The Santander / Abbey deal: bibliography

A) Official Institutions

• “Mergers & Acquisitions and Bank Performance in Europe. The role of strategic similarities”, Yener Altunbas, David Marqués Ibáñez, European Central Bank , Working paper series N.398, October 2004
• “Case No COMP/M.3547 - Banco Santander / Abbey National”, Comission of the European Communities
• “The banks play in European M&A”, Peter Lee, Euromoney Website, November 2005
• “Mergers and Acquisitions in European Banking: Overview, prospects and future research”, Rym Ayadi, Presented at EUMOptFin3: The drivers of performance of large financial institutions Bergamo, 17-21 May, 2004
• “Cross-border Banking Consolidation in Europe: Illusion or Reality?”, Center for European Policy Studies, Rym Ayadi, August 2004

B) The player’s Websites

• Grupo Santander: Economic and Financial Information
  – http://www.gruposantander.com/pagina/indice/0,,829_3_2,00.html
  • Shareholders’ Annual Report 2004
  • Management Report
  • Shareholder Report
  • Press Releases: The Investment in Sovereign
    
• Abbey: Information about the Banco Santander Offer
  http://www.aboutabbey.com/home/group_info/group_info-takeover-legal-bid/group_info-takeover-home.htm
  • Stock Exchange Announcements and Press Releases
  • Analyst Presentation
  • Scheme of Arrangement

C) Research Papers & Analyst Reports

• “Europe’s Banks, Verging on Merging”, O.Mamoir,C. MC Camish, M .Niederkorn, C. Tiersch, Mc Kinsey Quarterly, N.3, 2002
• “Is Bank Consolidation in Europe at Hand?”, Caren Chester , June 13, 2005
• “Cross-border mergers in European banking and bank efficiency”, Rudi Vander Vennet, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfkunde, September 2002
• “Banking Consolidation in Europe”, The Jacobsson Foundation, Lucerne – June 4, 2000
• “European Financial Markets After EMU: A First Assessment”, Jean-Pierre Danthine, Francesco Giavazzi and ErnstLudwig von Thadden, Revised September 2000
• “The Value Effects of Bank Mergers and Acquisitions, in Bank Mergers and Acquisitions“, Pillo., S. J. and Santomero, A. M., 1998
• “Negotiating better cross-border bank deals in Europe”, Philipp Härle, Mc Kinsey Web Exclusive, November 2005
• “Spain - Santander Central Hispano Earning Revision”, Credit Agricole Chevreux, November 11, 2004
• “Zephyr - Complete Record Screen: Deal No 120892”, Zephyr

D) Business Journals

• “A Blurred Euro-vision” The Economist; Vol. 375 Issue 8427, p10-14, July 21, 2005
• “M&A Activity spreads in Europe”, European Banker, July 2005
• “M&A: Europe set for more Cross-border Deals” European Banker, July 31, 2005
• “Europe's Border-Hopping Banks”, Bernard de Longevialle and Peter Dutton , Business week online, September 30, 2005
• “The Forces driving Bank Mergers”, The Banker, August 2, 2002
• “The effects of Cross-border Bank Mergers on Bank Risk and Value”, Yakov Amihud , Gayle L. DeLong, Anthony Saunders, Journal of International Money and Finance,2002
• “Postmerger integration”, Paul Shrivastava, The Journal of Business Strategy
• “HBOS abandons bid plans for Abbey” - BBC News, September 15, 2004
• “Abbey agrees to Spanish takeover” - BBC News, July 26, 2004
• “Global kings continue to reign”, The Banker, June 6, 2005
• “The Tricky Art of Corporate Makeover: Abbey Gives Rebranding Another Go” - Sunday Herald, March 6, 2005
• “Abbey staff face threat of more job cuts”, The Guardian Unlimited , 25 October, 2005
• “Getting back to the Abbey habit”, Clive Horwood,  www.euromoney.com, July 2005

:: The Santander / Abbey deal :: I. Background: History | Santander | Abbey | reactions; II. Acquisition objectives | synergies | complexities; III. Integration strategy | assessment; IV. The deal: evaluation | bibliography | index