Indian

School of Business

Corporate Finance II Co2021, BDEG

Suggested Case Questions - SEALED AIR CASE submission

1. Why had Sealed Air been able to manufacture inefficiently and still have high
margins?
2. What were the available alternatives for Sealed Air for the cash it generated?
Why did Sealed Air choose to lever up?
3. Did the recapitalization create value? If so, how much? Where did the value come
from?
4. Is there any evidence that the company’s operating performance improved?
5. Why did Sealed Air’s investor base turnover completely after the
recapitalization?

Important Note

The course outline reads “Write the analysis as a professional consulting assignment
presented to a client. Do not write it as a set of answers to case questions. Doing so will
result in a zero grade for the case.” This is exactly how your submissions should be.

It follows, therefore, that the questions above are suggested to you as a way to structure
your case analysis. Please do not repeatedly ask AAs or professor if the case submission
should be as a report (as mentioned in the outline) or in a Q&A format.