Takeover bid: related pages

Investment is unlisted companies, including the takeover and de-listing of listed companies.

A bidder who offers an alternative to a hostile takeover bid.

An attempt to discourage an acquisition by making it more expensive or by reducing the value of the acquired business.

The purchase of a large shareholding in a target company in a very short time, prior to the announcement of a takeover bid.

The use of the threat of a hostile takeover to coerce managment into buying off a potential bidder.