A proxy contest can best be defined as: A) A corporate takeover bid communicated to the shareholders through a stock exchange. B) Agreement between firms to cooperate in pursuit of a joint goal. O Going private transactions in which a large percentage of the money used to buy the stock is borrowed. Often incumbent management is involved. D) Attempts to gain control of a firm by soliciting a sufficient number of shareholder votes to replace existing management. OE) All publicly owned stock in a firm is replaced with complete equity ownership by a private group