Abstract:
This research work captioned 'An Evaluation of the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firms' Earnings. A Case Study of Oando Plc' involves the trend analysis of three year pre-merger and three year post-merger financial statements of a case study with mergers and acquisitions experience chosen from the downstream sector of oil and gas. The study was embarked on with the following objectives; -T0 ascertain whether there is positive change or 'Otherwise on the Earnings Per Share of Oando Plc after the adoption of mergers and acquisitions strategy. -To measure the changes in the dividend per share of Oando Plc between pre and post-merger periods under review. -To examine the merger effects on the firm 's or company's profitability. -To fmd out general performance of Oando Plc in Nigerian economy in the post-merger periods under review. -T0 make necessary recommendations to companies in Nigeria on the need to either adopt or neglect mergers and acquisitions option as corporate survival strategy in a bad economy base on the findings made in the study. In order to achieve these objectives, the researcher formulated research
