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Professor Suggests Changing the Merger Process, Making Voting Faster

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The vast majority of publicly announced mergers are approved by shareholders, certainly more than 90% no matter how you reasonably slice the data. One way to view this data is that shareholder votes are perfunctory rubber stamps; but another is to view the merger process as self-selecting – a publicly announced merger is one that acquirer and target believe will receive shareholder approval.