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ROLE OF MERGER & ACQUISITION IN BANKING SECTOR FOR BETTER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Submitted To ABC University City, For the Partial Fulfillment Of The Award of Degree Of
BATCH: 2004-2006
Submitted by:
Mrs. ABCS
ABC
PARTICULARS
Preface Acknowledgement Certificate Introduction Literature Review Overview Of The Industry Beginning of banking in the world Beginning of banking in India Reforms in banking Basic framework Objectives of the study Research methodology Source of data Limitation Scope of study
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Conceptualization Merger & Acquisition Corporate Governance Framework of Corporate Governance Case Study (Global trust bank with Oriental bank of commerce)
9. 10. 11. Analysis 12. Conclusion 13. Appendix 14. Suggestions 15. Annexure
16. Bibliography
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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In the wake of recent financial & corporate scandals corporate governance is the need of hour. In spite of the growing knowledge, not much attention has been given to corporate issues in bank.
3 CS OF BANKING ARE
Capital Corporate governance Consolidation (according to Business Today)
Second, due to under developed financial markets in developing countries, banks are the major source of finance for many firms.
Third, bank acts as a repository for the economys savings, apart from providing means of payment.
Fourth, after recent privatization & disinvestments of most of the banks & the reduce role of economic regulations, bank today are open for freedom in terms of how they are being run.
negative
The NPA syndrome Employees frauds Evolution of new business models Branch banking vs. unit banking Complicated financial structure Scandals have become the trend of times False picture of financial health and misleading investors. Non-compliance with statutory requirement, negative net worth, capital adequacy & low morale.
First, with banks being more non-transparent, there arises an agency problem. The information difference between the insiders & outsiders in banking lead to more difficulty for equity & debt holders in monitoring the managers, and in turns, it become easier forth managers to use the benefit of controls, rather the focusing on maximizing the value.
Second, heavy regulations imposed on the banks stand as an obstacle for natural corporate governance mechanism.
Directors poor decisions and ineffective board processes are to pay the price. For measuring the board performance4 against certain benchmarks set for good governance,
have direct interest in the bank performance. On a more aggregate level, regulators are concerned with the effect governance has on the performance of financial institution because the health of the overall economy depends upon the board of directors of the banking firm is placed in a crucial role in its governance structure.
regulation is the structure of executive compensation. Stock-based compensation motivates top management to undertake more value enhancing decision, but regulators would also want to consider how to stock option affect risk taking.
is necessary because this usually leads to liquidation, and the incumbent is removed from management.
potential to impact banking firms capital by way of future share repurchase. Therefore large grants of options in any given year have the potential to affect the capital base adversely in later years.
Shareholders Environment
Concentrated ownership Reliance on family, bank and public finance INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT Under Developed new issued market
Insider board
Incentives aligned with core shareholder CORPORATE CONTEXT Inadequate minority protection
Limited takeover
Limited disclosure
Transparency Accountability
FIGURE:- 1
BEGINNING OF BANKING IN THE WORLD BEGINNING OF BANKING IN INDIA REFORMS OF BANKING IN INDIA
The goldsmiths, makers and sellers of plate and jewellery, flourished after the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s increased the available supplies of gold. Many goldsmiths developed strong connections with the crown and , from the 1940s, most began to take in valuables for safe keeping in their vaults.
Thomas Smith , a cloth merchant in Nottingham, began operating the earliest known provincial bank in the 1650s , by offering banking services to his customers. Most countrys banks however, were established from the mid-eighteenth century onward. Before 1750 there were only a handful of bankers in the country outside London . by 1784 this number had grown to 119 and by 1810 to a massive 650. similarly in Scotland, by 1772 there were eight banking companies operating in Scotland outside Edinburgh & Glasgow, a number that had increased to 21 by 1810. From the 1770s a more sophisticated banking infrastructure began to emerge, with the creation of a clearing house in London for settling inter-bank payments
NATIONALIZATION OF BANKS
On 19 July 1969, the Government acquiring ownership and control of 14 major banks in the country an Ordinance. This was done to bring commercial banks in to the mainstream of economic development with definite social obligations and objectives. Later, on 5 April 1980, six more commercial banks were nationalized.
LIBERALIZATION
There is a growing need for banking facilities due to nationwide growth, international trade and industrial liberalization which have all contributed to changes in the banking environment.
New financial institutions like merchant banks, leasing companies, mutual funds and venture capital companies have come into existence.
Commercial banks too have joined the hub of capital market activities. There has been a transformation in the services offered by banks and this has led to considerable change in the type of manpower recruited.
With demand of profit, in the banking industry, particularly in the international banking sector the total concept of seniority and promotion has been changed.
In this scenario pay scales have gone up and the number of employees has gone down.
Banks have set right their organizational structure for efficient services. Computers have taken over and recruitment pattern has been favorable to more technical manpower.
Management graduates, Chartered Accountants, Chartered Financial Analysts are hence in greater demand in the banking sector. Presently, emphasis is on specialization and diversification.
To cater to the needs of a growing industry for marketing its shares and debentures, public sector banks and financial institutions have started their own Merchant Banking divisions. Many industrial houses too have started their own Merchant Banking, companies, acting as lead managers for public issues of shares and debentures, e.g. Times Guarantee, Tata Finance etc.
