proxy fight

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proxy fight - a measure used by an acquirer to gain control of a takeover target; acquirer tries to persuade other shareholders that the management of the target should be replaced

takeover attempt - an attempt to take control of a corporation

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News that Nelson Peltz, the fearsome hedge fund titan who won the largest proxy battle in history at Procter & Gamble, will join Canadian cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Aurora Cannabis Stock Soars As Billionaire Nelson Peltz Joins Company

The conflict, seen as a proxy battle for regional influence, has ravaged a country already struggling with deep poverty and dysfunction.

U.K. Foreign Secretary visits Yemen, urges greater peace efforts

Some pundits branded Mr Williamson's intervention a "proxy battle" for the Tory leadership after Theresa May steps down before the next election in 2022.

Sajid Javid jets home from luxury family holiday to face migrant boats crisis; The plight of desperate migrants in the English Channel has exploded into a political row as a Tory MP attacked the Home Secretary's "half-hearted Dad's Army" tactics

The usually eventful PKR elections became more controversial than usual this year due to the high-stakes contest between Azmin and Rafizi, which is viewed as a proxy battle for rival forces in the larger Pakatan Harapan.

PKR leader accuses Dr Wan Azizah of impropriety over Sarawak visit ahead of party poll

For example, earlier this year, GKN (gkn.com) went through a very public proxy battle which management eventually lost.

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That would risk deeper involvement in a war seen as a proxy battle for regional supremacy between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Saudi Arabia halting oil shipments through the red sea

OKLAHOMA CITY The verbal proxy battle between SandRidge Energy Inc.

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Milton became a director in March 2016, and was named chairman three months later following a proxy battle with two hedge funds.

United board faces a long to-do list, from chairman to jets

The Houthis, an Iran-allied group that holds much of Yemen including the capital, Sanaa, have fired a series of missiles into the kingdom in recent months, part of a three-year-old conflict in Yemen widely seen as a proxy battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Saudi air defences destroy ballistic missile fired from Yemen

Did yesterday's strike on Syria plunge the west into a new Cold War - with the US, the UK and France lining up against Russia in a proxy battle in volatile, foreign territory?

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Wisconsin'sSenate District special election was seen by many as a preview of things to come in the 201 mid-term elections.It also appears to have served as a sort of proxy battle between union and non-union groups in the construction industry.

Senate race seen as proxy battle between union, non-union groups

General Motors defeated Greenlight Capital in a proxy battle over a proposal to split GM's shares into two classes.