Lender Effects on Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions

59 Pages Posted: 30 Oct 2019

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Nadia Massoud

Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne

Keke Song

Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne

Nam Tran

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School

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Date Written: October 10, 2019

Abstract

This paper employs a new approach to identify merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions financed by syndicated loans and provides evidence that acquirer announcement returns are higher in loan-financed M&A deals than in other deals. Utilizing an instrumental variable approach and a quasi-natural experiment, we provide evidence that lenders contribute to the higher acquirer announcement returns in loan-financed M&A deals. Lenders’ performance in M&A financing is persistent over time. Lenders’ participation in the M&A market can resolve uncertainty about the M&A deal quality, improve corporate governance by preventing value-destroying M&A transactions, and provide long-term monitoring benefits to acquirer shareholders.

Keywords: M&As, syndicated loan, corporate governance, lending relationship, uncertainty resolution, lender ability, FAS 166/167

JEL Classification: G14, G34, G21, D82

Suggested Citation

Massoud, Nadia and Song, Keke and Tran, Nam, Lender Effects on Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions (October 10, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3472771 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3472771

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Keke Song (Contact Author)

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Nam Tran

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School ( email )

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