Bear hug

Bear Hug
Bear Hug definition :
Often used in risk arbitrage. Hostile takeover attempt in which the acquirer offers an exceptionally large premium over the market value of the acquiree's shares so as to as to squeeze (hug) the target into ...

bear hug

A takeover bid that is potentially so attractive to the target company's shareholders that its management has to consider it. [1] ...

BEAR HUG - Often used in risk arbitrage. Hostile takeover attempt in which the acquirer offers an excep...
BEAR MARKET - A bear market is sometimes described as a period of falling securities prices and sometim...

Bear Hug
Takeover bid so attractive that the target company's directors, who might be adverse to it for other reasons, must approve it or risk shareholder protest.
See: Takeover; Target Company ...

Bear Hug
An offer made by one company to buy the shares of another for a much higher per-share price than what that company is worth. A bear hug offer is usually made when there is doubt that the target company's management will be willing to sell.

bear hug A hostile takeover attempt predicated on making an offer at a premium large... bear market A prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by widespread...

Bear Hug
A takeover bid pitched at a generous enough level to prompt shareholder pressure on the directors to accept, rather than face the wrath of t...(Read more)
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See also Any-And-All Bid; Arbitrageur; Asset Stripper; Bear Hug; Blitzkreig Tender Offer; Bust-Up Takeover; Cram-Down Deal; Crown Jewels; Dawn Raid; Deal Stock; Fair-Price Amendment; Gap Opening; Garbatrage; Godfather Offer; Golden Parachute; ...

Similar financial terms
Bear Hug
A takeover strategy in which the acquirer, without previous warning, mail the directors of the target a letter announcing the acquisition proposal and demanding a quick decision.

A bear CD pays the holder a fraction of any fall in a given market index.
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[CBOT] bear hug An unsolicited corporate takeover proposal, made privately or publicly to directors. [OTS] bear market A condition of a stock market characterized by a selling trend and declining prices. Opposite of a bull market.

See also: Hostile takeover, Bearer Bond, Risk arbitrage, Bear spread, Bearer share