M&A 2024/2025 Exam Comprehensive
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Consolidation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔when a company joins another and
becomes 1
merger of equals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔two companies have an arrangement to
share the post merger entity in an equal way. Usually governance plays a
large role.
equal number of board members
CEO of acquiring company can before chairman of the target company
Horizontal Mergers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔two firms that operate within the same
market space merge
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,economies of scale reduces costs
market share/power increased
usual sources of synergy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gaining market power and
economies of scale. need to keep in mind antitrust laws
vertical mergers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2 companies on the same supply chain
merge. EX when a company buys its supplier
cost saving by eliminating anti trust before merger
Pure Conglomerates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔neither horizontal nor vertical the
companies are completely unrelated
Some macro-economic reasons behind takeovers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1)
deregulation
2) global competition and markets
3) Financial Innovation and financial markets
4) changes in tech and industry conditions
5) sustainable competitive advantage
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, How can a public company take control of another public company (3
ways) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) by completing a statutory merger
2) by making a tender offer for the voting common stock of the target
3) by purchasing the assets of the target company
Stages of successful acquisition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ID suitable target
valuation and restructuring
integration/rationalization of process/products
What are collars? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ways to hedge against the price
fluctuation in the long run
creates a ceiling and a floor on the value of the shares offered to complete
a transaction, by creating a price rang the collar assuages shareholders
(from both companies) fears regarding potential fluctuations in the
acquiring co's share price while the transaction awaits shareholder
approval
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Consolidation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔when a company joins another and
becomes 1
merger of equals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔two companies have an arrangement to
share the post merger entity in an equal way. Usually governance plays a
large role.
equal number of board members
CEO of acquiring company can before chairman of the target company
Horizontal Mergers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔two firms that operate within the same
market space merge
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,economies of scale reduces costs
market share/power increased
usual sources of synergy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gaining market power and
economies of scale. need to keep in mind antitrust laws
vertical mergers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2 companies on the same supply chain
merge. EX when a company buys its supplier
cost saving by eliminating anti trust before merger
Pure Conglomerates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔neither horizontal nor vertical the
companies are completely unrelated
Some macro-economic reasons behind takeovers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1)
deregulation
2) global competition and markets
3) Financial Innovation and financial markets
4) changes in tech and industry conditions
5) sustainable competitive advantage
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, How can a public company take control of another public company (3
ways) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) by completing a statutory merger
2) by making a tender offer for the voting common stock of the target
3) by purchasing the assets of the target company
Stages of successful acquisition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ID suitable target
valuation and restructuring
integration/rationalization of process/products
What are collars? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ways to hedge against the price
fluctuation in the long run
creates a ceiling and a floor on the value of the shares offered to complete
a transaction, by creating a price rang the collar assuages shareholders
(from both companies) fears regarding potential fluctuations in the
acquiring co's share price while the transaction awaits shareholder
approval
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