Pac-Man Defense
Categories: Financial Theory, Company Management, Board of Directors
Well, wokka wokka to you, too.
Hostile takeovers are rare in real life; not so rare in Pac-Man. But when they do happen, there exists a whole cadre of strategies behind defending them, and the Pac-Man defense is inarguably the best-named strategy.
In essence, what happens when, say, an angry competitor...call them Blinky, Inc., tries to buy angrier competitor...uh, Inky, Inc.?
Blinky would be buying shares of Inky in the open marketplace, filing to go past 15% ownership...and eventually own enough shares to elect its own board of directors and make a takeover happen.
Well, in a Pac-Man defense, as Blinky is snarfing up shares of Inky...Inky buys shares of Blinky, sorta turning the tables.
While you’re gobbling up the competition though, don’t forget to eat a bunch of cherries or a strawberry every once in a while. You, uh...still need your fruits and vegetables.
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[Pacman eating] yeah well wacka wacka to you too...Hostile takeovers are rare in real life not so
rare in pac-man but when they do happen there exists a whole cadre of strategies
behind defending them at least from the company's perspective being taken over
there and pac-man defense is inarguably the best named strategy of all of
them in essence what happens when we'll say an angry competitor let's call him
blinky Inc tries to buy an angrier competitor let's call them inky inc.
well blinky would be buying shares of inky in the open marketplace filing to [Blinky and inky appear]
go past 15% ownership and eventually own enough shares to elect its own Board of
Directors and make a takeover happen well in a Pac Man defense as blinky is
snarfing up shares of inky, inky buys shares of blinky sort of turning the
tables you know like this and while you're gobbling up that competition and [Pacman gobbling competition]
don't forget to eat a bunch of cherries or a strawberry every once in a while
because you know you still need your fruits and veggies