Overview
Unlike other M&A references, Structuring Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Shareholder Value, Second Edition establishes a framework for analyzing each transaction from a financial perspective, and evaluating your options in terms of how they create value today or better position the company to build value tomorrow.
You get clear, authoritative discussions of:- How shareholder value relates to mergers and acquisitions, and different methodologies for valuing a transaction
- How accounting can influence value creating in mergers and acquisitions
- Transactions you may encounter
- Protecting against takeover threats
- making aggressive or hostile offers for a company
- Collars, break-up fees, lock-ups, walk-aways, minority squeeze outs, earnouts, and anti-trust considerations
- Performing effective and complete due diligence
- And handling the human aspects of mergers and acquisitions
You'll also find hints and tips about what to look out for, how to avoid the inherent pitfalls of different types of transactions, and solutions for common problems. That's why you'll want to keep Structuring Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Shareholder Value, Second Edition within reach: no other manual gives you a clearer, more practical overview of the issues, answers, and tools needed to create shareholder value.