The business was ______________ from Orion four years ago., acquired, The industry’s wave of ___ __ _____ continues., mergers and acquisitions, Medeva, the fast-growing pharmaceuticals group, rose 19p to 224p on the news that it has made another _______ in America. Medeva is to buy Adams Laboratories, a Texas drugs manufacturer, for $77.2 million., acquisition, _______ _______ – is a company (the “good guy”) that gallops in to make a friendly takeover _______ to a ______ company that is facing a ________ takeover from another party (a “black knight”)., White Knight, offer, target, hostile, White Knight, offer, prey, unfriendly, White Knight, offer,target, unfriendly, London Weekend Television’s attempt to attract a white knight to help it ______ ___ the unwanted ___________ bid from Granada has collapsed., ward off, takeover, US West, the giant US telephone company, was interested in a ________ of 29.9 per cent in the London ITV company – the largest amount possible without triggering a full bid., stake, Now that Oracle has more than 60% of PeopleSoft’s ___________ shares the question is can the PeopleSoft _________ of directors stop the _________ takeover?, outstanding, board, hostile, The answer is they probably can with a __________ ________ tactic used by most companies, including Oracle, to prevent such a takeover., poison pill, By distributing more shares and thus ___________ the stock, it becomes virtually impossible for Oracle to gain a majority ownership of the outstanding shares of stock., diluting, Board members worrying about losing their jobs as a result of a takeover can contrive for themselves something known as a _______ ______________.., golden parachute.

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