Definition that contains target company
- hostile unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
- scorched-earth policy the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels
- hostile takeover a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
- poison pill the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
- bear hug a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
- takeover arbitrage arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
- killer bee an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
- risk arbitrage arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
- bust-up takeover a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover
- leveraged buyout a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan