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The Causes and Consequences of Accelerated Stock Repurchases

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  • Ali Akyol
  • Jin S. Kim
  • Chander Shekhar

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We examine the choice between accelerated share repurchase (ASR) and open market repurchase (OMR) as repurchase mechanisms between 2004 and 2007. For a sample of ASRs and OMRs that actually buy shares in the announcement quarter, we find that ASR firms have lower market-to-book ratios, less cash, but greater managerial entrenchment. Prior to repurchase, ASR firms are subject to significantly more takeover rumors than OMR firms are, and this, along with entrenchment and undervaluation, affects the choice to use ASRs. ASR firms experience positive average abnormal returns both before and after the announcement. Moreover, the latent takeover probability is significantly lower for both ASR and OMR firms (when compared with pre-announcement levels), but the reduction for ASR firms is more pronounced. Our results suggest that repurchases, and especially ASRs, indeed make a firm a less attractive prospect for takeover.

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  • Ali Akyol & Jin S. Kim & Chander Shekhar, 2014. "The Causes and Consequences of Accelerated Stock Repurchases," International Review of Finance, International Review of Finance Ltd., vol. 14(3), pages 319-343, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:irvfin:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:319-343
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