The United Kingdom’s Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has recently proposed amendments to its Takeover Code that would change the rules regarding hostile offers in order to correct what it called a “tactical advantage” for bidders. The Panel opined that it has “become too easy for ‘hostile’ [bidders] to succeed” and that “short-term” investors (i.e., those investors who buy shares of a target company during the offer period) have unduly influenced the outcome of these hostile offers.
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