Often used in risk arbitrage. Technique used by an acquiring company to attempt to gain control of a takeover target. The acquirer tries to persuade the shareholders of the target company that the present management of the firm should be ousted n favor of a slate of directors favorable to the acquirer, thus enabling the acquiring company to gain control of the company without paying a premium price.
Barry Goldsmith
| APA | Barry Goldsmith. (2010). proxy fight. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/proxy_fight/definitions/1161418 |
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