What is a takeover?

    Takeover means Public Supply of Acquisition and it is an operation conducted in the stock market by means of which a buyer or a society expresses publicly its desire to buy a part or the totality of the actions of a company that this quoting in stock market. In fact it is tried to take the control from the company therefore if it is not desired to acquire the totality of titles of the affected society, it will be tried to buy a package very important with the purpose of to get to have a dominant position in the company.

    The public offer to buy the titles to them to the shareholders normally is to a greater price to the one of its quote in Stock market with the aim of favoring the voluntary acceptance. Affected society denominates itself, to that one on which it is tried to take the control with the acquisition of his titles.

    A previous pact between the high leaders of the affected society and the offerer who are the person or society exists generally who have desires to acquire the actions of the society. If that pact exists we will be speaking of a friendly takeover, if the previous pact does not exist we are before a hostile takeover.