Företagsförvärv : en fallstudie av tre bankers förvärv

Abstract: Mergers and Acuisitions are becoming increasingly common. This can be explained with the fact that the competition is increasing. Therefore many companies are forced to join other markets. This thesis inquires into the process of Mergers and Acqusitions when one company buys another company. The main focus is set on how three different banks handle the process of Mergers and Acqusitions and what results this leads to. These are: Kaupthing Bank, Nordea and Citibank. The method used in the thesis is mainly qualitative. A study of literature and a case study is made in which the main questions at issue are split up into eigth specified questions. Theese questions are then asked to the banks. The thesis shows that the reason for which a company decides to buy another company affects many other parts of the process of the merger or the acqusition, for example the buying company´s strategy for the merger or the acquisition, the content of the contract, the incorporation of the new company and the evaluation of the merger or acqusition. The results that the thesis shows can be used by other companies that are about to carry out a merger or an acquisition.