INVESTMENT BANKING:
Investment Banking activities are associated with financial activities such as securities underwriting, markets and arranging mergers, acquisitions and restructuring. Investment bankers work in retail banking and corporate clients and institutional banking. These banks hold large financial assets as they manage dealer activities and in trading and distribution of securities. The function is advisory and the bank support financial activities through lending to customers using securities as collateral or for repurchase agreements where in they use their own securities.
Investment banking is fund based and not only fee based while Merchant Banking, on the other hand, is fee based. The worlds top six investment banking houses manage the major portion of new issue investment-grade securities and are referred to as special bracket firms; these are Solomon Brothers, First Boston, Goodman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Shearson Lehman Brothers. In India, some of the top investment Bankers is DSP Merrill Lynch, PNB Capital Services, GE Caps, IFCI Financial Services, IDBI Capital Markets, SBI Capital & JM Financial and Investment. The role of Investment Banks is to participate in direct markets by bringing financial claims for sale. They operate to help businesses and governments sell their new security issues. Once the securities are sold investment bankers make secondary markets for securities as brokers and dealers. They are largely doing underwriting business. Investment Banking can be carried on as part of the normal range of business activities. In India ICICI Bank can be regarded as investment banking.
treasury bills, forecasting, financial management and manipulation, source evaluation and domestic and foreign currency funds has become critical for managing the treasury profit center. Treasury and risk management ensures cost effectiveness in planning strategies in this era of deregulation. Forex marketing technically is an inter banking activity. The job entails two major responsibilities assessing various markets e.g. Stock or money markets on behalf of the bank and customer desk to advise corporate or other banks that require foreign currency. The job entails checking on current prices, keeping abreast with policies of the regulatory bodies, analyzing past trends for making predictions and bids for forex trading. The task is affected by the high volatility of the markets and involves taking risks.
against term deposits and on domestic deposits with maturity periods over two years.
Guidelines
issued
to
banks
to
ensure
qualitative
COMPETITION Decades of non-commercial orientation, direct lending, loan waivers and increasing non-performing assets had initially made banks difficult to adjust to a market environment having strict prudential norms. However, the emerging results suggest that banks are beginning to adapt to the competitive environment and facing the challenge.
DECONTROL
Many steps were taken in 1995-96 to reduce controls and remove operational constraints in the banking system. These include interest rate decontrol, liberalization and selective removal of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) stipulation, freedom to fix foreign exchange open position limit and enhanced refinance facilities against government and other approved securities.
THE RBI ISSUED GUIDELINES REGARDING THE FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS (IN JANUARY 1993)
I.
The banks shall be governed by the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 The Banking Regulation Act, and 1949 other relevant statuaries.
Private sector banks are required to be registered as public limited companies in India. The authority to grant a license lies with the RBI. The shares of banks are required to be listed on stock exchanges. Preference will be given to those banks whose headquarters are proposed to be located in a centre which does not have headquarters of any bank.
VI.
Maximum voting rights of an individual shareholder would be limited to 1% of total voting rights.
VII.
The new bank would not be allowed to have as its director any person who is already a director in a banking company.
VIII.
The bank will be subject to prudential norms in respect of banking operations, accounting policies and other policies, as laid down by RBI. The bank will be required to adhere to the following:
Minimum paid up share capital of Rs. 1 bn Promoters contribution as determined by the RBI capital adequate of 8% of the
risk weighted assets Single borrower and Group borrower exposure limits in force
Priority sector lending Export Credit Loan Policy within overall policy guidelines laid down by the RBI.
IX.
The banks will be free to open branches anywhere once they satisfy the capital adequacy and prudential accounting norms.
X.
The banks would not be allowed to have investments in subsidiaries, mutual funds and portfolio investments in other companies in excess of 20% of the banks own paid up capital and reserves.
XI.
The banks would be required to use modern infrastructural facilities in office equipment, computer, telecommunications etc.
THE FOLLOWING MEASURES HAVE EITHER BEEN TAKEN OR ARE BEING TAKEN
Public sector banks recovered Rs 12,860 cr in in the previous year and net NPAs as
percentage of net advances came down to 6.7% as on March 31, 2001 as compared to 7.4% in the previous year.
provisions for NPAs as required by the RBI, additional fiscal relief is being offered, details of which will be given in part B of my speech. This will enable banks to review their lending rates.
be introduced in parliament to strengthen creditor rights through foreclosure and enforcement of securities by banks and financial institutions. This bill will also enable securitization for money locked up in long-term loans.
up by 30 June 2002 with the participation of public and private sector banks, financial institutions and multilateral agencies. This company will initiate measures for taking over non-performing assets in the banking sector and also0 develop a market for securitized banks.
Corporation (DICGC) will be converted into the Bank Deposits Insurance Corporation (BDIC) to make it an effective instrument for dealing with depositors risks and for dealing with distressed banks .Appropriate legislative changes will be proposed for this purpose.
challenges for the Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) like IDBI. It is proposed to make legislative changes to corporatism IDBI within the coming year to provide it appropriate flexibility. Meanwhile IDBIs tier one capital is being strengthened by conversion of existing IBRD and NIC (LTO) loans in to appropriate long-term instruments.
