Execution of agreements and terms of mergers and acquisitions in 2022.

Chapter 8 - Review of Transactions and Schemes Gilbert + Tobin Takeovers + Schemes Review 2023

The study examines the use of implementation agreements and terms of acquisition proposals in the public mergers and acquisitions markets in 2022.

Chapters:

Key points - analysis of transactions and mergers in the Australian public market in 2022

Chapter 1 - Market Activity: Transaction and Merger Activity Stabilized in 2022 After the Historic High of 2021

Chapter 2 - Sector Analysis: Exploring the Relevant Sectors in 2022

The focus is on M&A deals in the technology sector.

Chapter 3 - Public M&A: Schemes, Acquisition Offers, and Pre-Offer Participation - Trends in 2022

Chapter 4 - Participation of Foreign Offerors in Public Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022 and FIRB Issues

Chapter 5 - Public M&A: Types of Compensation and Sources of Financing in 2022

The main focus is on decarbonization and M&A deals.

Chapter 6 - Success Factors in Public Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022

Chapter 7 - Timing of Transactions in Public Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022

Chapter 8 - Implementation Agreements and Terms of Offers in Public Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022

Chapter 9 - The Influence of the Regulator, Trends, and the Development of Public Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022

Agreements on implementation in 2022

Implementation agreements continued to be a mandatory element of agreed transactions in 2022. Only two out of 34 recommended transactions in 2022 did not include an implementation agreement, each due to specific circumstances unique to the respective deals. These were: the successful acquisition of HOCHTIEF AG by CIMIC Group for $6.8 billion in an all-cash off-market offer. HOCHTIEF owned 78.6% of CIMIC's shares and had representatives on CIMIC's board of directors at the time of its offer. Its priority was to announce the offer shortly after the results of CIMIC were announced (which allowed it to increase its voting stake to 83.15% in the post-results period before the offer opened), rather than spending time negotiating an implementation agreement (especially considering that HOCHTIEF AG did not need measures to protect the deal from the risk of intrusion); and the Genesis Minerals deal to acquire Dacian Gold for $127 million, conducted in a bypass manner.

Mechanisms for transaction protection

In addition to the standard obligations of the target company's board to recommend the deal to shareholders (in the absence of a more favorable offer and, if applicable, in the presence of a favorable report from an independent expert), the agreements executed in 2022 still included a set of common monopoly provisions in the overwhelming majority of agreed deals, namely: restrictions on the target company attracting alternative offers (the so-called No-shop) and communication with potential competing bidders unless potentially more favorable offers were received (the so-called No-talk); the obligation of the target company to notify the bidder of receiving a competing offer (the so-called notification obligation); and the bidder's right of first refusal to improve the competing offer, giving the bidder the opportunity to enhance or surpass the competing offer before the target company's board can change its recommendation.

While our review generally tracks deal protection measures in mandatory schemes and agreements for implementing takeover proposals, there were significant changes in deal protection measures during the pre-signing period of the mandatory implementation agreement. The Takeovers Panel released a document dedicated to good guidance on docitological, pibitator, and during the period leading up to the signing of the mandatory agreement, which clarifies the Panel's position regarding "hard" exclusivity without a trust zone during the pre-signing period, in light of the Panel's decisions in the cases of AusNet Services (in 2021) and Virtus Health (in 2022). The Virtus Health decision and the proposed reform by the Panel are further discussed in the Panel section of our chapter on the impact of regulators, trends, and developments in public mergers and acquisitions in 2022.

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