Journal Articles Review of Financial Economics Year : 2005

Takeover bids, unconditional offer price and investors protection

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a contingent claim analysis on shareholders' right to sell unconditionally their shares at the acquisition bid price during a takeover bid procedure. Compared with a situation without any guarantee, this regulation brings about wealth transfer towards outside shareholders. Why, in an apparently irrational way, do outside shareholders, who may benefit from a price guarantee, not systematically sell their shares? That question emphasizes the outside shareholders' behavior. Using a real option valuation model to evaluate the price guarantee opportunity, we show that an equal treatment rule between controlling and outside shareholders may lead outside shareholders to sell their shares.

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hal-01947321 , version 1 (06-12-2018)

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Hubert de La Bruslerie, Catherine Deffains-Crapsky. Takeover bids, unconditional offer price and investors protection. Review of Financial Economics, 2005, 14 (2), ⟨10.1016/j.rfe.2004.07.001⟩. ⟨hal-01947321⟩
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