Duke, James B. (“Buck”)
Duke University
Dunnington, Watt
Dun’s Review
Duracell
Durden, Dennis
Eagle Motors Line
Economy, U.S.
junk bonds and
Edelman, Asher
Effron, Blair
E. F. Hutton
Emmett, Martin
Employee-protection guarantees
Employee stock ownership plan
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Esmark
ESPN
Etherington-Smith, Meredith
Fahaerty & Swartwood
Falk, Ferdie
Farace, Andrea
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Trade Commission
Federated Department Stores
Fees
leveraged buyouts and
Fennebresque, Kim
Finkelson, Allen
Finn, Brian
Rosen’s friendship with
First Boston Group, The
bid delivered by
bogus memo at
installment note loophole and
resignations and defections from
second round of bidding and
First Chicago
Fleischmann Distilling & Yeast Company
Fleischmann’s Margarine
Flom, Joseph
Floyd, Raymond
Food industry. See also specific companies
takeovers in
Ford, Gerald
Forstmann, Nick
Forstmann, Theodore J.
anger of
background and education of
Boisi’s consortium proposal and
career climb of
Cohen and
Johnson and
on “This Week with David Brinkley,”
Forstmann, Tony
Forstmann Leff Associates
Forstmann Little & Co.
bidding effort ended by
bidding group of
RJR Nabisco in talks with
Shearson Lehman Hutton’s talks with
Fort Howard
Fortune
Fraidin, Stephen
Frederickson, Tucker
Freeman, Ron
French Kiss
Frito-Lay
Galloway, Alex
Galvin, Linda
General Foods
General Motors
General Steel Works, Ltd (GSW)
Gerstner, Louis
Gibson Greetings
Gifford, Frank
Gifford, Kathie Lee
Gillespie, Gwain
Gillette
Gizang, Mike
Glass Menagerie, The (building nickname)
Gleacher, Eric
in The Group
tender offer and
Goldberg, Michael
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Goldsmith, Sir James
Goldstone, Steven
background and education of
bidding approach and
Johnson and
merger agreement and
in peace talks
second round of bidding and
special committee and
tender offer
Golub, Stephen
Good, Daniel
Gora, John
Gordon, Sammy
Gotbaum, Josh
Graham Magnetics
Grand Metropolitan PLC
Gray, Bowman, Jr.
Gray, Bowman, Sr.
Gray, Harry
Gray, James
Gray Klein
Green, Adolphus
Greene, Jamie
Greeniaus, H. John
career climb of
due diligence and
Johnson and
leveraged buyouts and
Raether-Stuart meeting with
special committee and
Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record
Greenspan, Alan
Grierson, Ronald
Group, The
Grove, Bohemian
Gruss, Martin
Gulf + Western
Gun-to-the-head strategy
Gutfreund, John
The Drexel Problem and
Johnson and
second round of bidding and
Gutfreund, Susan
Gutoff, Ruben
Haft, Herbert
Hall, Floyd
Hammerhill Paper
Handelsman, Hank
Hanley, John
Hanson Trust PLC
Harper, Charles M.
Harris, J. Ira
background and education of
Johnson and
Pritzker and
special committee and
Hartford Insurance
Helms, Jesse
Henderson, Harold
due diligence and
Kravis’s offer and
Herrmann, John
Hersch, Dennis
Heublein
Hill, J. Tomilson, III
Boisi and
The First Boston Group and
Good and
in The Group
Johnson and
leveraged buyouts and
in peace talks
second round of bidding and
Hines, Andy
Hobbs, Franklin W. (“Fritz”), IV
Holder, Nancy
Hoots, Gene
Hope, Bob
Horrigan, Betty
Horrigan, Edward J.
background and education of
Johnson and
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. questioning of
Kravis’s offer and
leveraged buyouts and
perks of
personality of
resignation of
in RJ Reynolds Industries succession struggle
second round of bidding and
Wilson and
Hostile takeovers. See also specific companies
Houminer, Ehud
Hugel, Charles E.
anonymous memo received by
anonymous package received by
appointed chairman of RJR Nabisco
career climb of
Greeniaus and
Johnson and
Kravis and
leveraged buyout offer and
special committee and
Hunter, Morgan
Hunt Wesson
Icahn, Carl
Incorn
Insider-trading
Installment notes
Institutional investors
Internal Revenue Code
Investment bankers. See also specific firms
Kravis’s hiring of
in Salomon Brothers
ITT Corporation
Jackson, Reggie
Jacobs, Jimmy
Jennifer Syndrome
Jenrette, Richard H.
