Sentences with phrase «nabisco takeover battle»

SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate advisory firm Argonaut had a lead role in two of the most hotly contested takeover battles in WA in recent times.

A German court has acquitted the former CEO and CFO of sports car maker Porsche of manipulating the company's share price during its takeover battle with Volkswagen 0.09 %, dealing a serious blow to a seven - year battle for compensation by U.S. hedge funds.

Vivendi's pursuit of video game publisher Ubisoft has crossed another threshold, and a hostile takeover battle is looking a lot more likely.

T), ending a contentious takeover battle for the No. 3 U.S. wireless service provider.

Shareholders attending the meeting said they were happy SoftBank had beaten Dish in the takeover battle.

Robert Coury, executive chairman of Mylan, led the pharma firm's unsuccessful attempt to acquire Perrigo, which was one of the largest hostile takeover battles of 2015.

Singapore's securities watchdog, Securities Industry Council, intervened last week by calling an unprecedented auction on Monday to end the protracted takeover battle between the two tycoons.

Shares of Fraser and Neave (F&N) finished 1.95 percent lower after a group led by a Thai billionaire won the takeover battle for the Singapore drinks and property conglomerate in a deal worth around S$ 13.8 billion ($ 11.24 billion).

As one of the original «barbarians at the gate» in the takeover battles of the 1980s, KKR & Co. became an icon of the private equity industry's bare - knuckle approach to business.

Instant prognostications ensued — Poynter's Rick Edmonds predicts that Gannett is likely to win the takeover battle.

The fine on Wednesday came with Qualcomm in the midst of multiple takeover battles.

A hallmark of hostile takeover battles is petty litigation, and Pershing Square, which is trying to get Allergan to sell itself to Valeant (and Pershing Square), filed quite a petty lawsuit today.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals» fight to take over Allergan, assisted by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital, is among the scorchiest of scorched - earth takeover battles.

Schaeffler still owns a 46 percent stake in Continental, reducing its stake from around 90 percent at the height of the takeover battle.

These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, reduce our vulnerability to a hostile change in control or other unsolicited acquisition proposal, and enhance the ability of our board of directors to maximize stockholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us.

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison refuses to concede defeat in the takeover battle for AWE, and vows to push into new commodities

London - based activist investor Chris Hohn has built a roughly $ 3 billion stake in 21st Century Fox, a position that makes him one of the largest holders of a company at the center of a global takeover battle.

Confirmation that Saputo has picked up just shy of 4 per cent of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, along with suggestions the Canadian dairy giant might be hauled into the Takeovers Panel in the wake of Monday's simplified bid terms, talks directly to the competing strategies at play in this intricately poised takeover battle.

Coopers evaded the clutches of Lion, which makes Tooheys and XXXX Gold, in a bitterly fought takeover battle in 2005.

NSW - based Bega, which extended its offer for WCB on Wednesday, is locked in a $ 500 million plus takeover battle for WCB with Australia's biggest dairy exporter, Murray Goulburn, and Canadian behemoth Saputo.

During the heated takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter this year, Murray Goulburn's bid was thwarted because of concerns about a reduction in local competition.

PanAust managing director Gary Stafford hoped to have «some clarity» on the prolonged takeover battle for the company by early October.

Murray Goulburn, Australia's largest dairy exporter, is locked in a three - way takeover battle with Bega Cheese and Canada's Saputo for control of WCB, and is the only bidder yet to clear its external regulatory hurdles.

The deal was sealed after a fierce takeover battle with Victorian co-operative Murray Goulburn and NSW - based Bega Cheese.

US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland's failed $ 3 billion takeover bid for east - coast grains handler GrainCorp and the $ 500 million plus takeover battle for Victoria's Warrnambool Cheese & Butter have underscored the red - hot demand for Australian agriculture assets.

Both WCB and Murray Goulburn are holding meetings of their own this week as the dramatic takeover battle reaches a critical point.

But it was the hotly contested takeover battle for WCB between Saputo, Bega Cheese and Murray Goulburn that threw the sector into the spotlight.

For the past four months, Bega Cheese, Murray Goulburn and Canada's Saputo have been locked in a bitter takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, Australia's oldest listed dairy processor.

Saputo on Friday extended its final $ 9 a share cash offer for the last time in the latest move in the dramatic takeover battle for Australia's fourth largest dairy processor.

While Williams built his reputation on deals such as the merger of fertiliser giants Incitec and Pivot and more recently by advising Bega Cheese in the takeover battle of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, he has dabbled in small pharma companies for years.

Warrnambool Cheese & Butter boss David Lord says Australian dairy players are swarming to secure their positions ahead of a major industry consolidation piece as the takeover battle for WCB rages.

Since Bega began the takeover battle, launching the first bid on September 12, the Victorian dairy's shares have more than doubled.

Her comments come on the heels of milk price increases from rival dairy processors Murray Goulburn and Bega Cheese, and in the wake of Canadian dairy giant Saputo's victory in the three - way takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter.

For veteran dairy farmer John Thomas the intense takeover battle for the nation's fourth - largest milk processor, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory, has a simple genesis.

The dramatic takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter could take another turn in its dying moments, with Japanese - owned Lion looking like it will not sell its 10 per cent WCB stake into Canadian giant Saputo's offer.

Murray Goulburn is locked in a fierce $ 500 million - plus takeover battle for control of WCB with Canadian dairy company Saputo.

Murray Goulburn conceded defeat in the dramatic three - way takeover battle for WCB last week as Montreal - based Saputo crossed the 50 per cent shareholding threshold.

WCB has been the subject of a dramatic takeover battle between NSW - based Bega Cheese, Canada's Saputo and Victorian farmer co-operative Murray Goulburn.

Canadian giant Saputo won the takeover battle but has been unable to convince Lion to sell and fully acquire WCB.

The aggressive and hyperactive takeover battle for WCB has seen the small dairy company's share price rocket from around $ 4 to close to $ 10 in only a few short months, with Lion keen to protect its sizeable National Foods business that owns a portfolio of well know cheeses and milk.

Australia's largest privately owned milk processor, United Dairy Power, has backed Canadian dairy giant Saputo's bid for control of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter in a fierce $ 500 million - plus takeover battle with Victorian farmer co-operative Murray Goulburn.

For the past four months, Bega Cheese, Murray Goulburn and Canada's Saputo have been locked in a bitter takeover battle for Warrnambool.

Earlier this year, Murray Goulburn ran hard in the fierce $ 500 million takeover battle for listed rival Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, but Mr Helou lost out to Canada's Saputo.

Bega Cheese's decision to sell its holding in Warrnambool Cheese & Butter to Canada's Saputo ends a bitter takeover battle for Australia's oldest listed dairy processor.

In February, Canadian dairy powerhouse Saputo won a fierce $ 500 million takeover battle for Australia's oldest dairy Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, and Hong Kong businessman William Hui snapped up United Dairy Power, Australia's biggest privately owned dairy processor, for $ 70 million.

After a lengthy $ 500 million takeover battle for control of WCB, Saputo bested rivals Bega Cheese and Murray Goulburn, securing 87.92 per cent of the Victorian dairy group in February.

During the takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese, Fonterra snared almost 10 per cent of Bega's stock, fuelling speculation that a takeover play could be on horizon.

Thrusting himself into a highly publicized takeover battle, Ackman scored huge returns on his investment when the REIT was bought.

They've been involved in some pretty high - profile, and acrimonious, shareholder / takeover battles.

He's not particularly well - known today, but he waged numerous takeover battles using tactics that are forerunners of those employed by many of the takeover artists of the 1980s and the activists of the 1990s and 2000s.