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takeover target
(redirected from Target firm)

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Noun1.takeover target - a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
target company
company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
sleeping beauty - a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play
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Under this approach, a company might first acquire a big chunk of a stake in its target firm through a tender offer.
Triangular merger system starts, eyes easier buyout by foreign firms by Japan Weekly Monitor
A change of control can mitigate the agency problems in the target firm if the acquiror can implement better business practices and eliminate self dealing and other costly forms of "managerial" behavior.
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3) From these 5,587 mergers, we eliminate 5,120 transactions for which either the acquiring or target firm is not publicly traded.
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