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Definition of Takeover target
1. Noun. A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Takeover Target
Literary usage of Takeover target
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Silicon Destiny: The Story of Application Specific Integrated Circuits and by Rob Walker, Nancy Tersini (1992)
"We found out that Ivan Boesky had taken a major position in the stock. We now
knew that we had become a takeover target. We had previously brought in Kidder ..."
2. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"... increasing its annual dividend to shareholders by 31 percent.94 There had been
speculation that Honeywell might be a takeover target, but no actual bid. ..."
3. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"1303 Despite the protests at the annual meeting and fears of becoming a takeover
target,1304 CEO Jim Buckee, on a visit to Sudan in June 2001, ..."
4. Financial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures by Robert Vahid Hashemian (2001)
"Many times a smaller company could become a takeover target by a larger company
because it has something that the larger company views as a good ..."
5. Case Studies of Selected Leveraged Buyouts (1991)
"... by a takeover target com • , y to make its stock more expensive forth .ould-be
acquirer. 3A white knight is a third person or firm that blocks a ..."
6. Hostile Corporate Takeover: How, What, Where, When and Why (1991)
"Target's Defensive Tactics: In July 1985, Union Carbide took several measures in
attempting to make itself less attractive as a takeover target. ..."
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