The market for shareholder voting rights around mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from institutional daily trading and voting |
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| Authors: | Jennifer E Bethel Gang Hu Qinghai Wang |
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| Institution: | 1. Finance group, D''Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston, 02115, MA, USA;2. Finance area, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the market for voting rights and shareholder voting around 350 mergers and acquisitions between 1999 and 2005 by examining institutional-investor trading and voting outcomes. Our results show institutions in aggregate buy shares and hence voting rights before merger record dates. This trading is not related to proxies for merger arbitrage or trading around merger announcements, and thus is not simply a continuation of the latter. Trading and buying before record dates are positively related to voting turnout and negatively related to shareholder support of merger proposals. We explore several possible interpretations of these results. |
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