Bitter fight for Coopers coming to a head Coopers, the South Australian brewer currently
the target of a takeover bid from Lion Nathan, has called an extraordinary general meeting where shareholders... read more
A document that must be sent to all shareholders by the directors of a company that is
the target of a takeover bid.
If you already own shares in a company and it's
the target of a takeover bid, you should carefully read the bidder's statement to see if the offer is for shares in a company with operations or assets overseas.
Not exact matches
Seven Group Holdings has upped its
takeover bid for National Hire Group, after its initial offer
of $ 3.00 per share was rejected by the
target's major shareholder, Tasmania - based Caterpillar dealer Da
Broadcom said its $ 121 billion acquisition proposal for Qualcomm is the «best and final» offer after the
target's board unanimously rejected the sweetened
bid, likely leaving the future
of the hostile
takeover bid to be decided by shareholders next month.
Will the small players be casualties
of bidding war?HOSTILE
bids, friendly
bids and counter
bids.It is
takeover time and major WA players such as North Limited and Woodside Energy are the
targets.
The courtesy call that wasn't — at least from Limb's perspective — announced that Eramet would imminently take an unflagged $ 269 million
takeover bid to the shareholders
of Mineral Deposits and that it would do so from a position
of strength after acquiring rights over 13.3 per cent
of its
target.
Mineral Resources now has three days to match Mitsui's $ 602 million
takeover offer for AWE or lose the recommendation
of the
target's board for its lower
bid.
Takeover target Godfreys has warned
of soft trading over the past few weeks, which would have caused it to technically breach a covenant, it has already received a waiver from, in a lending agreement with the 99 - year - old major shareholder who launched a cash
bid for the company two weeks ago.
Prior to the
takeover bid rule changes, issuers
targeted by unsolicited
bids had made frequent use
of such plans to extend the time available to respond.
• Remain open for a minimum deposit period
of 120 days, unless the
target board states in a news release an acceptable shorter deposit period
of not less than 35 days, in which case the shorter period would apply to all concurrent
takeover bids.
This year, the Canadian securities regulator will propose significant changes to the
takeover bid regime with the goal
of providing
target boards more time to respond, but will it serve to actually dampen merger and acquisition activity in the country?
In Canada, a
takeover bid made directly to shareholders is the only way to acquire legal control
of a public company without the consent
of the
target board.