Re: TAKEOVER BID
posted on
Mar 18, 2008 06:46AM
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Another stock I'm in has a shareholder rights plan.....it allows shareholder the right to purchase additional shares at 50% in the event of a unfair shareholde takeover.....
Toronto, Ontario, – TSX-V) announces that its board of directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan"). The purpose of the Rights Plan is to ensure, to the extent possible, that all shareholders of ... are treated fairly in connection with any take-over bid and to provide sufficient time for the shareholders of ... to consider any such transaction. In order for the Rights Plan to remain in effect, it is required to be ratified by the shareholders of ... at the annual and special meeting of shareholders currently scheduled to be held on June 14, 2005.
Summary of Rights Plan
Under the Rights Plan, one right (a "Right") will be attached to each ... common share. The Rights will become exercisable only if a person or group acquires or announces its intention to acquire 20% or more of the outstanding ... common shares without complying with the "Permitted Bid" provisions of the Rights Plan. If such an acquisition or announcement was to occur, each right held by a ... shareholder (other than the acquiring person or group and their related parties) would entitle the holder thereof to purchase US$20.00 worth of common shares at the market price (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan) for US$10.00 (i.e., at a 50% discount).
The Rights Plan defines a "Permitted Bid" as a bid made to all ... shareholders in compliance with applicable laws, provided the bid is open for acceptance for at least 60 days. If at the expiry time of the Permitted Bid more than 50% of the outstanding CGX shares held by shareholders who are independent of the bidder have been tendered to the bid, the bidder may take up and pay for the shares provided the bidder first extends the bid for a period of 10 business days to allow other shareholders adequate time to consider whether to tender their shares to the bid.