Lagutina K. The Financial Mechanism of Corporate Mergers and Aqcuisitions in Ukraine.

In the thesis theoretical principles concerning the financial mechanism of corporate mergers and acquisitions are deepened and practical recommendations as for the assessment of the influence of changes in the capital structure on the increase in market value of a corporation amid the undeveloped stock market and low-liquid equity market are substantiated. The author's interpretation of the concept of the "financial mechanism of corporate mergers and acquisitions" on the basis of application of the structural and functional approach, which takes into account peculiarities of the functional relationships and the specificity of its structural components, methods and instruments for implementation, is suggested. The trends, contradictions, main obstacles to the development of the financial mechanism of corporate mergers and acquisitions in the context of creation of a more effective and mature market for corporate control in Ukraine are identified. The forms and methods of application of corporate securities as a financial instrument of mergers and acquisitions are substantiated. The effect of mergers and acquisitions on the changes in value of corporations on the basis of synergies' identification, that arise as a result of banks mergers, is assessed.