2000, in the Companies Act 1956, directors incur disqualification for election in the case of certain defaults by the company. It is proposed to exempt nominee directors financial institutions and banks from this provision.
weak banks on the basis of criteria suggested by the committee on Banking Sector
Reforms in 1997-98. two of these banks namely UCO bank United bank of India have turned around and have started making profits. Though the Indian Bank has also shown improvement, its capital adequacy ratio remains deficient. A provision of Rs 1300 cr is proposed for re-capitalization support to this bank, on the basis of a commitment to government for implementing monitor able reform measures.
to operate in India as fully owned branches with specific permission of the Reserve Bank of India. As recommended by the Committee on Banking Sector Reforms, it has now been decided to give an option to foreign banks to either operate as branches of their parent banks or to set up subsidiaries. Such subsidiaries will have to adhere to all banking regulations, including priority sector lending norms, applicable to other domestic banks. Necessary amendments will be proposed in the Banking Regulation Act 1949 to relax the maximum ceiling of voting rights of 10% for such subsidiaries.
The cooperative credit structure, which is critical for the agriculture sector, has low capital adequacy and high NPAs, is of urgent need of reform. A committee under the then Deputy Governor of RBI was appointed to examine its functioning closely. The recommendations of this committee have been discussed widely by chief ministers and in a joint committee of cooperation ministers under the chairmanship of Vikhe Patil reform measures such as the adoption of a Model Cooperative Act, removal of dual control between state governments and the RBI, regular conduct of elections, larger stake of the members, and proffessionalisation of management etc. have been recommended.
The recapitalization formula suggested is 60:40 between the central and state government along with increases in share capital of members. States will have to consider and accept their funding share and implement the suggested measures for reform. Even though this is a state subject the government of India will go out of its way to help in the process. To start the process, Sinha said he is making a token provision of Rs 100 cr and depending on the pace of reform, provision of additional funds will be considered.
CHALLENGE Liquidity position in the financial sector has been quite comfortable in the recent times. TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY Technology has thrown new challenges in the banking sector and new issues have started cropping up which is going to pose certain problems in the near future. The new entrants in the banking are with computer background. Foreign banks and the new private sector banks have embraced technology right from the inception of their operations GLOBALISATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES The surge in globalization of finance has also gained momentum with the technological advancements which have effectively overcome the national borders in the financial services business.
INDIAN BANKS AT THE GLOBAL STAGE: A REALITY CHECK As per Indian Banks' Association report Banking Industry Vision 2010, there would be greater presence of international players in Indian financial system and some of the Indian banks would become global players in the coming years. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PREPARE INDIAN BANKS TO MEET GLOBAL CHALLENGE? Indian banking sector has already implemented internationally followed prudential accounting norms for classification of assets, income recognition and loan loss provisioning. SUPPORTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RBI has suitably changed the countrys regulatory framework from time to time to support Indian financial institutions to withstand the competitive pressures placed on them by increasing globalization. CONSOLIDATION AND MOVE TOWARDS UNIVERSAL BANKING We are slowly but surely moving from a regime of large number of small banks to small number of large banks.
Foreign banks, however, are not required to open branches in rural areas, or to make loans to the agricultural sector.
NEED TO PONDER
Debates on Indias slowdown focus on the manufacturing sector which is dangerously misleading: one of the biggest areas of worry about Indias banking sector. Stories about the real health of Indian banks get less publicized because banks are still overwhelmingly owned, controlled and directed by the government, i.e. the ministry of finance(MOF). Banks have no effective mouthpiece either
GREY FUTURE
One more reason being the opacity of the RBI. This doesnt mean a forecast of doom for the Indian banking sector the kind that has washed out South East Asia. And also not because Indian banks are healthy. We still have no clue about the real non-performing assets of financial institutions and banks. Many banks are now listed. That puts additional responsibility of sharing information. It is now clear that it was the financial sector that caused the sensational meltdown of some Asian nations. India is not Thailand, Indonesia and Korea. Borrowed investment in property in India is low and property prices have already fallen, letting out steam gently. Our micro-meltdown has already been happening.
CONCLUSION
Still, there are several other worries about the banking sector, mainly confusion over ownership and control. Sometimes soon India will be forced to apply the norms of developed countries and many banks (including some of the biggest) will show very poor return ratios and dozens of banks will be bankrupt. When that happens the two popular reasons to defend bad banks will disappear. These are:
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will revive
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social upheaval.
Reduction in the interest cost and hence benefits the ultimate consumer Enhancing the credit delivery mechanisms Introduction of the rating processes at retail level Creating level playing field when global players enter retail Reversing the inverse relationship between the size of borrowing and the cost
of borrowing.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SOURCE OF THE DATA SCOPE OF STUDY LIMITATION OF STUDY
To study that how Merger & Acquisitions leads or helps in Corporate Governance. Encouraging factors for the said merger.
To trace it out the related issues in both pre and post merger case.
To study why the banks are going towards Merger & Acquisitions.
To study the measures taken by the government to increase Merger & Acquisition in Banking Sector.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Methodology refers to the methods the researcher use in performing research operations. The research methods which are going to be used are:
1) Explorative research 2) Case study (comparative analysis) i. Whole case is divided into parts. ii. Organizations position before merger & acquisition traced. iii. Organizations position after merger & acquisition traced. iv. Comparison of both. v. Comparative evaluation of results is given.
In the explorative research, our objective is going to:
i. ii.
problem.
