Retornos anormais versus performances operacionais anormais de firmas brasileiras envolvidas em fusões e aquisições no período de 2002 a 2006 / Abnormal returns versus abnormal operating performances of Brazilian firms engaged in merger and acquisitions from 2002 to 2006

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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The aim of this thesis was the investigation of Mergers and Acquisitions - M&A, a subset of what is named "business combination", observed among Brazilian firms from 2002 to 2006, which at least one of them (bidder firm or target firm) was listed in Bovespa. Mergers and Acquisitions - M&A among firms under the same group of control were not sampled, which means that special transactions usually named "incorporações reversas" were not considered in the sample. There have been sampled 101 announcements (1st Fato Relevante filed) involving 104 M&A, totalizing R$ 223,7 billion, or 66,86% of the universe that took part in ANBID ranking from 2002 to 2006. Two techniques were used: the event studies on returns before and after M&A announcements and the event studies on accounting based measures. For sampling purposes, besides ANBID database, Economática database, "Melhores e Maiores" database and IPE system from CVM/Bovespa were used. The empirical evidences and the statistical tests led to the conclusion that the announcement of M&A transactions raised expectations of value maximization to the shareholders of the firms combined. Nonetheless, for the target firm shareholders, in the occurrence of a tender offer, with the possibility of a tension during the process of defining the control premium to be paid to minorities, specially if institutional investors such as pension funds take part in the minority group, the announcement of M&A transactions was priced differently among common and preferential shares, causing in the market a reaction alike to the myopia hypothesis, a particular phenomena in Brazil. Accounting, it must be pointed out, did not corroborate the average expectations of the market related to synergies associated with the combination of firms sampled. It must be mentioned that the measurement of the performance based on accounting based measures was not influenced by "big bath" neither by multiple acquisitions done by bidder firms. The econometric results suggest the necessity of adopting impairment test to check the economic substance of goodwill. Last, concerning the price effects of the unsuccessful takeover transactions announced, the empirical evidences indicate that the Brazilian stock market timely adjusts the stock prices of the combined firms, which is coherent with the efficient market hypothesis in the semi-strong form.

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contabilidade financeira goodwill Ágio consolidação e fusão das empresas consolidation and business combination financial accounting

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