takeover bid
A Dictionary of Business and Management
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takeover bid (offer to purchase) An offer made to the shareholders of a company by an individual or organization to buy their shares at a specified price in order to gain control of that company. In a welcome takeover bid the directors of the company will advise shareholders to accept the terms of the bid. This is usually known as a
merger. If the bid is unwelcome, or the terms are unacceptable, the board will advise against acceptance. In the ensuing
takeover battle, the bidder may improve the terms offered and will usually write to shareholders outlining the advantages that will follow from the successful takeover. In the meantime bids from other sources may be made (see
grey knight;
white knight) or the original bidder may withdraw as a result of measures taken by the board of the
target company (see
poison pill;
porcupine provisions). In an
unconditional bid, the bidder will pay the offered price irrespective of the number of shares acquired, while the bidder of a
conditional bid will only pay the price offered if sufficient shares are acquired to provide a controlling interest. Takeovers in the UK are subject to the rules and disciplines of the
City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
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Minnows give cause for carping
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in that the plural is singular, so minnows should be minnow, but that doesn't sound right. Minnows are the things that little boys catch...There's a ready market in antique minnows. Being a minnow, I realised, wouldn't be half bad...
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Minnow man to end 39 years of trapping minnows.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...minnow runs. A minnow man knows how many times his minnows have been handled...at his shop. A minnow man knows how long he can hold his minnows before they become...bait. He's a minnow man." "He knows the minnows. He can smell minnows...
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Minnow man to end 39 years of trapping minnows.
News Wire article from: Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN); 6/13/2000; 700+ words
; ...minnow runs. A minnow man knows how many times his minnows have been handled...at his shop. A minnow man knows how long he can hold his minnows before they become...bait. He's a minnow man." "He knows the minnows. He can smell minnows...
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Silvery minnows return to Texas.
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...wetter parts. Silvery minnow eggs that would otherwise...raised Rio Grande silvery minnows back into the river in...the Rio Grande silvery minnow calls for secure wild...disappearance of silvery minnows from the lower Rio Grande...enough water to support a minnow population has remained...
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Glass minnow tube is blast from angling's past.
Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA); 6/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...collector showed Doner antique minnow tubes that dated from the 1890s...any ventilation to keep the minnows alive." Before he knew it...own, new-and-improved minnow tube design. "I did extensive...the bait shop and measured minnows, put them in the tubes and...
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Thin-Minnow Innovations.(fishing lures)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...indispensable lures--thin-minnow imitations. The baitfish look...first sources of food: slender minnows. Lauri Rapala is credited...hottest new innovations in thin-minnow plugs, including even a wrinkle...329-5565. Excalibur Ghost Minnow: This new square-lipped...
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The miraculous minnow plug.(includes related articles)(Column)
Magazine article from: Field & Stream (West ed.); 8/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; THE MINNOW PLUG. You can twitch it, jerk...doesn't alter action. Suspending minnow plugs stay put when the retrieve...ago I started using deep-diving minnow plugs (aka long-billed minnows) in the same fashion. I recall...
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Rio Grande silvery minnow.
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Mexico collect minnow eggs as well as...ready adult minnows near Elephant...as fertilized minnow eggs drift downstream, adult minnows cannot move upstream...and relocating minnows upstream as well as conducting minnow rescue operations...
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Rio Grande silvery minnow.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Mexico collect minnow eggs as well as...ready adult minnows near Elephant...as fertilized minnow eggs drift downstream, adult minnows cannot move upstream...and relocating minnows upstream as well as conducting minnow rescue operations...
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ANGLERS COULD USE LEFTOVER MINNOWS UNDER REVISED VHS PROPOSALS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...release: Anglers could take leftover minnows purchased from a Wisconsin bait dealer...or use them on a different one if the minnows hadn't been exposed to any water from...prohibited anglers from taking leftover minnows home and using them on another fishing...
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minnow
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The European minnow is Phoxinus phoxinus. Minnows have soft-rayed...largest of the minnow family, although...However, most minnows are small. They...a member of the minnow family. Certain...topminnows and toothed minnows. The carnivorous...
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mud minnow
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
mud minnow See UMBRIDAE .
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Fishing Lure
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...wood or cork shaped like a minnow with hooks on the belly and...objects that are shaped like minnows, other baitfish, and other...imitation of the motion of a minnow. The lip causes the diving...dance on the stream bottom like minnows or crawdads, and the fisherman...
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Clover, Peter
Book article from: Something About the Author
...answered when they meet Sally and her pony, Minnow, and quickly become fast friends. Soon that friendship is tested when Sally and Minnow run away from home and Sally's overprotective...as the pair attempt to find Sally and Minnow and bring them home safely. Sheltie Rides...
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Rapala-Normark Group, Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...lure. He already knew that in schools of minnows the wounded ones, those which wobbled...duplicate the motion in an artificial minnow. After much trial and error, the undertaking...on the bottom — just like the minnows of Lake Paijanne, ” wrote Stephen...
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