1. 2 The company have abandoned their takeover bid.

2. 4 The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed.

3. 24 Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.

4. 25 Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of ￡351 million.

5. 8 The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 19

6. 19 The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.

7. This can be a surreptitious method of mounting a takeover bid.

8. 16 A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

9. 18 Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

10. After the takeover bid failed , the companies renewed talks about a partnership last summer .

11. 1 day ago · Good Energy rejects takeover bid by fellow green supplier

12. Subject: Hostile takeover bid for the European group Arcelor by the Anglo-Indian company Mittal Steel

13. On 28 November 2006, the board of directors of ScottishPower agreed to a £11.6 billion takeover bid by the Spanish energy firm Iberdrola.

14. A takeover bid or a merger agreement through the stock market is one of the simplest and most common ways for a company to grow by acquisition or fusion.

15. Assented stock — A security, usually an ordinary share, the owner of which has agreed to the terms of a takeover bid During the takeover negotiations, different prices may be quoted for Assented and non Assented stock … Big dictionary of business and management