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    Question

    Read the following passage and answer the next 4 question (Q27-Q30) Corporate restructuring is an action taken by the corporate entity to modify its capital structure or its operations significantly. Generally, corporate restructuring happens when a corporate entity is experiencing significant problems and is in financial jeopardy. The process of corporate restructuring is considered very important to eliminate all the financial crisis and enhance the company’s performance. The management of the concerned corporate entity facing the financial crunches hires a financial and legal expert for advisory and assistance in the negotiation and the transaction deals. Usually, the concerned entity may look at debt financing, operations reduction, any portion of the company to interested investors. In addition to this, the need for corporate restructuring arises due to the change in the ownership structure of a company. Such change in the ownership structure of the company might be due to the takeover, merger, adverse economic conditions, adverse changes in business such as buyouts, bankruptcy, lack of integration between the divisions, over-employed personnel, etc.

    Which of the following defense technique is used  by a

    target firm to prevent or discourage a potential hostile takeover by an acquiring company?
    A Golden parachute Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Greenmail Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Crown Jewel Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Poison pill Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The term  poison pill  refers to a defensive technique used by a target firm to avoid or deter an acquiring business from taking the risk of a hostile takeover. Prospective targets use this strategy to make the potential acquirer appear less appealing to them ·         A golden parachute consists of substantial benefits given to top executives if the company is taken over by another firm, and the executives are terminated as a result of the merger or takeover. ·         Greenmail is the practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a hostile takeover so that the target company will instead repurchase its shares at a premium.  ·         Crown Jewel defense mechanism involves the target company spinning off its crown jewel unit, or its most valued asset, in order to make the acquisition less desirable for the acquirer. The asset could be the unit that is the most profitable unit in the company or is important for future profitability or produces the flagship product of the company. ·         The  Pac-Man defense  is a defensive mechanism used against the hostile takeover, wherein the target firm turns around the table and acquires the firm that has made the hostile bid or has initiated the takeover.

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