Costa – BSIC | Bocconi Students Investment Club

Hot enough? Soft drink makers trying to get sexy again and The Coca-Cola Company’s $5.1 bn acquisition of Costa Coffee.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) – market cap as of 18/09/18: 196.23 bn Whitbread Plc (LON: WTB) – market cap as of 18/09/18; £ 8.61 bn Introduction On the 31st of August 2018, The Coca-Cola Company announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Costa Limited, one Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years23 September 2018 ago

Shareholders Activism: recent trends and strategies

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) – market cap as of 04/05/2018: £7.84bn Introduction Conflicts of interest between shareholders and managers represent an old phenomenon and an inherent element of capitalistic governance systems. It stems from the fact that managers tend to profit from simply because their companies are getting bigger (through higher Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years6 May 2018 ago