Dogloo And Opportunity Capital Partners Case Solution

1. There are some issues that Dogloo currently faces. First of all, Dogloo's current CEO, Aureilo Baretto, is much more concerned about marketing and product development as compared to financial needs of the company. Secondly, Doskocil's lawsuit has consumed more cash and resources than expected. Thirdly, Dogloo is facing an explosive demand, due to which the capacity limitations of their out sourced manufactures are being exposed. 

A possible solution to the excess demand issue is to shift production in-house, which would require a lot of resources. Additionally, Dogloo needs to replace its current CEO with a more seasoned and experienced CEO who could manage Dogloo's financial resources better.

2. The value of the Dogloo is 106 million, based on free cash flow model. Free cash flow can be determined by subtracting change in net working capital and capital expenditures from net income and then adding depreciation. Then a terminal value (87 million) is calculated by dividing 1998's free cash flow by the discount rate. Finally, the present value of free cash flows from the year 1995-1998, and the present value of terminal value is added together to find the value of the firm.

3. The investment structure has two crucial benefits. Firstly, the debentures of OCC and OCP can be converted to common equity of the firm.