Sentences with phrase «potential takeover bid»

BlackBerry co-founders Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are looking at making a potential takeover bid for the troubled smartphone maker THE CANADIAN PRESS / AP / Eric Risberg

BlackBerry co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are looking at making a potential takeover bid for the troubled smartphone maker (TSX: BB).

The AFR reported senior executives from both companies met about two weeks ago to discuss a potential takeover bid, citing unnamed sources close to the situation.

Not exact matches

Calgary - based CP, Canada's second - largest railroad operator, launched its takeover bid for Norfolk Southern in mid-November, touting potential savings of more than $ 1.8 billion annually.

COPENHAGEN / STOCKHOLM, Feb 12 - Danish telecoms operator TDC has been approached by a potential bidder for all of its shares and will withdraw from its $ 2.5 billion takeover of MTG's broadcasting and entertainment business if such a bid materializes.

Treasury Wine Estates is attracting interest from other private equity players following Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's $ 3.1 billion takeover bid, made public on Tuesday, with chief Michael Clarke's plans for turning around the troubled winemaker already winning early support from potential bidders.

The potential for American food giant Archer Daniels Midland to make another takeover bid for GrainCorp is also simmering in the background.

I am a rich oil tycoon from Kazakstan, seeing the turmoil in the Arsenal board I have decided to mount a takeover bid, when appointed, I will sack Arsene Wenger who in turn will be replace by Billy Davies, who I think with the right club has the potential to be huge, we have drawn up a shortlist and have decided to purchase Turnble of Boro to replace Almunia, Bramble to replace Toure, Paul Scharner will replace Fabregas and Dean Windass for 25m to replace Adebayor these signing will be funded by the sales of Fabregas, Ade, RVP, Kolo Toure and the new captain will be Sendros!!!

Take a company announcement (in response to a price movement) confirming a potential bidding approach: At that point, I'm probably being generous to say the odds of an eventual successful takeover bid are 50 %, at best — so the probability of failure's also at 50 %.

I'm a rabid value investor, but catalyst (s) hopefully offer or help me avoid the following: i) realizing a potential 75 % upside is not that exciting if it takes 7 years to do it, or ii) I want to add an extra edge to my (hoped for) value edge, or iii) being taken out by a takeover bid if it is only prompted by a further slide in the share price, etc..

And don't even get me started on the potential friendly / hostile public takeover bids that were being considered by One51 at the time... most famously, the active role it played (via Moonduster, a JV with the Doyle Group) in the long - drawn out (& ultimately unsuccessful) bidding war for Irish Continental Group (IR5B: ID).