How to Deal with Hostile Takeover / 敵対的買収の対応策JonesDay
A“poison pill” is a defensive tactic used to discourage a hostile takeover. Professor John D. Morley of Yale Law School explains how they work. A poison pill is a tool used by corporate boards to make an acquisition intolerably expensive. The way that a poison pill works is by setting...
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Mr Buffett was duly bombarded. “Warren was approached by probably more people than he expected,” says Mr Polman, declining to say who did so. “As soon as Warren discovered that this was a hostile takeover, the tone of the conversation became different.” ...
A hostile takeover allows the new majority shareholder(s) to control the acquired business. The company being acquired in a hostiletakeoveris called the target company, while the one executing the takeover is called the acquirer. Reasons that hostile takeovers occur, from the acquiring party's ...
A transaction can proceed only if the target firm's management, shareholders, and board of directors agree to the takeover. If not in agreement, the target firm can use special tactics to try to stop a hostile takeover, such as the crown jewel or poison pill strategy. ...