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Rhetoric, Argument and Impression Management in Hostile Takeover Defence Documents

Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013

reports and press releases to non-routine takeover documents where the financial consequences of narrative disclosures can be … in the defence documents of target companies subject to hostile takeover bids. The paper examines the incidence, extent … and implications of impression management in ten hostile takeover defence documents issued by target companies listed on …

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Voluntary Disclosure of Profit Forecasts : Factors Influencing Information Disclosed During UK Takeover Bids

Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013

Most studies of forecast disclosure do not examine the information disclosed in forecasts, focusing instead on the dichotomous decision to disclose/not disclose a forecast. More recent research has begun to examine the nature of the forecasts disclosed (qualitative vs. non-qualitative; point or...

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Disclosure of Profit Forecasts during Takeovers : Evidence from Directors and Advisors

Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013

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Internet Appendix to : Overbidding in Mergers and Acquisitions: An Accounting Perspective

Bartov, Eli - 2020

This Internet Appendix (IA) contains three sections: The first section provides variable definitions (Section IA1), the second section outlines the development and estimation of the overbidding measure, as well as reports summary statistics and estimation results (Section IA2), and the third and...

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A Research Note on Bargain Purchase Gains on Acquisition

Kabir, Humayun - 2018

I explore the incidence, amounts, disclosure and potential sources of bargain purchase gains reported by an Australian sample of firms during 2013-15. I find that 7.58% of the acquirers reported bargain purchase gains during this period. The median gain as a percentage of consideration...

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M&A Due Diligence, Post-Acquisition Performance, and Financial Reporting for Business Combinations

Wangerin, Daniel - 2018

Before completing an M&A transaction, acquiring firms conduct due diligence. This process provides acquiring firms with a more informed assessment of the expected costs, benefits, and risks of an acquisition and offers one last opportunity to renegotiate or terminate an M&A transaction. However,...

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The Underlying Economic Components of Acquired Goodwill

Linsmeier, Thomas - 2020

In this study, we investigate what makes up acquired goodwill and find that it consists of at least three distinct components: expected synergies from combining the assets of the target and acquirer, the going concern value of the target firm, and overpayment. We identify these components...

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The effects of cross-border M&As on the acquirers' domestic performance : firm-level evidence

Stiebale, Joel; Trax, Michaela - 2010

This paper provides empirical evidence on the effects of cross-border M&As on investing firms' domestic performance in the U.K. and France. We build a new firm-level dataset that combines a global M&A database with balance sheet data for the years 2000-2007. Combining matching techniques with a...

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Bidder cash reserve effect under the precautionary motive : evidence from UK

Gao, Ning; Mohamed, Abdulkadir - 2011

Cash-rich bidders in UK have better announcement abnormal returns than cash-poor ones during 1984-2007, contrasting previous findings in the US. The positive cash reserve effect is mainly from bidders of high long-run growth or those with non-trivial institutional holdings. Moreover, cash-rich...

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Performance benefits of tight control

Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai - 2013

This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio companies to evaluate the consequences of the corporate...

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