Less Popular but More Effective Toeholds in Corporate Takeovers

Yun Dai, Sebastian Gryglewicz and Han T. J. Smit

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2021, vol. 56, issue 1, 283-312

Abstract: Despite their claimed advantages, toehold strategies have rarely been adopted in recent corporate takeovers and do not seem to increase acquirer returns. Are toeholds ineffective and becoming obsolete? We show that this is not the case. We find that toeholds are preferred for executing difficult takeovers. After controlling for such endogeneity in toehold-based acquisitions, toeholds do increase returns to acquirers. Moreover, the performance of toehold strategies improves over time due to more selective and more effective acquisition of toeholds. We find that this time trend is in part explained by learning from past toehold acquisitions.

Date: 2021
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