Expand understanding of the dilemma or problem. Gather background information on topic to refine the research
iii.
Identify sources for and actual questions that might be used as Measurement questions.
Explorative phase begin with the literature search-a review of books as well as articles in journals or professional literature that relates to our dilemma. A literature search requires that use of library online catalog and one or more bibliographic databases or indexes. For some topics it may be useful to consult a handbook or specialized encyclopedia first to establish a list of key terms, people or events that have influenced our topic and also to
determine what the major publications are and who the foremost authors are. Other reference materials should be incorporated into research strategy as needed.
SOURCE OF DATA
The various types of secondary data carry out the study.
Magazines
Business Today
Business World
India Today
Newspapers
Economic times
Business standard
Web sites
www.yahoo.com
www.google.com
www.SEBI.org
www.RBI.org
management students. on the further study. similarly this study is open for
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Only quantitative aspects of corporate governance are taken into consideration due to time consideration. There is a subjective judgment in analysis.
FINANCING M & A
Various methods of financing M&A deals exist :
In
some
cases,
company may acquire another company by issuing junk bonds to raise funds.
DIFFICULTIES IN M&A
For achieving a greater extent of corporate governance, merger & acquisition is one of the ways. But its not so easy; various types of problems are faced by the organization in this type of procedure. There difficulties are: 1. SECRECY Secrecy is maintained from bankers, suppliers, employees, customers & others so that the negative reactions can be minimized. 2. SLOW, EXPENSIVE & DIFFICULT A transaction generally requires six to nine months & many steps to meet all the legal procedure. 3. HARD TO FIND BUYER Its very difficult to find a potential buyer fir the multimillion dollar corporations, so that adequate consideration can be measured. 4. NEGOTIATION & POTENTIAL OF THE COMPANY More difficulty arises at the time of the negotiation & the measurement of the net worth of the business. 5. EXPENSIVE SERVICES Professional middleman (intermediaries, business brokers & investment bankers) charge a high rate as their fees. 6. INEFFICIENCY Middlemen operate inefficiently because of the slow & limiting nature of having too much rely upon telephonic communication.
SYNERGY
Synergy is the magic force that allows for enhanced cost efficiencies of the new business. Synergy takes form of revenue enhancement & cost saving.
STAFF REDUCTION Merger tends to mean job losses from accounting, marketing & other departments.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE A bigger company places a bigger order of various items & can save more cost & in better negotiation position.
ACQUIRING NEW TECHNOLOGY To stay competitive , companies need to stay on top of technological development. By buying a smaller company with unique technology, a larger company can develop a competitive edge.
VISIBILITY
IMPROVED
MARKET
REACH
&
INDUSTRY
A merge may extend two companies marketing & distribution opportunities. Capital can raise easily in a bigger company than a smaller company.
MERGER
A merger in business or economy refers to the combination of two companies into one larger company. Such actions are commonly voluntary and often involves stock swap. In many instances a merger resemble a takeover but results in a new company name. (often combining the names of the original companies and in new branding)
CLASSIFICATION OF MERGERS
HORIZONTAL MERGER
VERTICAL MERGER
CONGLOMERATE MERGER
Horizontal merger take place where two-merging companies both produce similar product in the same industry. Vertical merger occur when two firms, each working at different stages in the production of the same goods, combine.
Market-extension
Product-extension occurs when two companies that sell the different but related
products in the same market merge. Conglomerate merger take place when the two firms operate in different industry & have no common area. There are two types of merger:
Purchase
purchase is made either by cash or through the issue of some kind of debt instrument, and the sale is taxable.
Consolidation
companies are bought & combined under the new entity. Tax terms are the same as those of a purchase merger.
FAMOUS MERGERS
Bank of America/ Fleet Boston Global Trust Bank/ Oriental Bank of Commerce Nedungadi Bank/ Punjab National Bank Bank of Madura/ ICICI Bank
ACQUISITIONS
When a company takes over another one and clearly becomes the new owner, the purchase is called as an acquisition From a legal point of view, the target company ceases to exist and the buyer swallows the business, and stock of the buyer continues to be traded.
WAYS OF ACQUISITION
CONSIDERATION
BY ASSETS
REVERSE MERGER
I.
Consideration- A company can buy another company with cash, with stock, or a combination of two.
II.
By assets- In a smaller deal, a company can acquire all the assets of another company
III.
Reverse Merger-In this type of acquisition, a deal that enables a private company to get publicly listed in a relatively short time period.
SCHEME OF MERGER & ACQUISITION Whenever two or more companies agree to merge with each other, they have to prepare a scheme of amalgamation. The main content of model scheme:
Their authorized, issued and subscribed/ paid up capital. Change of name, object clause and accounting year. Protection of employment Dividend position and prospectus Management , board of directors, their number and participation
of Transferee companys director on the board.
Application u/s 391 and 394 of the companies act, 1956,to obtain
high courts approval.
The basis of merger and acquisition in the scheme should be the reports of the valuers of asset of both the merger partner companies.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate governance is about promoting corporate fairness, transparency and accountability. ACCORDING TO WELFENSON, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK QUOTED BY FINANCIAL TIMES Corporate governance deals with the way in which supplies of finance to corporations assure themselves of getting a return on their investment. Corporate governance is a system by which business corporations are directed and controlled.
Therefore in order to evaluate reforms of the governance structure of banking firms, it is important to understand the current government practices.
