Case 1: Warren E. Buffet, 2005 Table of Contents CASE BACKGROUND 2 QUALITATIVE & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES 3 DOES THE ACQUISITION OF PACIFICORP SERVE THE LONG-TERM GOALS OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY? 3 IS THE BID PRICE APPROPRIATE? 3 DOES BERKSHIRE�S OFFER REFLECT THE COMPANY�S VALUATION IMPLIED BY THE MULTIPLES OF COMPARABLE FIRMS? 4 WHAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SHARE PRICE INCREASE FOR BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY AT THE TIME OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT? 5 RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSION 6 EXHIBITS 7 Case Background On May 24, 2005 Warren Buffet announced the acquisition of PacifiCorp by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Buffet, the chairperson and CEO of Berkshire, announced that PacifiCorp would be acquired from its parent, Scottish Power, for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in liabilities and preferred stock. After the announcement of acquisition prices for Berkshire�s Class A shares and Scottish Power�s shares both jumped 2.4 and 6.28 percent respectively and the S&P 500 composite ind....

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