Sentences with phrase «as a hostile takeover»

The inherent problems with MBO go - shops include the fact that «incumbent management has the best insight into the company's value, or at least is perceived to,» and many prospective buyers are reluctant to outbid an insider, like Michael Dell, out of fear of being branded as a hostile takeover artist.

The transaction started out as a hostile takeover bid, with Aurora entering into a lock - up agreement with four major CanniMed shareholders.CanniMed's management retaliated by adopting a tactical shareholder rights plan, which was in turn challenged in court (and ultimately stuck down as an improper defensive tactic).

Type of work means a sub-class of matters undertaken within the practice area and used for tracking purposes, such as hostile takeovers within the mergers and acquisitions practice area, initial public offerings within the capital markets practice area or trademark infringement within the intellectual property practice area.

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Broadcom posted an impressive set of quarterly results that will do its credibility with Qualcomm investors no harm as it pursues its hostile takeover bid.

«China would likely compete robustly to fill any void left by Qualcomm as a result of this hostile takeover.»

In 2012 Ackman was instrumental in a proxy fight that installed Hunter Harrison as CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway; he is currently involved in a hostile takeover attempt of of Botox maker Allergan by Quebec's Valeant Pharmaceuticals.

Monday, Tribune Publishing Co. said Soon - Shiong's Nant Capital had made a $ 70.5 million investment in the publisher, a move seen as an attempt to fend off a hostile takeover by Gannett Co..

Following a hostile takeover in 1987, Redstone gained control of Viacom and empowered Freston as chairman and CEO of MTV Networks.

Just swipe your phone these days and it feels as if The Onion's done a hostile takeover of the known news world.

As an investor in Botox - maker Allergan, Ackman is the driving force in favour of a hostile takeover bid of Allergan by Montreal's Valeant Pharmaceuticals.

Both Gannett and Tribune Publishing are settling in for a protracted battle, as Gannett marches forward in an increasingly hostile takeover attempt of Tribune (POLITICO: «Tribune's anti-Gannett strategy: Tronc, the Lagos Gambit and stalling»).

Legal and regulatory impediments to hostile takeovers have prevented corporate activism from serving as a safeguard to discipline in capital allocation.

Netflix's «poison pill» defense, which would make it much more difficult for Icahn — or anyone else — to mount a hostile takeover, comes as the streaming pioneer struggles to regain traction amid intense competition in the online - video space.

Gannett is ramping up its efforts to acquire Tribune Publishing by going directly to shareholders, but not going so far as to initiate a hostile takeover bid for the Chicago - based publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.

It is qualified as «hostile» takeover bid because no previous arrangements had been made with the Alcan board of directors in this regard.

Qualcomm has established a new severance program for non-executive employees that's triggered by a change of control as it faces a hostile takeover bid from rival Broadcom.

So, Islam follows Nazism, fascism and communism as the world's latest hostile takeover aspirant.

A brief list includes his calculated stealing of his college roommate's girlfriend (his eventual wife, Macel); an investigation into his enterprises by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1970s; the founding (and eventual disbanding) of the Moral Majority and the hubris such a title implied; his suing of pornographer Larry Flynt; his somewhat hostile takeover of Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL enterprises at the height of the televangelism scandals; his visible support for «The Clinton Chronicles,» an irresponsible, rumor - mongering pseudo-documentary; and his attack on Tinky - Winky the Teletubby as a closet homosexual.

This wasn't just a blowout, this was a hostile takeover that left Robert Sarver out and Donovan Mitchell as the new owner of the Phoenix Suns.

They're likely to misunderstand your concern for a hostile takeover, convinced that you're aiming to deprive them of their basic rights such as privacy and freedom.

The Business Secretary is expected to declare war on fat - cat company directors and hostile takeovers in what has been seen as the most aggressive assault on the excesses of capitalism by a minister since the 1970s.

Napo, the probation union described the move to agency status as a hostile prison «takeover.»

«Episode III: Revenge of the Sith» Anakin completes his journey toward becoming Darth Vader as the Empire succeeds in its hostile takeover of the Republic.

When Tunstall is killed by Murphy's (Jack Palance) men in a kind of frontier - style hostile takeover (Fusco, recognizing the difficulty of condensing the politics of the Santa Fe Ring for Young Guns» demographic, counts on Palance's black hat and beady stare to do his adversarial bidding), Billy becomes the de facto leader of the now - deputized Regulators (best shot, loudest mouth), leaving Sheen to pretend that his and Estevez's characters are not obviously from the same gene pool, Sutherland to romantic pursuits, Phillips to blur ethnic lines per usual as a Mexican Navajo, Mulroney to twitch, and Siemaszko to also twitch.

Gere's underplaying makes Edward a good foil for Vivian, and there's sturdy comic support from Jason Alexander as Edward's lawyer, Amy Yasbeck as Alexander's wife, Larry Miller as an unctuous Rodeo Drive shop clerk, and in a tiny appearance as a cop, Hank Azaria (Ralph Bellamy also makes his final screen appearance as a target of Edward's latest hostile takeover).

As one friend stated, you almost become a fan of the apes by the third act, if only to see just how they go about their hostile takeover.

A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede), and adversaries with an agenda for destruction.

As for Matt and Elisa's listening closely and taking notes on people's comments, my guess is that it's all about developing PR strategies for responding to the fact that people are increasingly aware of how pernicious this organization is, and the critical role it plays in the hostile takeover of the public schools.

If Hyundai doesn't sell a lot of Sonata Ecos, the engineers who worked so hard to make this car as good as it is should institute a hostile takeover of the marketing department.

Most Outside, Passive, Minority Investors (OPMIs) are top - down; virtually all activists such as those engaged in mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and leveraged buyouts are bottom - up.

Yet he bristles at being labeled a «raider,» despite the fact that he is widely viewed as a founding member of the clan that roamed Wall Street in the 1980s, occasionally pursuing hostile takeovers with ruthless abandon.

It would appear that the idea of a hostile takeover is behind us now as Vivendi has sold its stock in Ubisoft.

Perhaps the zombie takeover of legend is actually the hostile takeover of our culture and it's happening as you read this.

The simulation serves as the capstone for my M&A course, and though it is set in the context of a hostile takeover, which constitutes a small percentage of deal activity, the lessons (on fiduciary duties, negotiation, deal strategy, deal structure, valuation, and regulatory constraints on M&A activity) are transferable to negotiated transactions.

1997 (A) as the basis for a three - hour hostile takeover simulation.

Last year a Linklaters team including Elliot and Middleditch advised as a consortium led by RBS acquired Dutch banking giant ABN Amro for $ 71bn (# 55.9 bn) after a marathon hostile takeover battle.

Qualcomm's board may be busy dealing with rival chipmaker Broadcom's hostile takeover attempt but for the rest of the company, it is business as usual.

Chinese companies, including Huawei, have increased their engagement in 5G standardization working groups as part of their efforts to build out a 5G technology... While the United States remains dominant in the standards - setting space currently, China would likely compete robustly to fill any void left by Qualcomm as a result of this hostile takeover.

Unlike other firms that participate in hostile buyouts and takeovers, RMA ® maintains a highly ethical M&A approach designed to preserve the reputations and integrity of both our client firm as well as the acquired firm.