To: Paunch who wrote (1468 ) 8/3/1998 11:31:00 PM From: Bill Jackson Respond to of 1539
Paunch, Charles. I assume you know there is a special format you must follow when gathering votes for the 10% to call a special meeting. Expect the company to scrutinize each proxy form and you might also find that a few proxies have been superceded. What this means is they will get several of their friends to give you proxies for, say 500,000 shares. You will go ahead and get the ten % and then those 500,000 will get cancvelled at a critical time and you will lose critical time. There are many books on hostile takeovers of publicly trade companies. How to do it, how to stop it, what all the dirty tricks are etc, you need this data, try a search on Amazon, as I am sure the pros will use all the tricks against you. Bill An excite search showed 317 resources with "Hostile takeover" in the title, firums , web pages etc. Amazon .com had these 7 books, some will be in local business libraries. Amazon.com Search Results for: the keywords include "Hostile+takeovers" 7 items are shown below. Resisting Hostile Takeovers : The Case of Gillette ~ Ships in 2-3 days Rita Ricardo-Campbell / Hardcover / Published 1997 Our Price: $65.00 Read more about this title... Defensive Measures Against Hostile Takeovers in the Common Market J.M.M. Maeijer, K. Geens / Hardcover / Published 1991 Our Price: $107.00 (Special Order) Hostile Takeovers : Defence, Attack, and Corporate Governance Tim Jenkinson, C. P. Mayer / Hardcover / Published 1997 (Publisher Out Of Stock) Hostile Takeovers : Issues in Public and Corporate Policy David L. McKee (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1989 Our Price: $55.00 (Special Order) Read more about this title... Defensive tactics against hostile takeovers in eight EEC countries The predator and the predatee : thoughtful perspectives on hostile takeovers James F. Hogg Takeover Dialogues : A Discussion of Hostile Takeovers E. Kelly / Published 1988 T