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Failed takeovers, methods of payment, and bidder returns
Author(s) -
Chang Saeyoung,
Suk David Y.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
financial review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1540-6288
pISSN - 0732-8516
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1998.tb01366.x
Subject(s) - bidding , free cash flow , abnormal return , business , cash flow , stock (firearms) , tender offer , cash , payment , monetary economics , economics , finance , stock exchange , shareholder , marketing , mechanical engineering , corporate governance , engineering
This study documents bidding‐firm stock returns upon the announcement of takeover terminations. On average, bidding firms that offer common stock experience a positive abnormal return, and firms that offer cash experience a negative abnormal return. The positive performance is primarily driven by bidders initiating the takeover termination. Commonstock‐financed bidders earn a return not significantly different from that earned by cashfinanced bidders when terminations are initiated by the target firm. The results are consistent with the asymmetric information hypothesis, that the decision not to issue common stock conveys favorable information to the market. In addition, bidder returns at takeover termination are positively related to the amount of undistributed cash flow, supporting the free cash flow hypothesis.