In 1982, Agee pursued a
hostile acquisition of aerospace and building-materials company Martin Marietta Corp.
pill precludes a
hostile acquisition through two separate mechanisms.
James Murran -- Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts since 2008, Murran was not part of the
hostile acquisition of Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts in 2000.
In October, after Knight made its offer public, USA Truck filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Knight, alleging that Knight "improperly" used USA Truck's confidential information "to begin a creeping
hostile acquisition of USA Truck."
RuggedCom had previously adopted a shareholder rights plan to prevent a
hostile acquisition by Belden but the latter submitted a request to the Canadian securities regulator to block the poison pill.
and Sterlite Industry of Hindalco Industries, Ltd., (11) Kohinoor Foods Ltd.'s fears that a Temptation Foods Ltd.-led consortium was attempting a covert
hostile acquisition, (12) the Dalmia Group's interest in Gesco Corp., (13) Jagajit Jaiswal's bid for Jagatjit Industries, Ltd.
Chapters cover economic and legal aspects of the firm; partnerships; the corporate form and the specialized roles of shareholders, directors, and officers; fiduciary duty, shareholder litigation, and the business judgment rule; protecting participants' expectations in corporations and limited liability companies; the limited liability company; the corporation as a device to allocate risk; mergers and other "friendly" control transactions;
hostile acquisition; disclosure and corporate governance; federal regulation of tender offers; and insider trading.
The firm, which has operations in 25 countries and which is the world's largest legal services organisation, advised materials testing company EAG Ltd - eventually taken over following an pounds 85 million bid battle - and QAIQ Investments (UK) on its pounds 10 million
hostile acquisition of Xpertise Group.
2 drug chain behind Revco D.S., took steps to ward off a
hostile acquisition bid launched by Herbert Haft's Dart Group Corp.
But opposition from employees, which helped Delta fend off a
hostile acquisition from US Airways earlier this year, could also prove an obstacle.