Antitakeover provisions in corporate spin-offs

Thomas Chemmanur, Bradford Jordan, Mark H. Liu and Qun Wu

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2010, vol. 34, issue 4, 813-824

Abstract: We analyze the relation between antitakeover provisions (ATPs) and the performance of spin-off firms. We find that firms protected by more ATPs before spin-offs have higher abnormal announcement returns and greater improvements in post-spin-off operating performance than firms with fewer ATPs. Further, firms that reduce the number of ATPs after spin-offs have greater improvements in operating performance than firms that do not reduce the number of ATPs. Finally, CEOs of pre-spin-off firms tend to retain more ATPs in parent firms and assign fewer ATPs to the spun-off units if they remain as the CEOs of the parents but not the spun-off units. Overall, our results indicate a positive relation between ATPs and the value gains to spin-offs.

Keywords: Spin-offs; Antitakeover; provisions; Managerial; entrenchment; Shareholders'; interest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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