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New York Community Bancorp is the fourth largest savings and loan association (S&L) in the United States and the largest in New York State. Pennfed Savings Bank offers traditional retail services and its main commercial focus are family residential mortgages. The FDIC approved the merger, and under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, PennFed shareholders will receive 1.222 shares of New York Community Bancorp stock for each share of PennFed stock held at the effective date of the merger, and cash in lieu of any fractional share. Following the merger, New York community Bancorp will have 314 million outstanding shares of common stock approximately. The aim of this study is to evaluate the short-term and
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Next, the second hypothesis will be that, the short-term return of the bidder firm is insignificant and negative. Lastly, the long-term hypothesis will be that, the abnormal return of the acquiring firm is negative or negligibly close to zero. Literature review:
Empirical studies examining stock market reaction to M&A announcement find little evidence of wealth creation, with shareholders of the target firms gaining at the expense of the bidder firms. A merger is said to create value, if the combined value of the bidder or target firm increases on the announcement of the merger (Houston et al., 2001) (Ghosh & Dutta, 2015) (Campa, 2004). Moreover, the synergistic gains hypothesis of corporate acquisitions underlined by Isa & Yap (2004) states that, a combination of two firms will result in a combined gain that is, more than the sum of the value of the individual firm. These gains may be attributed to the increasing efficiencies and synergies of the companies involved.
While some studies show there may be little or no improvements in the post acquisiton operating performance of merged banks, M&As do create value. This is observed by the positive or negative reactions of stock prices during M&A announcements (Isa & Yap, 2004) (Campa, 2004) (Drymbetas & Kyriazopoulos, 2014). Most studies find that cumulative abnormal returns occur in the days following or prior to the announcement date (Andrade et al., 2001).
The view of value creation for
Whether or not the merger acquisition is successful depends on (a) the net present value of the investment and (b) paper announcement of the merger. I mean once the merger is sealed, between three and eleven days, changes in the company’s value (the accurer and target) at the time of annoucement of the merger determines the acquisition financial success. The paper announcement returns is supported by Andrade Mitchell and Stafford (2011) after using the database of University of Chicago. Simulation analysis can also be used.
According to the researchers the increased value results from an opportunity to utilize a specialized resources which arises solely as a result of the merger (Jensens & Ruback, 1983; Bradle, Desai and Kim , 1983). For creating operational and financial synergies managers believe that two enterprises will be worth more if merged than if operates as two separate entities. Thus, the two companies, A and B:
Merging with another organization has downfalls of destroying wealth from the merger. Considering the buying price is important when merging, spending too much on the merger will impound the value after the merger. Some mergers do not create wealth so capital is lost through the merger. There is no guarantee of financial gain and every formula considered with focus, just as with an acquisition. The final decision dictated by the variables. One company merging with another company takes the debt and losses of those companies in the new formed company.
Through the cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) that a company receives from the merger, we were able to see the effects of second requests and complaints on the company’s stock price over time. This methodology of using event studies to gauge the effects of mergers and the antitrust agency involvement was first applied by Eckbo (1983), and most recently by Filson, Olfati, and Radoniqi (2015). The event studies used in both of these journals and the others mentioned within the review of literature give us a good understanding of how accurate event studies are for predicting the effects that second requests or complaints given out by antitrust agencies can have on merging firms and within their
Mergers and acquisitions have become a growing trend for companies to inorganically grow a business within its particular industry. There are many goals that companies may be looking to achieve by doing this, but the main reason is to guarantee long-term and profitable growth for their business. Companies have to keep up with a rapidly increasing global market and increased competition. With the struggle for competitive advantage becoming stronger and stronger, it is almost essential to achieve these mergers. Through research I will attempt to dissect the best practices for achieving merger success.
In addition, like any other merger between two firms, companies benefit from significant cost synergy during the implementation of an acquisition and/or merger with other company. For example, when two companies combine their strengths to complement each other, they restructure their operations and as a result several offices and sites are closed down which leads to the laying off of employees, consolidating services and software applications. All these changes, result in synergy savings for the new company.
