noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a takeover bid (=an offer to buy another company)
▪ Staff are afraid that the takeover bid will threaten some of their jobs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
communist
▪ The result would, at best, have been clerical absolutism, at worst, Communist takeover or civil war.
▪ An example was Chau Hon, who continued to run his bakery after the Communist takeover.
▪ So potent is the tradition of Czech cafe society, that most cafes were shut down after the Communist takeover in 1948.
▪ On the crowded streets of Hong Kong, the masses feel less sanguine about the Communist takeover.
contested
▪ Another specific influence on both share prices and option premiums is the expectation and likelihood of a contested takeover.
▪ The lack of this information presents a barrier both to contested and agreed takeover bids.
▪ The attitude to foreign takeovers is now considered by studying the contested takeover for Rowntree.
▪ This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target.
corporate
▪ The deal is Ireland's biggest corporate takeover.
▪ Their spree of corporate takeovers is, for the most part, wildly ill-advised and poorly executed.
▪ I find it really depressing that a city as diverse as New York has succumbed to this kind of corporate takeover.
hostile
▪ T Cowie was not successful in its £32m hostile takeover bid for Henlys.
▪ But it's now facing a hostile takeover bid by a Suffolk based-brewery, Greene King.
▪ Round one to Morlands ... brewery fight off hostile takeover.
▪ The only way they can protect themselves against hostile takeovers is to get the stock price up.
▪ Shareholders can protect themselves from hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts by not agreeing to sell their shareholdings at a discount.
▪ The only difference with hostile takeovers may be that the prices are higher.
possible
▪ But news of a major management bloodletting, impending layoffs and a possible takeover cast a pall over the festivities.
proposed
▪ But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.
▪ His decree appeared designed to prevent a proposed takeover of the media by the Congress of People's Deputies.
republican
▪ The Republican takeover of Congress deflated that notion, though, and he no longer stresses it.
▪ Most likely it will be taken from budgets for Democrats, who are losing staff because of the Republican takeover.
■ NOUN
activity
▪ This is evident especially in the food and drinks industries, both of which have seen takeover activity during the 1980s.
▪ Hopes that political stability will encourage a bout of takeover activity, directed attention at all the old bid chestnuts.
▪ He describes the reasons for takeover activity being so fevered in the 1980s and shows how accounts reflected them.
▪ The following section examines in greater detail the barriers to increased takeover activity in the Community.
attempt
▪ Kingfisher's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons.
▪ Westinghouse last week adopted a poisonpill plan to make any takeover attempt tougher.
▪ A takeover attempt by another corporation is a very real danger to a corporation with dissatisfied stockholders.
battle
▪ Jobs under threat ... Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.
▪ But the New York-based company's structure underwent a massive upheaval after industry rivals Lasmo won a three-month takeover battle last December.
▪ This, therefore, set the scene for a three-way takeover battle for the future of Rowntree.
▪ Read in studio A second important deadline has passed in the takeover battle for Oxfordshire brewers, Morland.
▪ Sometimes the reaction to a share exchange offer may be affected by the offeror's conduct during the takeover battle.
▪ These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle.
▪ Guinness, in addition to its traditional brewing interests, had acquired Bell's whisky after an acrimonious takeover battle in 1985.
bid
▪ Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid.
▪ In 1995, nine of those regional utilities faced takeover bids.
▪ Despite the results and the dividend being lower than expected, Saatchi shares rose 15p yesterday on hopes of a takeover bid.
▪ Morgan Chase &038; Co. to discuss how to defend the world's No. 4 automaker from takeover bids.
▪ Even so, a significant number of takeover bids were probably no more than a form of corporate conspicuous consumption.
▪ Read in studio An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid.
▪ The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid.
▪ Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A takeover bid for an Oxfordshire brewery has failed again.
candidate
▪ Eastern Airlines, long a takeover candidate, found itself in bankruptcy, not the arms of a suitor.
