M&A Foundations · glossary
A promise — usually in an NDA where the target is listed — that the recipient of confidential information will not buy shares in the target or launch a bid for a period. It stops a "friendly" approach turning into a hostile one armed with inside knowledge. Chapter 5
Explained in Chapter 5, Preparing for a Deal, of M&A Foundations.
Standstill provisions. Where the target (or its parent) is listed, sellers add a standstill: the bidder promises not to buy shares in the listed entity, or launch an unsolicited offer for it, for a period. It stops a spurned bidder using what it learned in the process to go hostile. Solaris is private, so Sunrise needs none.Read Chapter 5, Preparing for a Deal →
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