Merger motives that are questionable on economic grounds are diversification, purchase of assets below replacement cost, and control. Managers often state that diversification helps to stabilize a firm's earnings and reduces total risk, hence benefits shareholders. Stabilization of earnings is certainly beneficial to a firm's employees, suppliers, customers, and managers. However, if a stock investor is concerned about earnings variability, he or she can diversify more easily than the firm can. Why should Firm A and Firm B merge to stabilize earnings when stockholders can merely purchase both stocks and accomplish the same thing? Further, we know that well-diversified shareholders are more concerned with a stock's market risk than with its total risk, and higher earnings instability does not necessarily translate into higher market risk.
Theoretically it is assumed that mergers improve the performance of the acquiring firm due to
The goals of mergers range from reducing the number of competitors, to access of new products (Belcourt et al., p 330). Statistics show that 80% of new product developments fail (Howells, 2011), partly due to challenges and conflicts with human resources functions. Mergers and acquisitions are the fastest way to enter new markets. “It is estimated that 1/3 of all mergers fail due to faulty integration of diverse operations and cultures,” (Chhinzer, 2013). Therefore, the success of a merger or acquisition lies in the ability to guide, motivate, retain, and effectively use
Bank of America, on the other hand, has spent its time during the post great recession managing its Merrill Lynch purchase. With such a large wealth management force often referred to as the ‘thundering herd’, the Merrill acquisition allows the bank to explore untapped opportunities, as well as making the bank the biggest in the nation bypassing “JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc (C.N) in size, giving it about $2.7 trillion of assets” (Stempel, 2009). Similar to Morgan Stanley’s plans for its wealth management arm, Bank of America intends on trading the high volatility of traditional investment banking with the stability of the more retail investor focused wealth management. The strategy and benefits are evident, as various Wall Street firms try and reign in more riskier lines of business with more stable ways of income. Additionally, as explained by Halah Touryalai (2012), the advantage of cross selling traditional banking and mortgage products with wealth management clients “can be a very profitable.” The synergies created between both firms could lead to favorable results “as both sides look to tap into one another’s existing client base… sell more products to existing customers. The more products each one of your customers buys from the bank, the more profitable they become for the bank–not to mention it makes it more difficult for a customer to leave” (para. 5). To emphasize, just the size and scope of Bank of America could lead to more attractive
Mergers and acquisition plays an important role in survival/vitalization of a corporation in today’s market. It continues to be a breakthrough strategy for improving innovation of a company’s product or services, market share, share price etc.
Now, I would like to clarify the concept of acquisition, which is defined as the process performed by a company when making operational control of another. The decision regarding the acquisition is fundamental for the acquiring firm, therefore; it should be done after a proper research and a deep analysis. In this case, the decision is taken faster than normal without an accurate assessment. The cash flows and growth rate have been calculated based on a projected value made by Mr Harry and Mr Jack. This is a wrong step since Harry could not take the Framingham’s own estimate; he needs to make a self-evaluation.
Mergers and acquisitions immediately impact organizations with changes in ownership, in ideology, and eventually, in practice. There are multiple reasons, motives, economic forces and institutional factors that can, taken together or in isolation, influence corporate decisions to engage in mergers or acquisitions. The financial risks of merging with or acquiring an organization in another country and how those risks can be mitigated are important issues for corporations to conduct research on. This paper will examine the sensible and dubious reasons for mergers and acquisitions and the benefits and costs of the cash and stock transactions.
The nature of change being witnessed in the contemporary business environment has made mergers and acquisitions a common feature. In the context of mergers, some two or more companies engage in negotiations and start to operate as a single entity. On the other hand, in acquisitions, one large firm acquires a smaller company. While on paper, these two components, both mergers, and acquisitions, may appear straightforward; the gist of the issue is that there is significant complexity associated with both measures.
Foremost among the global trends in the world’s financial industry are consolidation and convergence. These two encompass financially driven mergers within domestic market.