Jim Walter
Johnson, Bruce
Johnson, Caroline
Johnson, F. Ross
background and education of
bidding approach of
bodyguards of
career climb of
in cartoons
due diligence and
firings by
Forstmann and
free-spending ways of
fundraising
Goldstone and
golf playing of
income of
jokes about
Kravis and
leveraged buyout announced by
leveraged buyouts considered by
management agreement and
media coverage of
moping of
Nabisco Brands and
named chief executive RJR Nabisco
as noncompany man
personality of
post-RJR Nabisco career of
products developed by
resignation of
Robinson’s friendship with
> salesmanship of
at Standard Brands
second round of bidding and
social climbing of
son’s accident
survival knack of
taxes of
tender offer and
third bid and
Weigl and
Wilson and
Winston-Salem problems of
Johnson, Frederick
Johnson, Hobert
Johnson, Laurie
golf playing of
gossip about
Hugel’s view of
shopping of
Johnston, Jim
Jordan, Vernon
Junk bonds
Forstmann’s views on
mutant strains of
Kalvaria, Leon
Kampe, Dick
Karan, Donna
Katy Industries
Katz, Stanley
Kaufman, Henry
Kekst, Gershon
Kekst & Co.
Kellogg
Kelly, Donald
Kelso & Co.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Keough, Don
Kidder, C. Robert
Kinnear, James
Kirkland, David
Kissinger, Henry
Klein, Melvyn N.
Kleinberg, Larry
Klinsky, Steve
Kluge, John
Kohlberg, James
Kohlberg, Jerome (Jerry)
health problems of
severance agreement of
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
bid delivered by
due diligence and
final bid of
Horrigan questioned by
lawsuits against
leveraged buyouts and
Manufacturers Hanover hired by
media criticism of
megadeals sought by
misinformation spread by
negotiations cut off with
options considered by
press criticism of
projections and
RJR Nabisco’s announcement of leveraged buyout and
second round of bidding and
Shearson Lehman Hutton in peace talks with
at Skadden Arps
tender offer made by
Kolton, Paul
Koppers Co.
Kraft
Kramer, Morris
Kravis, Bessie
Kravis, Henry
background and education of
Beattie and
Beck and
career climb of
Cohen’s meetings with
commercial bank problems of
The Drexel Problem and
due diligence and
Forstmann’s view of
franchise speech of
investment banks assembled by
Johnson and
leveraged buyouts and
Linda Robinson and
Norwich’s confrontation with
$125 million offer of
as outsider to deal
personality of
RJR Nabisco’s announcement of leveraged buyout and
at RJR Nabisco board meeting
Robinson and
second round of bidding and
Sticht and
Strauss’s conflict with
tender offer made by
Wilson’s talks with
Kravis, Raymond
Kreps, Juanita
Kroger
Lambert, Bill
Lane, Jeff
Laver, Rod
Lazard Freres
L. B. Foster
Lear Siegler
LeBon, Doug
Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb
Leveraged buyouts
Bagley’s attempt to block
Beck’s proposal for
boom in
cost cutting and
critics of
defined
due diligence process and
fees for
gun-to-the-head strategy in
intellectual basis for
junk bonds and
profits and
projections in
of RJR Nabisco
announcement
Shearson’s entry into
Spangler’s offer of
start of
syndicated loans in
used car purchase compared to
workings of
Levine, Dennis
Lewis, Drew
Lewis, Salim (“Cy”)
Limited partnerships
Lindner, Carl
Lindsay, Scott
Lipton, Martin
Liss, Bill
Little, Brian D.
Loading
Loans
bridge
syndicated
Long, Jerry
Lovejoy, Robert
Lucky Strikes cigarettes
Lufkin, Daniel
Lupton, Jack
MacDonnell, Bob
McKinsey & Co.
