Leverage and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Unsuccessful Takeovers  

Oleh:

Safieddine, Assem ; Titman, Sheridan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Finance (EBSCO) vol. 54 no. 2 (Apr. 1999), page 547-580.
Fulltext: p 547.pdf (151.42KB)

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This paper finds that, on average, targets that terminate takeover offers significantly increase their leverage ratios. Targets that increase their leverage ratios the most reduce capital expenditures, sell assets, reduce employment, increase focus, and realize cash flows and share prices that outperform their benchmarks in the five years following the failed takeover. Our evidence suggests that leverageincreasing targets act in the interests of shareholders when they terminate takeover offers and that higher leverage helps firms remain independent not because it entrenches managers, but because it commits managers to making the improvements that would be made by potential raiders.

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