takeover bid
noun
: an attempt by someone to gain control of the company by buying most of its stock
The company is facing a takeover bid.
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Go deeper • Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) is weighing a takeover bid for British semiconductor company Alphawave (LSE: AWE), per Reuters.
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
With OpenAI still overseen by a nonprofit parent, its effort to flatly reject Musk’s takeover bid may be complicated.
—Kate Rooney,ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Former Paramount Global and ITV Studios exec Maria Kyriacou has been nominated as chair of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, which is currently subject to a takeover bid from its largest shareholder.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Dacus was currently the head of the company’s special committee that is evaluating a $47-billion takeover bid from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
With OpenAI still overseen by a nonprofit parent, its effort to flatly reject Musk’s takeover bid may be complicated.
—Kate Rooney,ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Former Paramount Global and ITV Studios exec Maria Kyriacou has been nominated as chair of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, which is currently subject to a takeover bid from its largest shareholder.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Dacus was currently the head of the company’s special committee that is evaluating a $47-billion takeover bid from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Takeover bid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/takeover%20bid. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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