Suppose you own shares in a company. The current share price is 2.50. Another company has just

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Suppose you own shares in a company. The current share price is £2.50.

Another company has just announced that it wants to buy your company and will pay £3.50 per share to acquire all the outstanding equity. Your company’s management immediately begins fighting off this hostile bid. Is management acting in the shareholders’ best interests?

Why or why not?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780077173630

3rd Edition

Authors: David Hillier, Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan, Jeffrey F. Jaffe

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