Takeover Tactics and Public Policy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 2371, H.R. 5250, H.R. 5693, H.R. 5694, H.R. 5696, and H.R. 5696 ... March 28 and May 23, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - Investments, Foreign |
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... actions take place in a national securities market . Cash and securities tender offers should be placed on an equal regulatory footing so that bidders , the market and shareholders , and not regulation , decide between the two ...
... actions take place in a national securities market . Cash and securities tender offers should be placed on an equal regulatory footing so that bidders , the market and shareholders , and not regulation , decide between the two ...
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... actions brought by the Commission before ( or after ) a bid is completed . This federal laissez - faire approach to takeover bids when combined with judicial restrictions on private share- holder remedies leaves defrauded investors ...
... actions brought by the Commission before ( or after ) a bid is completed . This federal laissez - faire approach to takeover bids when combined with judicial restrictions on private share- holder remedies leaves defrauded investors ...
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... action and remedies under the Williams Act , Congress should amend the law to provide expressly for private rights of action for shareholders and to provide specific remedies for violations of the law . Such reme- dies should include ...
... action and remedies under the Williams Act , Congress should amend the law to provide expressly for private rights of action for shareholders and to provide specific remedies for violations of the law . Such reme- dies should include ...
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... a written objection , at least 48 hours prior the meeting of shareholders at which any of the following corporate actions are proposed to be voted upon : a ) Any plan of merger or conscii- 1 2 3 4 5 6 dation to which the 67.
... a written objection , at least 48 hours prior the meeting of shareholders at which any of the following corporate actions are proposed to be voted upon : a ) Any plan of merger or conscii- 1 2 3 4 5 6 dation to which the 67.
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... action has been filed , and if such proposed corporate action a shareholder to such proposed be 28 approved by the required vote and such shareholder shall not have voted in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 68.
... action has been filed , and if such proposed corporate action a shareholder to such proposed be 28 approved by the required vote and such shareholder shall not have voted in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 68.
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Page 282 - ... under common control with, the person specified. (b) Control. The term "control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract...
Page 280 - associate" used to indicate a relationship with any person, means (1) any corporation or organization (other than the registrant or a majority-owned subsidiary of the registrant) of which such person is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of any class of equity securities, (2) any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity...
Page 155 - No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair, or supersede any law enacted by any State for the purpose of regulating the business of insurance...
Page 155 - The business of insurance, and every person engaged therein, shall be subject to the laws of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business.
Page 280 - affiliate' of, or a person 'affiliated' with, a specified person, is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. "(f) Control. The term 'control' (including the terms 'controlling,
Page 157 - ... has to liquidate the insurer, sell its assets or consolidate or merge it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management, are unfair and unreasonable to policyholders of the insurer and not in the public interest...
Page 431 - Suit to recover such profit may be instituted at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction by the issuer, or by the owner of any security of the issuer in the name and in behalf of the issuer if the issuer shall fail or refuse to bring such suit within sixty days after request or shall fail diligently to prosecute the same thereafter; but no such suit shall be brought more than two years after the date such profit was realized.
Page 278 - ... shall have the right to examine, in person, or by agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times, for any proper purpose, its books and records of account, minutes and record of shareholders and to make extracts therefrom.
Page 280 - ... or more of any class of equity securities, (2) any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (3) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse. who has the same home as such person or who Is a director or officer of the bank or any of its parents or subsidiaries. (e) The term "charter...
Page 173 - Any plans or proposals which each acquiring party may have to liquidate such insurer, to sell its assets or merge or consolidate it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management. (5) The number of shares of any security referred to in subsection a.