A Financial Analysis of Acquisition and Merger Premiums

Abstract

The current merger movement has been characterized by the willingness of the management of some acquiring companies to pay substantial merger premiums. A merger premium exists when the common stockholders of an acquired company receive cash and/or securities possessing a value greater than the company's premerger market value. The rationalization or justification of these “premiums” is based on a merger synergy concept. Contemporary merger literature recognizes two broad forms of merger synergy — the potential for greater operating efficiencies [14] and/or potential financial benefits — with the latter containing instantaneous [12] and real elements [1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13].

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