Article 2, Volume 4 Issue 2

European mega deals during the sixth merger wave. Is the legal origin of the bidder and the target a determinant of short-term investor reaction?

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Monica Martinez-Blasco – (IQS School of Management-Universitat Ramon Llull – Economics and Finance)

Francesc Martori – (IQS School of Management-Universitat Ramon Llull – Economics and Finance)

Xavier Auguets-Pratsobrerroca – (IQS School of Management-Universitat Ramon Llull – Economics and Finance)

Received February 5, 2018; accepted March 6, 2018

Abstract

In the context of the mega merger and acquisition announcements during the sixth merger wave in Continental Europe, this paper presents an analysis of the influence of the bidder and target legal origins in the short-term reactions of the cumulative abnormal returns, the cumulative absolute abnormal returns and the volume traded. 92 bids occurred between 2003 and 2007 have studied. Our main result is a short term negative abnormal return for the bidder stockholders’ firms as a consequence of the announcement, which can be mainly associated to the presence of companies whose legal origin is German. This reaction is also accompanied with a significant effect above the average level in the market volatility and the volume traded. Finally, there does not seem to be any significant different reaction depending on whether operations happen between companies from the same legal origin or from a different one.

En el contexto de los mega anuncios de fusiones y adquisiciones durante la sexta ola de fusiones en Europa continental, este documento presenta un análisis de la influencia del licitador y los orígenes legales objetivo en las reacciones a corto plazo de los retornos anormales acumulativos, el anormal absoluto acumulado vuelve y el volumen negociado. Se han estudiado 92 ofertas entre 2003 y 2007. Nuestro principal resultado es un rendimiento anormal negativo a corto plazo para las firmas de accionistas licitadores como consecuencia del anuncio, que puede estar asociado principalmente a la presencia de empresas cuyo origen legal es el alemán. Esta reacción también se acompaña de un efecto significativo por encima del nivel promedio en la volatilidad del mercado y el volumen negociado. Finalmente, no parece haber ninguna reacción diferente significativa dependiendo de si las operaciones ocurren entre compañías del mismo origen legal o de una diferente.

Citation

Martinez-Blasco, M., Martori, F., & Auguets, X. (2018). European Mega Deals During the Sixth Merger Wave. Is the Legal Origin of the Bidder and the Target a Determinant of Short-Term Investor Reaction?. IEuropean Accounting and Management Review, 4(2), 29-60.

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Article 2, Volume 4 Issue 1

The sixth merger wave and wealth effects of M&A announcements: an analysis of large European bidding companies

Author

Xavier Auguets-Pratsobrerroca – (IQS School of Management -Universitat Ramon Llull)

Monica Martinez-Blasco – (IQS School of Management -Universitat Ramon Llull)

Josep García-Blandón – (IQS School of Management -Universitat Ramon Llull)

Received July 23, 2017; accepted October 17, 2017.

Abstract

This study aims to investigate short-term market reaction, including stock returns, volatility, and trading volumes of bidder firms, around the announcement dates of relevant merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in the Eurozone during the sixth takeover wave. We emphasize the observed change in the behavior in the reaction of investors while acquiring firms in the transactions before the global financial crisis. We use the classical Brown and Warner (1985) event studies method, and Corrado’s (1989) non-parametric test of ranks to detect abnormal behavior during the days being examined. The results allow us to make inferences about the relevance of the information released during the transaction announcement period. We add to the classical study of returns the use of a more powerful framework that investigates not only the abnormal returns but also their volatility and the abnormal changes in trading volumes around the announcement dates. Our results indicate that M&A announcements convey relevant information to investors. Furthermore, we show that investors seem to adjust their investment portfolio to this new information. For the constituents of the Eurostoxx 50, there is no change in returns, while the short-term reaction is positive and highly significant in terms of volatility of returns and trading volume. Our framework, which includes not only returns but also volatility and volume, is particularly useful when M&A news are not probably interpreted equally by all the investors, and therefore we cannot observe a direct response directly in the returns. This finding contrasts with previous similar studies in the nineties in Europe that did not use the framework of returns, volatilities and volumes by looking only to the returns aspect. In addition, the most compelling results were, on one side, that we found more significant reaction in the sub segment of large transactions, and null reaction on average in the sub segment of smaller transactions, and, on the other side, that we found relevant reaction in the period before crisis and null on average for the period after the crisis. To our best knowledge, this is the first study to analyse the market reaction to big M&A announcements by European companies during the sixth wave. We also contribute to the existing literature by being the first study to examine the European M&A market using three indicators of market reaction.

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Citation

Auguets, X., Martinez-Blasco, M., & García-Blandón, J. (2017). The sixth merger wave and wealth effects of M&A announcements: an analysis of large European bidding companies. European Accounting and Management Review4(1).

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