Essays about: "corporate takeovers"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the words corporate takeovers.

1. 21. Alternatives to the use of unequal voting rights : a propos the potential threat to their effectiveness as a takeover defense

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Malin Ahlqvist; [2004]
   Keywords : Business and economics; EU takeover directive; article 11; hostile takeovers; takeover defense; A- and B-shares; unequal voting rights; ownership structure; Wallenberg; disciplinary mechanism; competition-reducing defense; auction-inducing defense; manager-shareholder alignment; management entrenchment; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : Background: The origin of this study was the negotiations around a EU takeover directive, aimed at making the market for corporate control more open. One of the proposals was to neutralise shares carrying multiple rights in takeover situations when a potential acquirer obtains 75% of the total share capital. READ MORE

3. 22. PROMOTING (IN)EFFICIENCY? Cross-border takeovers and takeover defenses in the European Union with and without the proposed 13th Company Law Directive; Theoretical application of simple finance theory and transaction cost economics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ivo Toomla; [2003]
   Keywords : European Union; 13th Directive; Company law; Corporate Governance; Takeovers; Takeover defenses; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The market for corporate control is one of the cornerstones of economical systems in every country. The Commission of the European Communities has tried for the past 15 years to get accepted a Directive that aims at harmonizing takeover regimes in the Member States of the European Union. READ MORE

4. 23. Cross-Border Tender Offers (A transnational survey of the rules governing tender offers, and an analysis of the SEC Rule aimed at the increased inclusion of U.S. shareholders in foreign tender offers.)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Mikael Klang; [2001]
   Keywords : Associationsrätt; Internationell privaträtt; Komparativ rätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : A tender offer is basically a technique to attain corporate control. It could be characterised as an offer to acquire shares of a company, whose shares are not closely held, addressed to the general body of shareholders, usually at a premium, with a view to obtaining at least sufficient shares to give the offeror voting control of the company. READ MORE