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2020External GrowthThrough Mergers
External GrowthThrough Mergers
Prepared by:
Michel PaquetSAIT Polytechnic
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Chapter 20 - Outline
• Business Combinations
• Negotiated versus Tendered Offers
• Motives for Business Combinations
• Terms of Exchange
• Accounting, Financial and Organizational Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions
• Summary and Conclusions
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Learning Objectives
1. Outline some defensive measures taken to avoid an unfriendly takeover. (LO1)
2. Identify the motives for mergers and divestitures, including financial considerations and the desire to increase operating efficiency. Also, perform an NPV analysis for a merger proposal. (LO2)
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Learning Objectives
3. Explain acquisition through cash purchases or by one company exchanging its shares for another company’s shares. (LO3)
4. Evaluate the impact of the merger on earnings per share and share value. (LO4)
5. Discuss the diversification benefits of a merger. (LO5)
6. Outline the reasons for using a holding company. (LO6)
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3 Types of Mergers
Horizontal Merger:– unites direct competitors
– e.g. 2 competing shoe companies combine
– closely regulated by governments as reducing competition
Vertical Merger:– unites buyers and sellers
– e.g. a shoe manufacturer buys a leather producer
Conglomerate Merger:
– merging of firms in totally unrelated industries
– e.g. a shoe company joins with a beverage company
LO1
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Table 20-1
Largest mergers and acquisitions Value
Buyer Acquired Company ($ U.S. billions) Year
1. America Online . . . . Time Warner $183 20002. Vodaphone Airtouch . . Mannesmann 149 20003. Bell Atlantic . . . . . GTE 85 20004. SBC Communications . Ameritech 81 19995. Exxon . . . . . . . . Mobil 79 19986. Royal Dutch petroleum Shell Transport and Trading 75 20047. Vodaphone . . . . . Airtouch 74 19997. Pfizer . . . . . . . Warner-Lambert 73 20008. AT&T Inc... . . . . . Bell South 73 200610. Comcast . . . . . . . AT&T Broadband 72 2001
LO1
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Table 20-2Largest mergers and acquisitions by Canadian companies
Merger Partners Value (Cdn. billions) Year
1. BCE . . . . . . . . Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan $51.7 20082. RioTinto . . . . . . Alcan 43.9 20073. Inco . . . . . . . . . CVRD 19.9 20064. Falconbridge . . . . Xstrata 19.2 20065. Manulife Financial . .John Hancock 18.9 20046. Thomson . . . . . . Reuters 18.2 20077. Seagram . . . . . . Polygram 15.6 1998
LO1
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Measures to Avoid Takeovers
1. White Knight:- a friendly company agreeing to bid a higher price for
the potential takeover target
2. Crown Jewels:- a prized division or asset sold by the target making the takeover less
attractive
3. Targeted Repurchase (also called “Greenmail”):- an offer by the target to buy back the shares already purchased by the
acquiring company by paying a premium
LO1
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Measures to Avoid takeovers
4. Golden Parachutes:- Contracts to pay existing management rather large sums
of money if the company is taken over and they lose
their jobs
5. Taking on More Debt:- Taking on more debt making the target more expensive to acquire
6. Poison Pills (also known as Shareholders’ Rights Plans):- a plan allowing the targeted firm’s all shareholders excluding the potential
acquirer to buy newly issued shares at very low price
LO1
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Business Combinations
• Legal definition of amalgamation:- a statutory combination under one of the provincial
corporations or companies acts, the Canada Corporations Act, or the Canada Business Corporations Act
• Merger (and acquisition) refers to a transaction by which two or more companies are combined either under a statutory amalgamation or by ownership, that is: - one firm buys a majority or all of the voting shares of
another firm
LO2
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Financial Motives for Business Combinations
• To reduce risk through diversification
• To improve financing posture- Larger firms enjoy greater access to capital- Greater financing capability may be achieved if the acquired firm has a strong
cash position or low debt-equity ratio
• To obtain tax loss carry-forward benefit
• To gain synergistic effect- Synergy: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts (“2 + 2 = 5”)- Overlapping functions in production and marketing are eliminated- Engineering and administrative capabilities are meshed
LO2
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Negotiated versus Tendered Offers• Mergers can be either friendly or hostile.• Negotiated Offer: - a deal negotiated friendly between participating
corporations - agreed upon by all sides• Tendered Offer: - the buyer’s proposal not accepted by the potential
seller’s management and board of directors - the offer made by the buyer asking the potential seller’s
shareholders to tender (i.e. sell) their shares to the buyer - a hostile takeover bid
LO2
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Non-financial Motives for Business Combinations
• To expand management and marketing capabilities
• To acquire new products
LO2
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Motives of Selling Shareholders
• To receive the acquiring company’s shares
• To diversify their holdings into many new investments
• To escape the bias against smaller businesses
LO2
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Terms of Exchange
• the price to be paid for a potential acquisition• factors to consider including: earnings, dividends,
growth potential• depend on the method of payment
A. Cash Purchase- can be viewed as a capital budgeting decision
B. Stock-for-Stock Exchange
- a trade-off between an immediate gain or dilution in EPS and future growth
LO3
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SmallExpandCorporation Corporation
Total earnings. . . . . . . . . $200,000 $500,000
Shares of stock outstanding . . . . . . 50,000 200,000
Earnings per share . . . . . . $4.00 $2.50
Price-earnings ratio (P/E) . . . 7.5x 12x
Market price per share . . . . $30.00 $30.00
Table 20-3Financial data on potential merging firms
LO4
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Table 20-4 Post-merger earnings per share
Total earnings: Small ($200,000) + Expand ($500,000) . . . $700,000
Shares outstanding in surviving corporation: Old (200,000) + New (50,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
New earnings per share for Expand Corporation = = $2.80$700,000
250,000
LO4
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FIGURE 20-1Risk reduction: portfolio benefits
LO4
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Accounting Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions
A merger can be treated as either a pooling of interest or a purchase of assets1. Pooling of Interest- companies combine their financial statements- no goodwill is created2. Purchase of Assets- The transaction is treated as a purchase of an asset.- Any excess of purchase price over book value must be
recorded as goodwill.- Goodwill can not be amortized, but can be written down if
the fair value drops.
LO5
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Financial Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions
1. Market Value Maximization– To determine the potential impact on shareholder value in the
new firm
2. Premium Offers and Stock Price Movements– Acquiring firms often offer 5 to 50 percent premium to get the
targets.– High premiums are justified if synergy can be realized.– Acquirees have superior stock price performance.
3. Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control– Mergers are an effective way of forcing agent managers to
maximize shareholder wealth.
LO5
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Organizational Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions
• A holding company is one that has control over one or more other firms.
• It allows effective corporate control with minimal equity investments.
• It also benefits from the isolation of the legal risks of the firms.
• Drawbacks are:- magnifying poor returns- complicating administrative policies and procedures- depressing share price
LO6
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Summary and Conclusions
• Firms grow externally through mergers and acquisitions.• Mergers can be friendly negotiated or become hostile.• The targeted firm has plenty of defensive tactics at its
disposal such as white knight and poison pills.• Achieving synergistic effect is the greatest motive for a
merger.• There are other financial and non-financial motives for
firms to merger.
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Summary and Conclusions• A acquiring firm may pay cash (cash purchase) or its
own stock (stock-for-stock exchange) for an acquisition.
• The method of payment has financial implications for both the acquirer and the acquiree.
• The acquiree’s shareholders appear to benefit from a merger due to high premium and superior stock price performance.
• The acquirer’s shareholders tend to gain over a long run.