com

The case-study describes the situation involving Whole Foods Market, Jana Partners and Amazon. The case-study describes the situation for Whole Foods Market and the shareholder activism by Jana Partners leading up to the take-over bid announcement by Amazon on June 16th 2017, when the Whole Foods Ma...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brites, Afonso (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/35667
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/35667
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Resumo:The case-study describes the situation involving Whole Foods Market, Jana Partners and Amazon. The case-study describes the situation for Whole Foods Market and the shareholder activism by Jana Partners leading up to the take-over bid announcement by Amazon on June 16th 2017, when the Whole Foods Market management team invited shareholders to a special meeting to vote on the approval of the merger. The accompanying teaching note for the case-study addresses the financial analysis and valuation of Whole Foods, the rationale behind the merger, value creation through shareholder activism and the EPS fallacy as a measure of value creation.