Peter Clark, Roger Mills

Masterminding the Deal (eBook, ePUB)

Breakthroughs in M&A Strategy and Analysis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Following a quiet period in global M&A activity, a new boom seems to be underway, but in an age where two-thirds of all merger deals can be said to fail (where deals fall short of the minimum required financial returns to the acquiring company), how can future success be guaranteed? And what can acquirers, and their shareholders and advisers, do to improve the chances of success?

Masterminding the Deal looks at performance in two critical areas - merger segmentation (the identification of critical characteristics and attributes separating more successful mergers from the rest) and category-specific synergy diagnosis (the differentiation of synergy benefits - expenses, revenues, tax - to ensure maximum rewards). Through this in-depth analysis, the book provides the managers and advisers of acquiring firms with concise and actionable frameworks to improve and enhance merger performance. Masterminding the Deal will help you to identify and apply the key components of merger success.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749469535
• Artikelnr.: 39287055

Autorenporträt

Peter Clark is a Lecturer (Senior Teaching Fellow) at University College London, within the Department of Management Science and Innovation, where he teaches finance at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a leading author and commentator in merger and IPO-related finance field and has more than 20 years' experience in mergers and acquisitions, involving more than US$3bn in transaction values.
Roger Mills is Emeritus Professor of Finance and Accounting at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and, most recently, was Professor of Fundamental Analysis and Business Valuation at the VU University in Amsterdam. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
About the authors
Foreword by Bill Weinstein
Preface
Introduction
01 The next merger boom is already here
1.1 Business-merger waves: patterns, theories on causes, issues
1.2 Four post-1980 four business-merger waves, four phases
1.3 The fourth (and final?) post-1980 wave is already underway
1.4 Merger wave issue I: (T)APP-synergy divergence as the wave progresses
1.5 Merger wave issue II: whipsaw-merger market entry and exit missteps
02 Debunking the six merger fallacies that destroy value
2.1 Increased understanding of historical merger failure means that
would-be acquiring firms are more inclined to avoid mergers
2.2 Significant increases to target company's debt levels do not
significantly reduce the probability of the related deal's success
2.3 The heroic figure in the acquisition drama is the all-conquering
acquirer, while shareholders of the acquired company are victims, with
their firms accurately depicted as led by underperforming managers
2.4 There is no inherent conflict of interest between dealmakers and other
parties compensated on the basis of fees earned upon deal closure, and the
interests of acquiring firms' shareholders
2.5 Price-to-earnings and similar multiples techniques are the leading
merger valuation methodologies
2.6 Stories and process: PMI success is primarily a matter of sound process
and responsive organization
03 Criteria: First, get the merger valuation methodology right
3.1 You can't manage what you can't measure especially when it comes to M&A
3.2 Criteria-setters: preeminence of continuing shareholders of the
acquiring firm
3.3 Overview: four alternative merger valuation methods
3.4 Event studies (ES): exceeding the limits of rational market theory
3.5 Total shareholder return (TSR): most appropriate for round turn
financial acquirers?
3.6 Value gap (VS): do synergies offset the price premium necessary to
acquire the target?
3.7 Incremental value effect (IVE): two-scenario DCF analysis, adapted to
mergers
3.8 Reconciling the tier I merger valuation methodologies
3.9 Multiples: critical confirmation role in merger valuation
04 Merger segmentation comes of age
4.1 The case for segmentation by merger type: precedent
4.2 Four categories, nine merger types: different deal types mean different
M&A success
4.3 Applying the nine merger type framework
4.4 The path forward in merger segmentation: towards M-Score©
05 Mergers still fail, but does it matter?
5.1 More confirmation that historically, most mergers fail
5.2 No effective refutation of MMF
5.3 M&A's core contradiction, segmentation and stakeholders' different
merger perspectives
5.4 Moving forward: expanding upon Hayward's three causes of merger failure
06 The merger megaboom's signature IPO: Facebook
6.1 The straw that stirs the drink
6.2 Social networking and the 2011-19 merger megaboom
6.3 Direct and indirect merger market effects of social networking sector
acquisitions, 2011+
6.4 Vapor numbers: when is the social networking valuation?
07 Towards systematic investigation and implementation of post-merger
synergies
7.1 Synergies: definitions, approaches, issues
7.2 Net realizable synergies and merger success: value gap revisited
7.3 A key category-based net realizable synergy investigatory framework
7.4 Post-merger priorities explored
7.5 Other PMI implementation issues: choosing the PMI implementation team
08 The seven keys to merger success
8.1 Merger success: the seven keys
8.2 Some implementation considerations
Epilogue
Appendix A: Acquisition purchase premium-related issues
Appendix B: Debunking the extreme acquisition leverage fallacy
Bibliography
Acronyms and glossary
Index