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STARTI NG UP fl What do you understand by these terms? 1 a takeover/acquisition 2 a merger 3 a joint venture I] D ,.>l) CD3.26 Listen to a business expert talking about the terms in Exercise A. Compare your ideas. Think of three reasons why one company might wish to take over another company. l:J What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of acquisitions may be for a company's: 1 employees? 2 customers? 3 suppliers? 4 shareholders? 5 products and services? 112
UNIT 12 .... MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS VOCABULARY Describing mergers and acquisitions rJ Match the terms (1-6) to the definitions (a-f). 1 2 3 4 5 6 joint venture MBO (management buyout) merger takeover I acquisition bid stake a) money risked or invested in a company b) two or more companies joining to form a larger company c) offer money for shares in a company d) when a company's top executives buy the company they work for e) a business activity in which two or more companies have invested together f) getting control of a company by buying over 50% of its shares I] Circle the noun which forms a word partnership with each verb. 1 take a stake I a bid /an acquisition 2 make a merger I a stake I a bid 3 launch a bid I a share I a stake 4 target a company I a bid I a takeover 5 set up a share I a joint venture I a stake 6 make a merger I a joint venture I an acquisition 7 reject a bid I a stake I a share 8 sell a merger I a bid I a stake II Choose the correct words or phrases to complete these extracts. British Airways· planned merger I acq11isitio11 with Spain ·s Iberia opens the way for BA lo reconsider a tie-up with Qantas, according to Willie Walsh, the British carrier's Chief Executive. BA ditched talks with the Australian national carrier last year after the sides failed to agree terms. Workspace. the business space provider, has purchased the half of ajoi111 ve11111re I merg er that it did not own from HBOS for £83m ($I 35m), partly through a share placing to raise £18.9111. The stake I acq11isirio11 of the Workspace Glebe portfolio. which comprises 18 properties in 11 locations in London, will immediately contribute to earnings and net asset value. Companhia Side<strong>ru</strong>rgica Nacional, the Brazilian steelmaker. has launched a €3.86bn ($5.5bn) takeover bid I share for Cimpor. Portugal's biggest cement group. CS . one of Latin America's large l fully integrated steelmakers. is offering €5.75 a share for 100 per ce111 of Cimpor·s capital. a premium of 5 per cent on Thursday's closing price. The offer is conditional on CSN acquiring at least 50 per cent. Turkey's government may launch a second public offering this year to sell part of its remaining 30 per cent acq11isirio11 I srake in Turk Te lekom. the dominant fixed-I ine operator. Bin al i Yi ldirim. Communications Minister. said yesterday. See the DVD-ROM for the i-Glossary. W EJ Think of a merger or acquisition you know about. What kinds of businesses were involved? Were both companies successful before it happened? What about now? 113
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