The recent bid by Microsoft for Yahoo is an excellent example to prompt class discussion on hostile takeovers. One of my students raised it in class after the class discussed the proxy fight example I highlighted in an earlier post.
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Hostile Takeover Example
February 7, 2008Proxy Fight Example
January 30, 2008If you are teaching business finance and looking for a good example of a proxy fight for class discussion see the following article from the WSJ. A hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners Funds is attempting to gain a presence on the board of directors of the New York Times. To make the case even more interesting the Sulzberger family controls the 7 of the 13 directors through another class of stock.
Short Interest 