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Keywords:
Hostile,
Merger,
Acquisition,
Subsumed,
Managerial
The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company. It is a hostile takeover if the management of the company being taken over is opposed to the deal. A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a corporate raider.
When one company buys another. Takeovers can either be friendly, where the target company is happy to be bought, or hostile, when the approach is not welcomed.
The transfer of control of a company from one shareholder to another.
The acquisition of control over a corporation by another company, which normally ousts the current management. The takeover can occur by means of a proxy fight or the acquisition of a controlling quantity of common stock.
General term referring to transfer of control of a firm from one group of shareholder's to another group of shareholders.
A change in who controls a corporation. A takeover generally happens when one company buys another company.
refers to one company (the acquirer) purchasing another (the target). Such events resemble mergers, but without the formation of a new company.
The acquisition, procedure, control or management of one business by another. Assets may be acquired by purchase, exchange of stock, merger or court instructed action.
The acquisition by one firm of another.
The acquisition of shares by one company in another so as to gain a controlling interest. Takeovers of Australian companies are regulated by the Corporations Law. (See also Merger).
Company A takes over the managerial control of Company B. Both companies may continue to exist. A Takeover may result in Compulsory Acquisition if the countryâ€(tm)s trigger limit of minimum public shareholding is breached.
Acquiring control of a corporation, called a target, by stock purchase or exchange, either hostile or friendly.
Takeovers can be by mutual consent or hostile. Under a mutual consent one company is taken over and subsumed into the buyer by shareholder and Board agreement. However under a hostile takeover the Board of the target company or its shareholders resist the takeover and it only succeeds if the buying company obtains a controlling interest (more than 50%) in the target company.
The purchase of one company by another... more on: Takeover
A situation where another company, investor, or group of investors purchases enough of the outstanding stock to gain a controlling interest (50 percent or more of the voting stock) in the purchased company.
A form of business combination where one company buys another outright, subsuming the operations of the acquired business into an enlarged group as a subsidiary. In a takeover situation, the acquirer is typically much larger than the target, and the board of the enlarged group will remain largely unchanged.
a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
a change in control
a possibility but this scenario is already adequately reflected in the company's shares
a potentially disturbing scenario if it's too easy to pull off, or too easy to make a quick profit from
Replacing an existing employer sponsored insurance plan with another.
This is where one company takes over the majority of shares in another. If the take-over offer is in excess of the market price the company is obliged to make the same offer to the minority shareholders.
When one company buys up or in some other way takes over another company.
Acquisition of controlling interest in a firm by another firm.
Acquiring control over a corporation; may be hostile or friendly.
A controversial accountability measure in which a state legislature, a state board of education or a federal court charges the state department of education or another designated entity (such as a mayor) with managing a school district. The level of state control and local influence in takeovers varies from state to state.
When one company buys out the shares of another, with the purpose being to aquire and run the other.
Acquiring ownership of another corporation either through purchase or exchange of shares
Acquisition of a controlling interest in a company through the purchase of its shares.
The acquisition of one business or company by another.
when one management team (one firm) takes over the control of another
An offer to all the shareholders of a company to buy all or part of their shareholdings for a specified consideration.
Offer to shareholders of company A to have their shares bought up. Payment of the purchase price either in cash and/or shares of company B. Intent of company is takeover the managerial control of company A.
A corporate action in which a bidding company seeks to obtain a controlling interest in a target company.
Acquisition by a person or a juristic person of the equity of a company to assume management control of the company.
When one company obtains more than 50% of another company's shares.
A merger, acquisition or other change in the controlling interest of a corporation.
The achievement of a controlling interest in a company by another through the acquisition of shares.
A corporate action where an acquiring company makes a bid for an acquiree. If the target company is publicly traded, the acquiring company will make an offer for the outstanding shares.
A change in a corporation's controlling interest through either a friendly acquisition or a hostile bid. Hostile takeovers aim to replace the target company's existing management and are usually attempted through a public tender offer. Other takeover methods are unsolicited merger proposals to directors, accumulation of shares in the open market, or proxy fights. See: Acquisition; Bear Hug; Bust-Up Takeover; Garbatrage; Golden Parachute; Greenmail; In Play; Merger; Proxy Fight; Rumortrage; Tender Offer; White Knight
A takeover in business refers to one company (the acquirer, or bidder) purchasing another (the target). In the UK the term properly refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
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