proxy fight
Boardroom voting battle
A proxy fight is a battle for control of a corporation in which competing parties solicit shareholders' proxy votes—the right to vote on their behalf.
Typically an outside group challenges current management, urging shareholders to grant them voting authority: The activist investor launched a proxy fight to replace three board members.
Also called a proxy contest or proxy battle.
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- corporate raiderHostile acquisition specialist
- poison pillDefense against hostile takeovers
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
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proxy fightfriendly takeover
Negotiated company acquisition
leveraged buyout · tender offer · management buyout · acquisition · friendly merger
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