The defense against a hostile takeover of a company by the target company (acquiree: the firm that should be acquired) in turn making a takeover bid for the bidder. – Experience has shown that such a policy requires the support of – a bank, – a hedge fund or – a public body. – The attempt by Porsche AG in Stuttgart to take over Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg caused a great stir in 2009 and the two years thereafter. In the end, the takeover of Porsche by Volkswagen took place. – See shareholder vote chase, bidder, buy out, acquisition offer, mergers and acquisitions, poison pill, greenmail, hand money, concentration price, macaroni defense, material adverse change clauses, mandatory offer, knight, white, shark watcher, spin-off, squeeze-out, voting rights database, synergy potential, trade sale, transaction bonus, takeover announcement.
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