ONGC acquired Imperial Energy, a Russian oil and gas company, for $2.1 billion in 2009. ONGC aimed to increase its market share and international presence through this horizontal merger. However, the financial and operating metrics of both companies like net profit margin, return on equity, and share price did not see any significant improvements after the merger. It was concluded that the merger had no effect on company performance in the oil and gas sector.
ONGC acquired Imperial Energy, a Russian oil and gas company, for $2.1 billion in 2009. ONGC aimed to increase its market share and international presence through this horizontal merger. However, the financial and operating metrics of both companies like net profit margin, return on equity, and share price did not see any significant improvements after the merger. It was concluded that the merger had no effect on company performance in the oil and gas sector.
ONGC acquired Imperial Energy, a Russian oil and gas company, for $2.1 billion in 2009. ONGC aimed to increase its market share and international presence through this horizontal merger. However, the financial and operating metrics of both companies like net profit margin, return on equity, and share price did not see any significant improvements after the merger. It was concluded that the merger had no effect on company performance in the oil and gas sector.
Imperial Energy Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) • It is an Indian Multinational Crude Oil and Gas Corporation. Its registered office is now at New Delhi, India. It is a state-owned enterprise of the Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in the country. It produces around 70% of India's crude oil (equivalent to around 57% of the country's total demand) and around 84% of its natural gas and (ONGC) is the largest Indian state oil and gas corporation • The company was incorporated by the Indian Government on August 14, 1956. The Indian Government holds 69.23% equity stake in the Company. ONGC contributes 69% of India’s crude oil production and 62% of India’s natural gas production . IMPERIAL ENERGY
• The business was founded in 2004. In 2007 it was first listed on
the London Stock Exchange The company was acquired by ONGC for $2.1 billion in January 2009. • Imperial Energy Group has started its operations in the territory of the Russian Federation since October 18th, 2004. The Group was founded by Russian and foreign investors as an independent middle size oil producer. • The head office of Imperial Energy is located in Tomsk. The company is run by the skilled management team with working experience in more than 18 countries MOTIVES OF THE MERGER
• The motives behind any merger/acquisitions are often
numerous. They want to increase their market share, spread their costs and risks, become more international and also for the need to transform their corporate identity. India's explorers have been outbid by Chinese rivals as the two most populous nations compete for energy assets globally. The South Asian nation is looking to invest in oil projects in Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran and Africa as the government expects economic growth to accelerate to as much as 10 percent by 2012. Imperial would be biggest overseas acquisition for ONGC, which has as much as 6.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent in reserves.
The explorer paid $1.7 billion to buy a stake in Exxon
Mobil Corp.'s Sakhalin-1field in Russia and $785 million for a stake in the Greater Nile project in Sudan, both in 2003. State-run ONGC owns 20 percent of Sakhalin-1, which began pumping oil in 2005 and produced 250,000 barrels a day in February 2007. Scheme of merger
Effective : 31st March 2010
Date of Merger
Year of Merger 2010
Industry Acquiring company: Oil and
Natural gas Acquired company: Natural Gas Type of Merger Horizontal with concentric merger Business Group (Product Extension) ONGC group Exchange Ratio It has takeover of Imperial energy with about 2.1 billion. . Table showing Pre and Post-merger Key Indicators of ONGC
Key indicators Pre-merger Post-merger % change
N P margin (in %) 26.82 28.38 105.81 RONW (in %) 23.13 28.38 122.69 Liquidity Ratio 220.68 272.39 123.4 Leverage Ratio 0.83 1.07 128.9 EPS (in Rs.) 88.46 38.58 43.61 DPS (in Rs.) 0.56 1.63 291.07 P/E Ratio 1.49 2.92 195.97 BVPS (in Rs.) 332.15 119.88 36.09 Share Price (in Rs.) 128.66 91 70.72 Table showing Pre and Post-merger Key Indicators of Imperial energy Key indicators Pre-Merger post-merger % change
N P Margin (in %) 25.07 26.84 107.06
RONW (in %) 23.33 17.18 73.63 Liquidity Ratio 2.99 2.43 81.27 Leverage Ratio 127.58 113.6 89.04 Sales (in crores) 60666 72328.25 119.22 R & S (in crores) 68286.33 101805.5 149.08 EPS (in Rs.) 75.54 38.58 51.07 DPS (in Rs.) 31.66 15.25 48.16 P/E Ratio 3.72 3.55 95.43 BVPS (in Rs.) 329.26 199.88 60.70 Share Price (in Rs.) 282.05 139.075 48.57 Conclusion
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) prime motive is to
improve the value, wealth and growth of the enterprise but in the current case it is been observed that M&A has no effect on the company performance in Oil and Gas sector.
It has been concluded that that there is no
significant improvement in financial and operating standards in post-merger period.