Mergers & Acquisitions................
Does anyone know of a recent merger or acquisition in the market. And can anyone, briefly describe the companies involved and whether it was a vertical or horizontal merger. Was it a hostile bid or a friendly merger? What are the benefits and costs to both parties involved? What are some different types of synergies and economies of scope and scale expected.
2007-07-30 04:47:52 · 3 answers · asked by Munch_101 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
One more thing I left out was on hostile and friendly merger. Blackstone-Texas utility was friendly while Arcelor-Mittal was hostile which got into friendly states later. A friendly merger of the past was Nabisco being acquired by KKR partners then Kholberg Karvis later on who are backing Blackstone now.
2007-07-30 07:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mathew C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should read up on the competing bids to acquire ABN AMRO, the largest Dutch bank, by two different bank groups. It has been in the news for months now.
This would be a good exercise because it has elements of hostile and friendly bids, it is global in nature, it would be a horizontal merger as all acquirors are also banks and there are varying benefits for the acquiring parties. Benefits include increase of market share, taking out of opponents, economies of scale...
2007-07-30 04:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by PK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a homework question to me.
2007-07-30 05:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jay P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