In the case of a stock corporation, the constant monitoring of the turnover of its own shares on all stock exchanges on which the security is listed for trading, in order to detect at an early stage any conspicuous purchases aimed at a possible takeover (permanent and systematic monitoring of trading patterns in a company’s equity turnover (to detect unusual buying activity that might signal a takeover attempt). For cost reasons, this task is often outsourced to a shark watcher. – See shareholder vote chase, sneak up, blitzkrieg takeover bid, mergers and acquisitions, greenmail, war chest, macaroni defense, pac man strategy raider, knight, black, voting rights disclosure, voting rights database, takeover, hostile, takeover appeal, surprise attack, transparency policy.

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