unfriendly takeover

Unfriendly takeovers have been a big thing since the mid-1970's.

An unfriendly takeover is practically out of the question, too.

Embarrassed and determined to have no part in this unfriendly takeover.

Unfriendly takeovers are also more likely with a shareholder company.

We could not understand that a company in this shape would seriously consider an unfriendly takeover,' he added.

The rights plan, adopted in 1986, makes an unfriendly takeover more expensive for the bidder.

He explained about what they call a lockout, to combat the unfriendly takeover.

Irving Bank will give all employees substantial benefits in case they are laid off after an unfriendly takeover.

Their holdings assure that no unfriendly takeover is possible.

The battle has intrigued Japan, where unfriendly takeover attempts are extremely rare.

Such contacts are offered to make unfriendly takeovers expensive.

It can try to find a "white knight," a company that would acquire enough shares to block an unfriendly takeover.

Hawks may be planning an unfriendly takeover, but Bunker himself owns virtually all the stock.

But experts disagreed whether Delaware would take additional steps to protect managers from unfriendly takeovers.

Mr. Fairfax said at the time that his offer was intended to protect the company from a possible unfriendly takeover.

But trusts are usually interim instruments in unfriendly takeovers, rather than arrangements for the longer term.

A white knight is a friendly acquirer sought by the target of an unfriendly takeover.

We can't fight through an unfriendly takeover bid without spattering some blood on the floor, he thought grimly.

In order to fight off an unfriendly takeover bid, Tarantula was buying its own stock back at inflated prices.

Historically, unfriendly takeovers in which the target is a sizable software company have a nearly perfect record of failing after they are finished.

In one episode, he tried to make an unfriendly takeover of lead character Julianna Margulies' law firm.

To be sure, as the price of a company's stock rises in relation to the value of its assets, unfriendly takeovers are discouraged.

While unfriendly takeover attacks against banks have developed from time to time, none has resulted in an actual offer to stockholders.

Such a move dilutes the shares of existing holders and makes an unfriendly takeover onerously expensive.

In the media business, unfriendly takeovers once roused cries of freedom of the press, and those complaints could be effective.