BAD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICE IN THE FOAM OF Fraudulent and false accounting (in case of GTB) Complicated financial systems To create a false picture of financial health and misleading investors. Hide its real financial position (in case of GTB) Scandals have become the trend of times (Ketan Parekh scam in GTB) Inflated profits and high debts Complicated financial structure (Enron, worldcom) Masking true financial position (in case of GTB) Very high NPA The morale of the work force was very low The continuous losses had totally eroded into net worth The bank: losses, week governance, non compliance with statutory requirement,
negative net worth, negative capital adequacy and low morale
It exposed the
peculiarities of the Indian Banking Environment.
FOR BETTER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND REPORT SHOULD PLACE BEFORE THE BOARD
Annual operating plans and budgets, together with updated
long term plans
Capital budgets, manpower and overhead budgets Quarterly results for the company as a whole and its
operating division or business segment
Detail of any joint venture or collaboration agreement. Transactions that involve substantial payment for achieving
goodwill, improving brand equity, and for acquiring intellectual property.
Labor problems and their proposed solutions. Quarterly details of foreign exchange exposure and the steps
taken by management to limit the risks of adverse exchange rate movement.
STRUCTURE
PROCESSES
Limit the size of board so that each director can contribute, and avoid coalitions
Develop guidelines for the use of committees to ensures the basic task fulfilled and complex topics are explored in sufficient depth Rotate directors through the various committees to ensure the mix of views
Separate the role of CEO and chairman to avoid potential conflict of interests
Avoid inside directors on the committees so that executives do not audit, evaluate, and reward themselves
Ensures the outside directors, as a group, meet alone on a specific number of occasions every year
Ensure the majority of outside directors so that tough questions are asked Require directors to redesign upon retirement, or upon changes in employment and responsibilities Limit the number of other board of directors on which directors can serve
Choose a lead director to prevent insiders from dominating the agenda Ensure unrestricted access for board to management so that information is not filtered Establish additional models of information flow to ensure sufficient information
Impose term limits to introduce fresh and potentially critical viewpoints while avoiding groupthinks Establish a set of qualification for directors, and use them to screen new candidate
Impose a retirement age to maintain a mix Ensure that the management reports of skill, energy, enthusiasm and regularly to the board of succession commitment planning
FIGURE-2
All relevant decisions should place before the shareholders in the meetings Less number of directors to reduce coalitions New scope and sources for the various type of information is developed Recruitment should base upon the skills and qualifications of the candidate All relevant decisions should place before the shareholders in the meetings Attendances should be compulsory for the directors Requirement of lending should be complete, so that claim can be made
More outside directors that more transparency could bring by more of questioning about remuneration, expenses, etc.
Various factors should considered (credibility, capacity, project requirement, profitability, etc
FIGURE-3
Daily information, so that defaults can be traced at early stage about NPAs , expenses, lending etc.
Well-qualified and optimum number of employees should be taken to avoid scams and manipulations in the records.
Problems should place in the meeting so that effective decisions could be taken, and no body can take advantage of weaknesses
Lending should be done to worthwhile persons and projects, so that the rate of non performing assets can be reduced.
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IMPROVEMENT IN THE NET PROFIT
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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banks fledge
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The restructuring and consolidation that are under way in international banking systems have been motivated by a number of developments in the past decade or so, among which four stand out:
Improvements
communications computational technology.
in and
Significant
problems
systems, and
costs and distortions associated with official support for banking institutions. These mutually reinforcing developments have both provided the impetus for banking restructuring. Changes in the supervisory and regulatory framework have been an important source of pressure for industry consolidation and restructuring . such changes include the
Easing
PRE-MERGER
PART-I
COUNTDOWN TO COLLAPSE OF GLOBAL TRUST BANK
This was a crisis in the making for the last three years. KETAN PAREKH SECURITIES SCAM OF 2001 The genesis of the GTB collapses lies in now ousted promoter Ramesh Gellis involvement in the Ketan Parekh securities scam of 2001, when he gave huge unsecured loans to the stock broker and group companies of Zee Telefilms.
March 31, 2002 GTBs audited balance sheet for march 31,2002, showed net worth of Rs.400.4 cr. & a profit of Rs. 40 cr. However, RBIs inspection revealed that net worth is negative.
LARGE VARIANCE IN GTBS FINANCIAL POSITION AS REPORTED BY AUDITORS In view of very large variance in the assessment of GTBs financial position as reported by auditors and by RBIs inspectors, an independent chartered accountant was appointed to reconcile the position.
UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITIES GTB was placed under directions relating to certain types of advances, certain premature withdrawl of deposits, declaration of dividend and its capital market exposure. RBI also started monitoring GTB on monthly basis.
LOSSES IN ANNUAL ACCOUNTS For statutory audit, RBI permitted GTB, time up to September 30, 2003 to publish the annual accounts. STOCK PERFORMANCE The two possible scenarios discussed above are calling off the merger and revision in the swap ratio. Both the cases seem to be positive for the stock of UTBK, which has already been hammered by over 40% since the merger announcement. All the negatives seem to be more or less factored in the current price levels. We are still positive on the fundamentals of UTI bank and expect the bank to achieve our projected growth rates. However, given the uncertainty over the ongoing developments, any fresh exposure to the stock shall be avoided. If the concerned issues relating to the merger are not solved soon, the stock could also turn out to be an underperformer.
