Ubisoft CEO Warns of Dangers of a Hostile Takeover by Vivendi

[SuperNova]

Teeqoz said:

SuperNova said:

Well, I did say I wasn't sure how this works, so no need to be condescending right?  (I apologize if sounding condesending was not your intent, but that's how it came off to me.)

I was looking for actual information there though, so how about you explain to me me why exactly it will be difficult to do instead? Because if my company was facing a hostile takeover I'd be moving heaven and hell to prevent it.

Ahh sorry.

I'll try to go a little bit more indepth (though I by now means have extensive knowledge of this).

I don't think Ubisoft can actually mount a takeover defence by buying their own shares. The reason this works in the movies is because it's not the company itself owning that 51%, but the private person (or at least a 3rd party shareholder). What Ubisoft are trying to do now is to get enough shareholders (>50%)  to "agree" on not selling their stake and not agreeing to a potential takeover bid.

Ah! Ok, thanks for explaining!

So that's why they are trying to woo even the canadian government. I guess the reason roughly 30% would be enough for Vivendi  to take over Ubi is that they would be the single biggest shareholder then and able to strongarm their decisions through?

That is unless the rest of the shareholders close rank.