Market reaction to tender and private offers on the JSE

Bibliographic Details
Title: Market reaction to tender and private offers on the JSE
Authors: N. Wesson, C. Muller, M. Ward
Source: South African Journal of Business Management, Vol 48, Iss 4, Pp 1-11 (2017)
Publisher Information: AOSIS, 2017.
Publication Year: 2017
Collection: LCC:Management. Industrial management
LCC:Business
Subject Terms: Management. Industrial management, HD28-70, Business, HF5001-6182
More Details: Investors can benefit when incorporating the information-signalling effect of share repurchases in their investment strategies. Previous South African studies on open market share repurchases confirmed the globally observed signalling-effect, but found open market share repurchases not to be the outright favoured share repurchase type in this country – as is the case globally. The present study is the first to examine the market reaction to the preferred share repurchase type, namely specific (or tender and private offers) share repurchases, in the South African regulatory environment. Abnormal returns were calculated using a 12-parameter benchmark over a four-year event window, for share repurchases announced from 1999 to 2009. Pro rata tender offers were found not to possess information-signalling benefits, but significant excess returns subsequent to the announcement date were reported for the two private offer types (namely other specific offers and the repurchase by the holding company of shares held by subsidiaries). The other specific offers were found to possess significant information-signalling benefits – especially over the long term and in respect of value companies.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2078-5585
2078-5976
Relation: https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/38; https://doaj.org/toc/2078-5585; https://doaj.org/toc/2078-5976
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v48i4.38
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/efa3b6cbac574825ad342523de8e23bb
Accession Number: edsdoj.fa3b6cbac574825ad342523de8e23bb
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:20785585
20785976
DOI:10.4102/sajbm.v48i4.38
Published in:South African Journal of Business Management
Language:English