Arcelor considers its shares are undervalued and has to decide whether to buy back stock via a repurchase tender offer or via an open market repurchase.
It's to value the company to get an estimate of the reasonable value of the firm, before doing so. It has also to decide whether it can manage the buyback: is the increase in leverage a move to a better capital structure?
PUBLICATION DATE: January 31, 2009 PRODUCT #: INS047-HCB-ENG
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