Chart1: Price movements of UTBK, GTB and BSE Sensex over the last 4 months
ITEMS
BALANCES (CR.)
RBI ISSUED PRESS RELEASE, WHICH SAID: Even though the financial statements show an overall loss, the bank has made an operating profit for the year 2002-03. The RBI welcomes the decision taken by the GTB and its board to clean up the balance sheet.
RBIs INSPECTION But RBIs inspection showed that banks net worth has further eroded and capital adequacy ratio (CAR) was negative. Thereafter, government on the 24th July placed GTB under moratorium for three months on application from RBI. Therefore sudden decision of RBI and government of India to place GTB under moratorium caught more than 8.5 lakh customers of the bank unaware and shocked. The moratorium is aimed at freezing the assets and liabilities of the bank in order to protect the banks health from further deterioration.
PART-II
RESERVE BANK OF INDIAS SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION OF GLOBAL TRUST BANK WITH ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE
Global Trust Bank Ltd., (GTB) was placed under of Moratorium on July 24, 2004. The option available with Reserve Bank was to compulsory merger under section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The government of India has sanctioned the scheme for amalgamation of the global trust bank ltd. With the oriental bank of commerce. The amalgamation came into force on August 14, 2004. Before the wide interest of the different parties had considered i.e. Oriental bank of Commerce (OBC) interest was examined by the RBI keeping in view its financial parameters. Its retail network and its synergies Strategic advantages Considered the interests of the millions of depositors of GTB Evaluated the bank;s strengths and weaknesses, the RBI prepared draft scheme of amalgamation of GTB with OBC.
PART-III
GLOBALTRUST BANK PLACED UNDER MORATORIUMNOTIFICATION OF RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
On an application by the Reserve Bank of India, the Central Government has today issued an Order of Moratorium in respect of the Global Trust Bank Ltd. The Order of Moratorium has been passed by the Central Government in public interest, in the interest of depositors and the banking system.
PROVISIONS FOLLOWED DURING THE PERIOD OF MERGER:The moratorium will be effective from the close of business on Saturday, July 24,2004 up to and inclusive of October 23, 2004 or an earlier date.
During the period, the Reserve Bank of India will consider the various options, including amalgamation of the Global Trust Bank Ltd.
Finalize the plans in public interest and with a view to ensuring that the public deposits are protected.
During the period of moratorium, the bank will be permitted to make only those payments that have been specified in the Order of Moratorium and the depositors of the Global Bank Ltd.
Depositors were permitted to withdraw up to Rs.10000 (Rs.ten thousand only) from their savings bank account or current account or any other deposit account through any other of the branches of the bank.
For the present, withdrawals through ATMs of the bank/ATMs shared with other banks will not be permitted so as to give effect to the monetory ceiling prescribed in the moratorium, but the customers can make withdrawals upto the limit specified at any of the banks branches.
Any requirement of cash at the branches of the bank for making permitted payments will be ensured in full by the Reserve Bank of India since cash balances are maintained with it by the Global Trust Bank Ltd.
RBI has clarified that during the period of moratorium it will consider various options to protect depositors and their money, including amalgamation of GTB with another bank.
RBI has appointed three directors on the board of GTB. It has also given an assurance that any requirement of cash at the branches of the bank for making permitted payments will be met in full by the RBI, since cash balances are maintained with it by the GTB.
PART-IV
CLARIFICATIONS ISSUED BY RESERVE BANK OF INDIA:RBI reiterates that the objective of the moratorium is to protect the interests and safety of funds of all depositors. Necessary actions are being initiated to ensure the return of normalcy.
All the branches of Global Trust Bank Ltd. will continue to remain open as per their normal working hours to help their customers and enable them to make the permitted withdrawals.
RBI stands by its assurance to meet any requirement of cash at the branches of the bank for making permitted payments under the Order of moratorium.
It is also clarified that the D-mat accounts and Safe Deposit Lockers of customers will be allowed to be operated as usual.
The Reserve Bank of India has set up help lines to assist the members of public at Mumbai and Hyderabad.
RBIs INSPECTION
But RBIs inspection showed that banks net worth has further eroded and capital adequacy ratio ( CAR ) was negative. Thereafter, government on the 24th July placed GTB under moratorium for three months on application from RBI. Therefore sudden decision of RBI and Government of India to place GTB under Moratorium caught more than 8.5 lakh customers of the bank unaware and shocked. The moratorium is aimed at freezing the assets and liabilities of the bank in order to protect the banks health from further deterioration.
PART-V
WHY DID THE RBI WAIT THIS LONG
GTBs, and Gellis links to Ketan Parekh were apparent way back in 2001. in late 2002, RBI inspections had already discovered serious problems in the way the bank accounted for non-performing loans made to Ketan Parekh. In fact, the RBI wrote a letter of complaint to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India about Lovelock & Lewes, GTBs auditors for 2001-02. For 2002-03, GTBs new auditors, Price water house Coopers, heavily qualified the balance sheet. (PWC and Lovelock & Lewes have a strategic tie-up and are practically the same.)
By end-2003 or early 2004, an RBI inspection team had discovered the facts that were to be trotted out six months later to justify the OBC-GTB merger negative net worth and capital adequacy ratio, and vastly understated volume of bad loans. This is despite GTB managing to make some recoveries of its bad loans (around Rs 150 crore).
