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Mergers, Aqcuisitions and Corporate Control June 2007.

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1 Mergers, Aqcuisitions and Corporate Control June 2007

2 Recent Mergers

3 Definition Merger: Combination of two firms into one, with the acquirer assuming assets and liabilities of the target firm.

4 The Merger Market Tools Used To Acquire Companies Proxy Contest Acquisition Leveraged Buy-Out Management Buy-Out Merger Tender Offer

5 Proxy Contest Takeover attempt in which outsiders compete with management for shareholders votes. Also called Proxy Fight Most proxy contests fail because outsiders use their own limited money while management can use the corporations funds and lines of communication with shareholders to defend itself

6 Acquicisiton Takeover of a firm by purchase of that firms common stock or assets The acquiring company runs the firm after merger Must have the approval of at least 50% of the shareholders of each firm

7 Leveraged Buy-Out Acquisition of the firm by a private group using substansial borrowed funds.

8 Management Buy-Out Acquisition of the firm by its own management in a leveraged buyout

9 Tender Offer Takeover attempt in which outsiders directly offer to buy the stock of the firms shareholders. The acquiring firm can bypass the target firms management altogether. If the tender offer is succesful, the buyer will get control and can replace the existing management

10 Sensible Reasons for Mergers Economies of Scale A larger firm may be able to reduce its per unit cost by using excess capacity or spreading fixed costs across more units. $ $ $ Reduces costs

11 Sensible Reasons for Mergers Economies of Vertical Integration –Control over suppliers may reduce costs. –Over integration can cause the opposite effect. Pre-integration (less efficient) Company S S S S S S S Post-integration (more efficient) Company S

12 Sensible Reasons for Mergers Combining Complementary Resources Merging may results in each firm filling in the missing pieces of their firm with pieces from the other firm. Firm A Firm B

13 Sensible Reasons for Mergers Mergers as a Use for Surplus Funds If your firm is in a mature industry with few, if any, positive NPV projects available, acquisition may be the best use of your funds.

14 Evaluating Mergers Questions –Is there an overall economic gain to the merger? –Do the terms of the merger make the company and its shareholders better off? ????

15 Evaluating Mergers Economic Gain

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