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    CHAPTER 21

    MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


    (Difficulty: E = Easy, M = Medium, and T = Tough)

    Multiple Choice: Conceptual

    Easy:
    Merger tactics Answer: e Diff: E
    1. Firms use defensive tactics to fight off undesired mergers. These tactics
    include

    a. Raising antitrust issues.


    b. Taking poison pills.
    c. Getting a white knight to bid for the firm.
    d. Repurchasing their own stock.
    e. All of the statements above are correct.

    Mergers Answer: d Diff: E


    2. Which of the following are given as reasons for the high level of merger
    activity in the U.S.?

    a. Synergistic benefits arising from mergers.


    b. Reduction in competition resulting from mergers.
    c. Attempts to stabilize earnings by diversifying.
    d. Statements a and c are correct.
    e. All of the statements above are correct.

    Mergers Answer: b Diff: E N


    3. Which of the following statements concerning mergers is most correct?

    a. A conglomerate merger is a merger of firms in the same general


    industry, but for which no customer or supplier relationship exists.
    b. A horizontal merger is a combination of two firms that produce the same
    type of good or service.
    c. A congeneric merger is a merger of companies in totally different
    industries.
    d. Statements a and c are correct.
    e. None of the statements above is correct.

    Chapter 21 - Page 1
    Merger analysis Answer: d Diff: E N
    4. Which of the following statements concerning merger analysis is most
    correct?

    a. The goal of merger valuation is to value the target firm’s equity,


    because a firm is acquired from its owners, not from its creditors.
    b. Two key items needed to apply the DCF approach to valuing a business
    are (1) pro forma statements that forecast the incremental free cash
    flows expected to result from the merger and (2) a discount rate, or
    cost of capital, to apply to these projected cash flows.
    c. A financial merger is a merger in which operations of the firms
    involved are integrated in hope of achieving synergistic benefits.
    d. Statements a and b are correct.
    e. Statements a, b, and c are correct.

    Merger analysis Answer: e Diff: E N


    5. Unlike a typical capital budgeting analysis, a merger analysis usually
    does incorporate interest expense into the cash flow forecast because

    a. If the subsidiary is to grow in the future, new debt will have to be


    issued over time to support the expansion.
    b. Acquiring firms never assume the debt of the target firm, so new debt
    must be obtained by the acquiring firm and the interest expense of this
    debt must be imputed in the analysis.
    c. The acquisition is often financed partially by debt.
    d. Statements a, b, and c are correct.
    e. Statements a and c are correct.

    Defensive strategies Answer: d Diff: E


    6. Which of the following actions assist managers in defending against a
    hostile takeover?

    a. Establishing a poison pill provision.


    b. Granting lucrative golden parachutes to senior managers.
    c. Establishing a super-majority provision in the company’s bylaws that
    raises the percentage of the board of directors that must approve an
    acquisition from 50 percent to 75 percent.
    d. All of the statements above are correct.
    e. None of the statements above is correct.

    Miscellaneous merger concepts Answer: c Diff: E


    7. Which of the following statements is most correct?

    a. A conglomerate merger occurs when a firm combines with another firm in


    the same industry.
    b. Regulations in the United States prohibit acquiring firms from using
    common stock to purchase another firm.
    c. Defensive mergers are designed to make a company less vulnerable to a
    takeover.
    d. Statements a and b are correct.
    e. All of the statements above are correct.

    Chapter 21 - Page 2

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