The RBI clearly dilly-dallied. It new about the serious problems in GTB for the last 2-3 years as pointed out in its inspection report. It also had nominees on the board. The central bank would have like to justify itself by saying that after it came to know the facts in January 2004 , it gave the promoters time to find a white knight before moving in. however, the real reason may lie with the ballot box. It was one of the financial sectors worst kept secrets that Gelli was thick with to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. Right from the Ketan Parekh days of 2001 and through the Joint
Parliamentary Committee inquires in to the scam, Naidu had backed him to the hilt. With such a powerful backer, there was little the RBI could do, even if it had wanted to. Once Naidu went out of power in May, it was clear that the RBI felt far more comfortable in taking Gelli on.
PART-VI
DOUBTS OF STAKEHOLDERS
Did the auditors of Global Trust Bank, Price water house Coopers (PwC), fail to blow the whistle? No, PwC submitted a heavily qualified report on 30 September 2003 The audit report points out that accounts are prepared on a going concern basis even though the net worth of the bank has been substantially eroded after considering the loss for the year on account substantial provision against non-performing assets, taking into account managements assessment of growth of business, infusion of capital. These accounts do not include adjustments aforesaid in case the managements business plans do not materialize But why did PwC give a qualified report instead of giving a disclaimer? In case the principle of going concern does not hold or it is not possible to arrive at an opinion, the auditor is supposed to give a disclaimer and not express his opinion. In GTBs case there were many ifs and buts. For example,
Accounts were prepared on going concern basis even though the net worth
had been substantially eroded
Advances worth Rs 311.61 crore were considered good though the loans were
not fully secured;
No provision was made for assets valued at Rs 181.75 crore as the bank can
hold the property for seven years;
The accounts give a fair view subject to points (relating to Rs 311.61 crore
and Rs 181.75 crore). The impact of which is indeterminate.
PwC had submitted its eligibility for reappointment for 2003-04. it was not reappointed by GTB, but neither did the latter complain to the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India. The new auditor Bhasker Rao & Company took up the audit.
The results for the quarter ended December 2003 continued to be prepared on a going concern basis, though net worth was negative. ICAI sees it sufficient to act on the basis of complaints as ithas now shot off letters to the firms after RBI pointed out the deficiencies of the banks auditors PwC and Lovelock & Lewes.
Such crisis raises serious questions on the transparency in the private sector banks and the credibility of their financial statements.
PART-VII
GLOBAL TRUST BANK IS NOW ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE
The Government of India has sanctioned the scheme for amalgamation of the Global Trust Bank Ltd. With the Oriental Bank of Commerce. The amalgamation will come in to force on August 14, 2004. All the branches of Global Trust Bank Ltd with function as branches of Oriental Bank of Commerce with effect from this date.
Customers/Depositors of GTB Customers, including depositors of the Global Trust bank Ltd. Will be able to operate their accounts as customers of Oriental Bank of Commerce with effect from August 14, 2004. Oriental Bank of Commerce is making necessary arrangements to ensure that service, as usual, is provided to the customers of the Global Trust bank Ltd.
PRO-DATA PAYMENT .IF ANY SURPLUS REMAINS If any surplus remains after meeting all the liabilities out of the realization of the assets of the Global Trust bank Ltd., the shareholders may receive pro-data payment.
INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS As part of the merger proposal, the OBC would get income tax exemptions in transferring the assets of GTB in its book during the merger process, while all the bad debts of the merged entity would be adjusted against the cash balances and reserves of the Hyderabadbased bank.
PART-VIII
THE MERGED BALANCE SHEET:Post write-offs, OBCs books will be stronger. OBC GTB Capital c Reserve /surpluses Deposits 192.54 Total Cash/Bank Investments OBC GTB 2524.22 804.84 Total 3329.06 17425.83 18953.35
121.36 192.54
(Rs crore)
632 (approx.)
465.68 1299.56
Receivables 833.18
226
1082.62 Net Fixed Assets 145.29
168.20
406
300.80
446.09
95
153.83 Intangible/ DRE not Written off 33998.18 32.71
Net cost
N.A.
153.83
311 459
N.A.
32.71
7586.08
41584.96
FIGURE:- 9
BENEFITS OF OBC
Since the GTB is a south-based bank, it would give OBC the much-needed edge in the southern part of the country. Both the banks have a common core banking solution Finale, which will help in the consolidation. GTBs 275 ATms multiplied its strength of 72 by a factor of almost five folds & make it the 3rd largest ATM operator in PSU banks. 103 branches are added to exixting 1013 branches Larger customer base After accounting for the tax gains the merger of GTB, the total losses come to Rs. 704.6 cr.
FIGURE:- 10
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL TRUST BANK/ ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE
REASONS BEHIND THE MERGER
ketan Parekh Scam Huge NPA Negative Net Worth Inappropriate Audit
INCREASE IN NETWORK
BRANCHES
ATM
POSTMERGER PREMERGER
CAPITAL RESERVE/ DEPOSITS BORROWING CURRENT SURPLUS PREMERGER POSTMERGER % CHANGE NIL +29% +16% -5% +39% 192 2480 42590 1400 1700 192 1919 36730 1468 LIABILITY/ PROVISION 1270
FIGURE:- 12
ASSET SIDE
A SSET SIDE CO PA M RISO N 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0
LOAN
CASH/ BANK
ASSET
DEFERRED TAX
RECEIVABLE S
INTANGIBLE ASSET
LIAB.
