stock swap- acquirer stock price changes?
i have a quick question.
say a company worth $10/shr agrees to acquire a company for a share of stock for the other companies share.
lets say the acquirer company drops to $8 a share before the deal goes through.
how does this affect the "cost" of acquisition?
of shares outstanding would still be the same and accretion/dilution really shouldnt be affected correct?the losers would just be the holders of the stock who lose market cap? is the "cost" of acquisition really affected in a stock swap deal.
any info is appreciated.
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do any models incorporate the difference in acquirers stock price after merger is announced?
Can't add too much input in this, as I'm not in the field or even at IB firm, but from what I've seen, an all-stock offer would have a collar, whether price, value or share for up or down movement. Not all deals would include this I assume. How this would affect acquisition I believe is that it keeps things within a range, without a collar, and if you're offering 100 shares, your offer is now $800, not $1,000. I guess why cash in hand holds value in M&A deals, removes the exchange risk.
Something quick I found on Google Search - http://www.stronghold-advisors.com/newsletters/article2yearend07.pdf
http://www.classiccmp.org/transputer/finengineer/%5BBooz%20Allen%20Hami…
the target's shareholders would receive more stock in this case, and existing shareholders of the acquirer would become more diluted bc they would have to issue more shares to make the acquisition (exchange ratio would go up).
i thought exchange ratios are fixed? you are saying that the dollar amount is fixed for the deal and the # of shares issued changes based on the acquirers share price?
it can either be a fixed exchange ratio or a floating exchange ratio/fixed dollar value
look at the merger agreement to discover which one and the terms
so if it was fixed exchange ratio and the acquirers stock price fell. accretion/dilution would not change as # of shares issued/future earnings wouldnt change
basically just the deal would be worth less and the acquired would get screwed with less market cap?
is my logic correct?
Yes.
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