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The takeover process is often described in terms of one animal hunting another: a company or individual seeking to take over another company may be referred to as a predator, and the target company as a prey. Predators are also referred to as raiders or corporate raiders. A company that wants to (7)… ………. or diversify can (8)…launch…… a raid – in other words, simply (9)……….. a large quantity of another company’s shares on the stock exchange. A “dawn raid” consists of buying shares through several brokers early in the morning, before the market has time to notice the rising price, and before speculators join in. This will immediately (10)………… the share price, and may (11) …………. a significant number of other shareholders to (12)………… for the raider to take control of the company.

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A company wishing to resist, ward off or fend off being taken over has a number of options. It may devise plans that give existing shareholders special rights, or it may make itself less attractive to bidders by selling off a valuable part of the company. Actions like these are poison pills. Or it may persuade a friendly partner, a white knight, to take a stake in the company, thus preventing a complete takeover by a hostile bidder. Bidders may agree to withdraw their bid if paid enough money for the shares they hold in the target company. This is greenmail. If a raid is not, or would not be, successful, a predator can make a takeover bid. A (13)……….. takeover has the consent of the directors of the company whose shares are being acquired; a (14)………. takeover bid is one undertaken against the wishes of the (15)………… of directors who think that the bidder is undervaluing the shares. Defenses against a hostile takeover include the (16)………… a defensive action taken to repel a raider, such as changing the share voting structure or the board of directors, or spending all the company’s cash reserves. If measures such as these do not work, a company can at least attempt to find a (17)………… - another buyer whom they prefer.

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