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An Examination of the Long Run Performance of UK Acquiring Firms

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Alan Gregory (School of Business & Economics, University of Exeter)
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This study examines a comprehensive data set of large domestic takeovers by UK listed companies between 1984 and 1992. The contribution of this paper is to show, by using a series of models of abnormal returns, together with the Ibbotson (1975) 'Returns Across Time Series' model and a simple cross-sectional model of returns across all listed UK companies, that the average abnormal return for up to two years post-acquisition is unambiguously and significantly negative. In particular, acquirers financing a takeover through equity, and single (as opposed to regular) acquirers exhibit significant negative performance. There is also some evidence to suggest that diversifying acquirers perform worse than non-diversifying acquirers and that recommended bids are associated with poorer subsequent under-performance by acquirers than are hostile bids. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1997.

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Volume (Year): 24 (1997-09)
Issue (Month): 7&8 ()
Pages: 971-1002
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  1. C Conn & A Cosh & P Guest & A Hughes, 2001. "Long-Run Share Performance of UK Firms Engaging in Cross-Border Acquisitions," ESRC Centre for Business Research - Working Papers wp214, ESRC Centre for Business Research.
  2. Abhay Abhyankar & Keng-Yu Ho & Huainan Zhao, 2005. "Long-run post-merger stock performance of UK acquiring firms: a stochastic dominance perspective," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(10), pages 679-690, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Goergen, Marc & Renneboog, Luc, 2003. "Shareholder Wealth Effects of European Domestic and Cross-Border Takeover Bids," EIFC - Technology and Finance Working Papers 20, United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Martynova, Marina & Renneboog, L.D.R., 2006. "The performance of the European market for corporate control : evidence from the 5th takeover wave," Discussion Paper 118, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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