PREMERGER
3329
17426
18953
99
1300
446
32
POSTMERGER
4400
19300
22957
24
1220
445
16
% CHANGE
+32%
+11%
+21%
-76%
-6%
-0.3%
-50%
After studying various cases of mergers in the banking sector a large number of benefits can be seen which are as follows:
CONCLUSION
After merger of the Global Trust Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce following changes has been take place:
Change in management
New ways of providing services to customers. (e-payment-railway tickets ) Change in debt recovery policy.
After analyzing the whole case of merger of the Global Trust Bank with Oriental Bank of Commerce following conclusions can be drawned.
The quantitative factors thatare taken as the criteria for measuring the corporate governance after the consolidations can be achieved in a better manner, like:
Net profits Increase in deposits / credibility Increase in customer base / network More loans and advances
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Reduction in Non Performing Assets (ANNOUNCED AS A 0% NPA BANKORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE ACC. TO BUSINESS STANDARD)
(CBS/AP) Bank of America Corp. announced an agreement Monday to buy FleetBoston Financial Corp., a deal initially valued at $47 billion that would swallow up the last of the big Boston banks that made the city a financial center from the earliest days of the
Republic. The agreement, if approved by shareholders and regulators, would create the nation's second-biggest banking company. Bank of America, currently No. 3, would have about 33 million customers and 2.5 million business clients in 35 countries. The deal would also bring Bank of America into New England and eliminate the Fleet name. The combined bank will have about 5,200 branches; Bank of America already has more branches than any other U.S. bank. No. 2 Wells Fargo has about 3,000. "It's going to be one of the dominant banks in the U.S. banking industry over the next 25 years," said Gerard Cassidy, an industry analyst with RBC Capital Markets. "It's going to have branches in cities that it didn't have them before, primarily places in the Northeast New York, Boston, along the northeast coast and New England," said CBS MarketWatch editor Greg Morcroft.
Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., will pay $45 a share for Fleet, or about $13 more than FleetBoston's closing price on Friday. In trading Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, FleetBoston shares climbed to $39.20, while Bank of America shares fell to $73.57, down $8.29, or 10 percent. That reduced the value of the offer to $42.9 billion. Lewis will be chief executive of the merged company, to be headquartered in Charlotte. Gifford will be chairman of the board. The deal, already approved by both boards of directors, is expected to be completed in the first half of 2004. Bank of America said it expects the merger to save $1.1 billion.
Analyst John McCune of SNL Financial Corp. said the deal could also signal a new round of bank mergers with large regional banks joining forces with big financial services as the only way to compete.
VIII. IX.
1) Nedungadi bank in 2002, which was later, merged with Punjab National Bank. 2) Banaras State Bank in UP in 2000. To protect the interest of depositors, the bank
was merged with bank of baroda (BOB).
4) United Commercial Bank in early 1990s was later merged with United Bank of
India.
5) In the early 1990s , Lakshmi Commercial Bank also faced moratoriums and was
merged with Canara Bank.
6) Early 1990s , Karur Central Bank in Kerala was merged with Bank of India. 7) Hindustan Commercial Bank faced the moratorium in 1988 and was merged with
PNB.
8) Bank of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu in the late 1980s was later merged with Indian
Bank.
9) In 1980s, Bank of Cochin in Kerala was put under moratorium before merging it
with State Bank of India.
SUGGESTIONS
minority
Important when ownership Remove some managerial is strongly concentrated; defenses; disclosure of
can still take place through ownership and control debt contracts
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Less
important
controlling owner can hire schemes, and fire and has private interest rules benefits
PROXY FIGHTS
improvement
BOARD ACTIVITY
element
of
owner can hire and fire independence of directors; board members training disclosure of of directors; voting;
SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM
Encourage interaction among shareholders. Strengthen minority rotection. Enhance governance of institutional investors.
EMPLOYEE MONITORING
Potentially particularly in
important, Disclosure of information to smaller employees ; possibly require board representation; assure flexible labor markets. on Facilitate communication shareholders;
companies with high skilled human capital where threat of leaving is high LITIGATION Depends quality critically of
general among
enforcement environment , encourage class-action suits but can sometimes work. with safeguards against
excessive litigation MEDIA AND SOCIAL CONTROL Potentially important, but Encourage competition in depends on competition and diverse control of
active can
public empower
Important
when
general Depends
on
growth
enforcement is weak, but opportunity and scope for stronger when environment rent is stronger seeking. Encourage in factor
competition markets.
Important, as they are more Requiring functioning civil/ specific, but do not benefit commercial courts outsiders downsides. and can have
Potentially important, often Facilitate the formation of the origin of public law ; private but the enforcement mechanism third party
forming deal
COMPETITION
Determines
scope
including financing.
ANNEXURE
S. NO.
TOPIC
I.
Control
III.
Table
IV.
Table
to corporate governance
V. Table of
corporate governance can be seen in the form of
VI.
Pre-
merger Scenario
VII.
Merge
d balance Sheet
VIII.
Cost
IX.
Post
X. Reasons
behind Merger
XI.
Compa