# Mandatory offer

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## Definition

Under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) of 2002, a public offer must be made if a natural person or legal entity or partnerships jointly with other persons own at least thirty percent of a target company (acquiree: the firm that should be acquired). - See share swap takeover, bidder, buy out, acquisition offer, mergers and acquisitions, concentration price, shark watcher, squeeze out, voting rights database, synergy potential, transaction bonus, takeover offer, target company. - Cf. 2001 Annual Report of the German Federal Supervisory Authority for Securities Trading, p. 36 ff., 2005 Annual Report of BaFin, p. 170 ff. (proceedings; penalty notices; p. 173: admissibility of an exchange takeover bid, p. 175 f.: legal situation regarding bid amendments), 2009 Annual Report of BaFin, p. 201 ff. (bid proceedings since 2005; special cases) as well as the respective Annual Report of BaFin, chapter "Supervision of Securities Trading and Investment Business." Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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