Federico Mucciarelli
White knights and black knights. Does the search for competitive bids always benefit the shareholders of “target” companies?
Mucciarelli, Federico
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Abstract
According to the EC Directive on Takeover Bids, defensive measures should be authorised by the general meeting of the target company. The incumbent board can, nonetheless, search for a competing bid, a so-called “white knight”. The rationale underpinning this exception is that competing bids always benefit target’s shareholders. In this paper I will tackle this rationale, arguing that even competing bids could generate a pressure to tender on target’s shareholders and, therefore, in this case should not be considered as a benefit for them.
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Mucciarelli, F. (2006). White knights and black knights. Does the search for competitive bids always benefit the shareholders of “target” companies?. European Company and Financial Law Review, 3(4), 408-425. https://doi.org/10.1515/ECFR.2006.018
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jan 26, 2007 |
Publication Date | Dec 19, 2006 |
Deposit Date | Oct 1, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 7, 2019 |
Journal | European Company and Financial Law Review |
Print ISSN | 1613-2548 |
Electronic ISSN | 1613-2556 |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 408-425 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1515/ECFR.2006.018 |
Keywords | Takeover bids; defensive measure; competing bids; white knight defense; EU takeover directive |
Publisher URL | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ecfr.2006.3.issue-4/ecfr.2006.018/ecfr.2006.018.xml?format=INT |
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