Chris Gordon
10 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 28, 2023 by Chris Gordon · across every show →
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Aug 28, 2023 neutral
Responding to M&A Rumors With Non-Denial Denials Only Fuels Speculation
“We don't engage in any misinformation or anything like that, so generally the best thing you can do is just sit quietly and let it go away on its own, because the more you're making awkwardly worded, non-denial denials, the more you're probably just be contrib…”
Aug 28, 2023
Bain Capital Executed $33B HCA Buyout Without Visiting Corporate Headquarters
“This might be the only time that I've ever bought a company without ever having actually visited the company's headquarters or real estate. All of this diligence Happened with the HCA management team. They were very much engaged in it, but in conference rooms …”
Aug 28, 2023 positive
Gordon: HCA De-Levered via IPO as Debt Matured in 2011-2012
“We did go public, so that created a de-levering event. The debt markets, you know, improve a lot between 2008 or nine, which is when we would have been having this conversation, and 2011 or 12, which is really when our debt started to mature.”
Aug 28, 2023
BAML Sold Its Entire HCA Stake Shortly After the 2011 IPO
“Unfortunately for them, they pushed to sell their HCA stake once we were a public company, certainly with the benefit of hindsight, earlier than was optimal, and so we went public sometime in 2011. They sold their whole stake shortly thereafter, and HCA went o…”
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Aug 28, 2023
Gordon: Tommy Frist Jr. Initiated HCA Buyout Outreach in Late 2005
“And actually, Tommy called us. It was the original genesis of this for us back in, it was probably late, 2005, maybe early 2006, with what almost started off as, hey, I've got a crazy idea, because the transaction was so large that no one ever really would hav…”
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Unsophisticated Boards Threaten Take-Private Deal Value by Moving Slowly
“I've done a number of take privates over the years, and actually one of the hardest ways to do it is when you have an unsophisticated board, because they really just don't know what they need to be worried about, which I think can just cause them to need to mo…”