Irrevocable Commitments, Going Private and Private Equity
"This paper adds to growing interest in public to private buy-outs and mechanisms to ensure bid success. Using a unique, hand-collected dataset of 155 public to private buy-outs we provide one of the first examinations of the determinants of irrevocable commitments. Irrevocable commitments involve undertakings given by existing shareholders to agree to sell their shares to the bidder before the bid to take the company private is announced. We find that, for management buy-outs, the level of irrevocable commitments is increased by the bid premium, the reputation of the private equity backer and board shareholdings. The level of irrevocable commitments is reduced by rumours of a takeover bid and bid value. We therefore find evidence that management and private equity firms' activity prior to the bid's announcement can have an important impact on the process of going private." Copyright 2007 The Authors Journal compilation (c) 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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2007
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Authors: | Wright, Mike ; Weir, Charlie ; Burrows, Andrew |
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European Financial Management. - European Financial Management Association - EFMA. - Vol. 13.2007, 4, p. 757-775
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European Financial Management Association - EFMA |
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