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RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS IN SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED TAKEOVER BIDS: UK EVIDENCE 1975–1984
Author(s) -
Parkinson Christine,
Dobbins Richard
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of business finance and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.282
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1468-5957
pISSN - 0306-686X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1993.tb00271.x
Subject(s) - bidding , shareholder , business , bid price , construction bidding , monetary economics , tender offer , economics , finance , corporate governance , marketing , management , project management , pre construction services , program management
This study examines the economic performance of target and bidding companies where the target successfully defended a hostile takeover bid in the period 1975–1984. Returns to shareholders in both target and bidding companies are measured for the six months preceding the bid, and for the twenty‐four months after the bid. The study finds that the significant gains obtained by shareholders in the target company around the time of the bid announcement are not lost after the failure of the bid. In apparent defiance of the efficient market hypothesis abnormal returns continue for the two years after the bid. As for the bidding company, the small positive abnormal returns to its shareholders are also sustained after the bid.