Is non-executive directors’ pay or industry expertise related to takeover premiums, abnormal returns and offer price revisions?

Martin Bugeja, Zoltan Matolcsy, Wassila Mehdi and Helen Spiropoulos

Australian Journal of Management, 2017, vol. 42, issue 3, 355-375

Abstract: We examine the association between various takeover outcomes and bidding firm non-executive directors’ (NEDs) compensation and expertise in the target firm industry. In our sample of 272 acquisitions by ASX listed firms between 2004 and 2011, we find that NEDs’ relative compensation and industry expertise have a negative association with the bid premium. We also find that NEDs’ relative compensation is positively associated with the bidding firm’s market reaction to the takeover announcement, and NEDs’ industry expertise is associated with a lower likelihood of an increase in the offer price, particularly for M&As viewed negatively by the market. These results are consistent with higher NEDs’ relative compensation and industry expertise leading to more effective board monitoring and advising.

Keywords: Bid premium; compensation; cumulative abnormal return; industry expertise; market reaction; M&As; non-executive directors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0312896216643566

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