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Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs
Take-overs A take-over involves a change of control of a company.1 This occurs when the , existing shareholders of a target (or offeree) company transfer sufficient shares to an offeror so as to give to the offeror control of the voting power attaching to the target company's share cap~tal.2 This wi...
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| description | Take-overs A take-over involves a change of control of a company.1 This occurs when the , existing shareholders of a target (or offeree) company transfer sufficient shares to an offeror so as to give to the offeror control of the voting power attaching to the target company's share cap~tal.2 This will occur - (a) where the offeror acquires all or over 50% of the voting shares in the target company; or (b) depending on the nature of the shareholding structure of the target company, effective de facto control may be achieved with less than a 50% shareholding in the target company. Shareholders in many large companies do not bother to vote in person or by proxy at general meetings of shareholders so that a 30% shareholding may give de facto control over a target company.3 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/40580 Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs Murphy, A J A Law Take-overs A take-over involves a change of control of a company.1 This occurs when the , existing shareholders of a target (or offeree) company transfer sufficient shares to an offeror so as to give to the offeror control of the voting power attaching to the target company's share cap~tal.2 This will occur - (a) where the offeror acquires all or over 50% of the voting shares in the target company; or (b) depending on the nature of the shareholding structure of the target company, effective de facto control may be achieved with less than a 50% shareholding in the target company. Shareholders in many large companies do not bother to vote in person or by proxy at general meetings of shareholders so that a 30% shareholding may give de facto control over a target company.3 2024-10-17T12:09:15Z 2024-10-17T12:09:15Z 1993 2024-07-12T07:35:41Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40580 eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law |
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| title | Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs |
| title_full | Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs |
| title_fullStr | Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs |
| title_short | Guidelines on advance defences to hostile take-overs |
| title_sort | guidelines on advance defences to hostile take overs |
| topic | Law |
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