M&A: Hostile Takeovers
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M&A: Hostile Takeovers

Intuition Publishing
Updated Sep 24, 2020

Hostile takeovers are those resisted by the target company's management team. A range of colorfully-named defensive measures, such as poison pills and golden parachutes, may be used by the target's management to stop a hostile bid. Here we explore these measures in detail and look at why hostile bids are rejected.