I'm having trouble with this case study and its questions. The case is E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.: The Conoco Split-off (A) from the Harvard Business Publishing coursepack. It's supposed to be a group project, but I'm on my own and it's due today. I need help as soon as possible. I'm having trouble with the financial calculations and creating a table that showcases my evidence well. The following are the questions that must be answered, and attached are some tables to reference: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (A)

1. Do you believe DuPont management's claim in early-to-mid 1998 that Conoco was dragging down DuPont's value?

2. Assuming DuPont's stock price was in fact undervalued, was the October 1998 IPO of Conoco the best way to address this problem? Would any other approaches for divesting Conoco have been preferable?

3. As a DuPont shareholder presented with the proposed split-off transaction in July 1999, what factors would you consider in deciding whether to exchange your shares for Conoco Class B shares?

4. Does it make sense for DuPont management to have structured the second-stage divestiture of Conoco as a split-off rather than as a conventional spin-off?

5. The Limited's split-off of its Abercrombie & Fitch unit (described on page 6 of the case) was structured as a "modified Dutch auction." Do you think this would have been a superior way to structure DuPont's split-off of Conoco?

Please note: The closing trading prices of DuPont and Conoco Class A common stock on July 8, 1999 were $68.625 and $27.375, respectively.