1. Mergers and Acquisitions
Arzac, Chapter 9

2. Mergers
many people including Warren Buffett have expressed skepticism of the power of mergers:
Many managements apparently were overexposed in impressionable childhood years to the story in which the imprisoned handsome prince is released from a toad’s body by a kiss from a beautiful princess. Consequently, they are certain their managerial kiss will do wonders for the profitability of Company T(arget) … Investors can always buy toads at the going price for toads. If investors instead bankroll princesses who wish to pay double for the right to kiss the toad, those kisses had better pack some real dynamite. We’ve observed many kisses but very few miracles. Nevertheless, many managerial princesses remain serenely confident about the future potency of their kisses – even after their corporate backyards are knee-deep in unresponsive toads… We have tried occasionally to buy toads at bargain prices with results that have been chronicled in past reports. Clearly our kisses fell flat. We have done well with a couple of princes – but they were princes when purchased. At least our kisses didn’t turn them into toads. And, finally, we have occasionally been quite successful in purchasing fractional interests in easily identifiable princes at toadlike prices.

3. M&As changing forces driving mergers: mergers vs. tender offers types
technological change
globalization and freer trade
deregulation
economies of scale, scope, and technological catch-up
change in industry organization
individual entrepreneurship
macroeconomic factors
** Weston, Siu, and Johnson (2001)
mergers vs. tender offers
types

4. Changes in Ownership Structure
exchange offers
leverage recapitalizations
dual-class recapitalizations
share repurchases
LBOs, MBOs
ESOPS

5. Control of Decision Powers
compensation arrangements
proxy contest
premium buy-backs (greenmail)
takeover defenses
stakeholder relationships
ethics and reputation

6. Theories of Mergers efficiency increases (restructuring)
operating synergies
financial synergy
information
hubris
agency problems

8. Forms of Transaction merger acquisition tax implications
of assets
of stock
tax implications
legal implications

9. Form of Transaction stock purchase asset purchase merger
avoids tax at corporate level
acquirer can use NOL of target
sh of target taxed on capital gain
acquirer can not step-up basis of target’s assets for tax purposes
asset purchase
seller is subject to corporate taxes
buyer can step-up basis and amortize goodwill over 15 years
buyer can not use NOLs of target
merger
forward merger
reverse subsidiary merger

10. Example 1
Assume the buyer acquires a debt-free target for $100 cash, the target’s tax basis in the assets is $40, the target shareholders’ basis in the stock is $15, and the fair MV of the stock was $70 prior to the acquisition. Let the corporate tax rate be 40%, the personal tax rate on capital gains be 20%, and assume that all the gain to the seller is classified as capital gain and the buyer’s price in excess of the target’s basis is allocated to goodwill. Look at the proceeds to the target using both a stock purchase and an asset purchase.
Review Example 2 and 3 in the text.

11. Returns in M&As
Kaplan and Weisbach (1992), Servaes (1991), and Mulherin and Boone (2000)
mergers in banking industry
Becher (2000) – looked at because of increased number of bank mergers that occurred around industry deregulation
evidence that bank mergers created wealth
target returns
bidder returns

12. Value of Mergers VC = VA + VT + Synergies – Cash Premium = PT – VT
Premium = pc*m + cash
Acquirer’s Gain = Synergies – Premium
Acquirer’s Gain + Seller’s Gain = Synergies
pC = VC / (n + m)
or pC = (VA + VT + Synergies – Cash)/(n + m)
where n = # of old shares of acquirer
and m = # of shares issued to target shareholders
Break-Even Synergies = Premium = mpA + Cash – VT
GainA = Synergy - Premium

13. Accretion/Dilution Analysis
alternate way to look at the impact of the merger to the shareholders of the acquirer
find pro-forma EPS for merged firm for year prior to merger and then years after also
for share exchange, combine NI and divide by new number of shares outstanding
if new EPS is > EPS of acquirer, then there is accretion if new EPS < EPS of acquirer, then there is dilution

14. Merger Analyses terms of the merger financing the merger
break-even synergies
financial model of the merger
accretion-dilution analysis
free cash-flow valuation
stress-testing and scenario analysis

17. B’s acquisition of T B T Pre-announcement stock price $ 30 $ 22
$ 30
$ 22
Net income (million)
$ 80 $
Shares outstanding (million) 40 15
EPS
$ 2.00
$ 2.50
P/E
8.8
Market value (million)
$1200
$330