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Hostile Takeover
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Hostile takeover
A takeover of a company (usually made by an open tender offer to shareholders) against the wishes of the current management and the Board of Directors by an acquiring company or raider.
Hostile Takeover
The acquisition of one company by another without the consent of the target company's board of directors. Generally speaking, a hostile takeover involves the acquiring company buying stock directly from shareholders, sometimes by offering a particularly high price. The acquiring company may buy up to 5% of the target company without registering the move with the SEC. See also: Friendly takeover, Corporate raider.
hostile takeover
See unfriendly takeover.
Hostile Takeover

What Does Hostile Takeover Mean?

A takeover attempt that is resisted strongly by the targeted company.

Investopedia explains Hostile Takeover

Hostile takeovers are usually bad news for both companies, as the target company's employees' morale and attitude can turn quickly to animosity toward the acquiring firm.

Related Terms:
• Leverage Buyout
• Merger
• Mergers and Acquisitions—M&A
• Poison Pill
• Takeover
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TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS RULES NEED REVIEW (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun) Defects in the rules governing mergers and acquisitions are surfacing one after another as the number of companies acquired by others in hostile takeovers grows.
Japanese editorial excerpts by Japan Weekly Monitor
Ballheimer can discuss: -- How this groundbreaking hostile takeover will affect European markets; -- Whether or not more hostile takeovers can be expected in the future in Germany; -- The political, regulatory and cultural aspects of doing an international M&; -- The financial implications of cross-border valuations and financial reporting mechanisms; -- What Allen &Overy is counseling its M& clients to do in this environment.
ADVISORY/Allen-&Overy Comments on Vodafone's Hostile Takeover of ... by Business Wire
 
 
 
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