takeover bids
Offers to acquire
Takeover bid is a noun that can be used as a single or plural count noun.
It is most often used in financial journalism as a shorthand for a hostile takeover bid, which is an attempt by one company or party to gain control of another company when the management of the target company is against it.
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- dealAgreement or distribution
- cash offerPurchase proposal using currency
- stock swapTrading equity for equity
shareholders · merger · offer · proposal · controls · investments · finances · tender · hostile takeovers · poison pill · white knight · bear hug · dawn raid · negotiation · premium · shareholder activism · corporate governance · shareholder rights
- mining financegold stocks, feasibility studies, operating costs, mining operations
- shareholder rightsshareholder rights, voting power, proxy voting, amendment rights, first refusal
takeover bidsdefensive measures
Actions taken for protection
poison pills · capitulation · golden parachutes · surrender · sellout
takeover bidsdivestitures
Sales of owned assets
spinoffs · spin-offs · asset sales · sell-offs · carve-outs
take, over, takes, taken, taking, taker, takers, overtake, overtaken