▪ While the exodus of top people seems to be growing, sources said that Apple is still an attractive takeover candidate.
▪ The company was rumored to be a takeover candidate years down the road but not immediately.
▪ Several retailers are expected to be takeover candidates as a slowing economy reduces sales and profits, analysts said.
offer
▪ Types of takeover offer General offer A general offer is an offer for the entire issued equity share capital of a company.
▪ A Court Scheme represents an alternative to a takeover offer as a method of acquiring control of a public company.
▪ Recommended offer A takeover offer which is recommended by the board of the target company.
▪ It may be used to acquire control of a target company as an alternative to a takeover offer.
▪ For this reason, by far the majority of takeovers proceed by way of a takeover offer.
▪ The form of the announcement, as with a takeover offer, will be governed by Rule 2.5 of the Code.
▪ Mandatory offer A takeover offer required to be made under Rule 9 of the City Code.
speculation
▪ Composites, which have attracted takeover speculation, were inclined to ease on disappointment that Pearl had been targeted.
▪ But takeover speculation could give the stock some zip.
▪ They fell 2p to 495p while United gained 7p to 421p on continuing takeover speculation.
▪ Fuld refused to comment on takeover speculation.
target
▪ It's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target.
▪ Harrison said a crucial issue was the continued speculation that Fairfax was a prime takeover target.
▪ A valuation of a smaller company must take account of its potential as a takeover target.
▪ Since Apple has long been rumored to be a takeover target, the letter added to the angst in Cupertino.
▪ On something of a buying binge lately and snapping up smaller cable operators, Cogeco is itself seen as a takeover target.
■ VERB
complete
▪ Chase Manhattan completed a takeover of J.P.
fight
▪ Read in studio An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid.
▪ The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid.
▪ Kingfisher's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons.
▪ Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits.
▪ Read in studio One of the region's independent breweries has managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid - at least for the time being.
follow
▪ This downward pressure may be increased by underwriters or accepting shareholders selling offeror shares in the market following the takeover.
▪ Reports of atrocities had followed the takeover by the rebels of the town of Lalaua in Nampula province on 29 June.
launch
▪ Further asset sales from breaking up ConsGold will put it in an even stronger position from which to launch further takeovers.
▪ This gave rise to speculation that Suchard planned to use these funds to launch another takeover bid, possibly for Cadbury Schweppes.
make
▪ Perhaps it was inevitable that, one day, Psion would have to make a bold takeover of one sort or another.
▪ Westinghouse last week adopted a poisonpill plan to make any takeover attempt tougher.
▪ But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.
▪ The company announced Tuesday it had adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to make a takeover more costly.
▪ This, together with laws that protect minority shareholders, makes takeovers both easier and harder.
▪ In this sector, he also thinks software concern Davidson &038; Co. might make an interesting takeover play.
▪ Despite rumours of a coup, most people believe the army has been sufficiently depoliticised to make a takeover unlikely.
prevent
▪ His decree appeared designed to prevent a proposed takeover of the media by the Congress of People's Deputies.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hostile takeover/bid
▪ But some societies fear hostile bids - a subject on the agenda at the Building Societies Association council meeting tomorrow.
▪ Jobs under threat ... Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.
▪ Most bids were hostile, or were responses to actual or threatened hostile bids.
▪ Round one to Morlands ... brewery fight off hostile takeover.
▪ The only difference with hostile takeovers may be that the prices are higher.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A Court Scheme represents an alternative to a takeover offer as a method of acquiring control of a public company.
▪ Harrison said a crucial issue was the continued speculation that Fairfax was a prime takeover target.
▪ In this sector, he also thinks software concern Davidson & Co. might make an interesting takeover play.
▪ It was doubtless because the government was then concerned about possible foreign reaction to a takeover.
▪ Lurking in the background, too, are the constant takeover rumors about the bank, the largest in Florida.
▪ Since March 1989 and prior to the takeover late last year, Hawker reduced its head-count dramatically.