McKnight, Bill
McLaughlin, Earle
McLean, Malcolm
Macomber, John
Johnson and
special committee and
Madison Fund
Magowan, Peter
Maher, James
background and education of
merger chief position accepted by
Philip Morris merger lost by
second round of bidding and
Malcolm, Greg
Maletta, David
Management agreement
Gutfreund’s views on
leaking of
Robinson’s view of
Management group. See also specific people
bid of
Greeniau’s relationship with
Grierson’s demanding of resignation of
projections of
second round of bidding and
special committee’s meeting with
tension in
third bid of
Mancini, Frank
Manuche, Michael
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
Margulies, Ephraim
Marlboro cigarettes
Marron, Donald
Martin, Betty
Martin, John
background and education of
Johnson and
Kravis’s offer and
tender offer and
Masterpool, Mike
Mattingly, Don
Maxwell, Hamish
Medlin, John
special committee and
Merchant banking. See also Hostile takeovers; Leveraged buyouts
Meredith, Bob
Meredith, Don
Merger agreements
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A). See also Hostile takeovers
bank support for
The Group and
new civility in world of
RJR Nabisco’s fear of
Merkle, Ed
Merrill Lynch
Merry Men, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Meyers, Jack
Milken, Michael
Millard, Robert
Beattie and
Miller, Ward
Mitchell, Champ
Mitchell, Michael
Monetization
Montagu, David
Moravians
Morgan Stanley & Co.
leveraged buyouts and
Mullin, John H., III
Mulroney, Brian
Mulroney, Mila
Murdock, David
Murray, John
“mushroom farmers, the,”
Nabisco
Standard Brands merger with. See also Nabisco Brands
Nabisco Brands
and cookie wars
Johnson’s lack of interest in
RJ Reynolds Industries merger with. See also RJR Nabisco
sale of
stock of
NCR
New C
anaan Club Car
Newsweek
New York Public Library
New York Times, The
Nicklaus, Jack
Norwich, Billy
Nusbaum, Jack
protest letter of
second round of bidding and
N. W. Ayer
O’Brien, Bob
Ohlmeyer, Don
Options, stock
Orlowsky, Martin
Orr, Bobby
Owens, Dick
Owens-Illinois
Pace University
Paine Webber
Palmer, Arnold
Pantry Pride
Patterson, Ellmore (“Pat”)
Pay-in-kind securities (PIK)
Peck, George
Pension funds
Penske, Roger
Pepsi
Perella, Joe
resignation of
Perelman, Ronald O.
Performance incentives (bogeys)
Peskett, Tony
Pesketteers
Peterson, Jim
Philip Morris
The First Boston Group, hired by
stock of
Phillips, Charles (“Chaz”)
Pickens, T. Boone
Pillsbury
Pines, Howard
Pirie, Robert
Planters/Life Savers
Polychron, John
Ponderosa
Posvar, Dean
Powell, Jake
Powers, Jack
Premier cigarettes
Prince Albert tobacco
Pritzker, Jay
Harris and
Pritzker, Thomas
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Project Alpha
Project Peach
Project Reo
Project Sadim
Project Smokescreen
Project Spa
Project Stretch
Project Tara
Prudential
Public relations. See also Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery
Quaker Oats
Rabbi trusts
Raether, Paul
second round of bidding and
Ralston Purina
Real cigarettes
Reed, John
Reggie! bars
Resource Holdings
Restructuring plan
Revlon
Reynolds, Dick
Reynolds, Katharine
Reynolds, Libby Holman
Reynolds, Nancy
Reynolds, R. J.
Reynolds, William
Reynolds, Zachary Smith
Rich, Gordon
Richman, John
Rinaldini, Luis
Risner, Ray
RJM Associates
RJ Reynolds Industries
board of directors of
corporate jets of
loading of
Nabisco Brands merger with See also RJR Nabisco
New Guard at
stock of
succession scramble at
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
cash flow of
diversification of
history of
layoffs by
limited partnership idea for
rumors about
stock of
values of
worker programs of
RJR Nabisco
anti-Johnson backlash in
antitakeover provisions of
asset use vs. abuse at
Atlanta move of
auction of assets of
board of directors of
bonds of
caste system of
charter of
Cohen-Kravis meeting about
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