If a Company That Is the Target of a Hostile

question 32

Multiple Choice

If a company that is the target of a hostile tender offer locates another corporation that will be friendlier to management and agrees to be taken over by this second company,this action is often referred to as:

• A) a reverse tender offer.
• B) a "greenmail" payment.
• C) the selling of a "crown jewel."
• D) adopting a "poison pill."
• E) a "white knight" merger.

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