There are a variety of countermeasures to deal with hostile takeovers, such as temporary provisions in the company's articles of association to make it more difficult for the acquirer to gain control of the company.

When the target company is acquired, if there is a change of management and layoffs, the acquirer will pay a huge amount of dismissal costs to the employees of the target company.

Including a lose-lose scorched earth plan to sell the "Crown Jewel" and the "Fat Tactic".

There is also the most classic counterattack method in the face of hostile takeovers of large listed companies, counter-defense is offense, and I also came to collect your Parkman defense technique and so on.

Therefore, for the launch of the Black Knight plan, Andy and his think tank will lay out the layout for so long, and do everything to hit Starbucks' stock price, in order to clear up the floating space for the acquisition that will increase when Starbucks makes a counterattack.

Even if the acquisition funds will increase somewhat from expectations, it will be acceptable in the eyes of Andy, the acquirer, because of the deep digging blow in the early stage.

The method is simple and crude, but the effect is remarkable, whether the hostile takeover is successful or not, Andy is already invincible.

Short Starbucks made a large profit, sucked low when the stock price plummeted and broke through the support level, and took advantage of the good news of the acquisition to make the stock price rebound in retaliation, which is another large profit...

Of course, for meat on another board, the acquisition of the GUESS Group is less of a hassle.

In addition to the penny stocks that were absorbed from the capital markets and the shares of several minority shareholders that were privately acquired during this time, Liberty City Investments already owns 31% of the GUESS Group.

The proportion of shares has reached the first shareholder of GUESS Group, because the acquisition of shares is held in a decentralized form, and at this time, the final battle for ownership has not yet been launched, and the hole cards have not yet been unraveled.

"Boss, Paulo Rocherno is willing to settle privately, and at the same time agrees to sell 14% of his shares at the issue price of GUESS, and is willing to pay Kate Upton half a million dollars... ”

In the conference room of Liberty City Investments, Andy looked at Jimmy, the lawyer who represented Kate Upton in the harassment case, with a funny look on his face, as he relayed the terms of Pao Rocherno's settlement.

"He's not sick in the head, is he?"

Andy threw the folder in his hand on the conference table, not even interested in flipping through it, and said with a sneer: "Question price!

You tell him that either I buy his shares at a 20% increase from the current price and get him out of jail, or I continue to suppress the GUESS stock price and let his assets continue to depreciate, and then he will be kicked in jail with his shares, and he will face a huge amount of compensation!

Old fellow, I really think he's qualified to bargain with me!"

Looking at Jimmy, the lawyer who nodded in understanding, Andy thought of the 33D Kate Upton, and asked with an indifferent expression: "How is Kate's situation recently?"

"It's not very good, I've been besieged by the media paparazzi, I heard that several advertisements for previous interviews have also been stopped, invitations to three magazines have also been canceled, and the work is currently in a state of complete stopping, and now she has been accompanied by her family, and the fashion industry's attitude towards this matter is a bit ambiguous, which may have some impact on Kate Upton's future career. ”

Hearing Jimmy's words, Andy couldn't help sneering and said: "This matter is a rule-breaking thing for the fashion industry, and it also makes many people feel scared, they naturally don't like a disobedient girl like Kate to appear, ban it? “

Andy's sneer let everyone in the conference room know that the big boss is holding his breath to clean up people, it seems that the turmoil in Hollywood has just ended, and the witch hunt drama in the fashion circle may be staged soon.

Tsk, this year's past, it's really a hilarious call him!

Sure enough, I heard Andy, who was sitting in the main seat, turn around the boss's chair a few times and say, "Wait until Gayles' acquisition is completed first, see if I don't make up this group of scum pee!"

He was angry, not because Kate was given a cold shoulder by the fashion circle, what is the career prospect of a small model, he really didn't care about it, if he really wants to praise people, there is really no shortage of resources, not to mention the resources of the world-famous fashion magazines in Amanda Hirst's house, even the fashion magazines under the two newspapers "Newsweek" and "The New York Observer" are enough to be a new debut small model.

Of course, if the acquisition of Gales Group is successful, Andy will not treat Kate badly, after all, she created this opportunity, cuddling the grass and beating the rabbit, so that he can get a good fashion house at a very small price!

Naturally, these things can't be much with other people, let alone show indifference to the future career of the little model in front of his subordinates, which will chill the hearts of his subordinates, so it is necessary to show unreasonable protection of shortcomings, which will increase the loyalty of his subordinates.

Badstone opened his mouth at the right time, diverted the atmosphere that made the meeting a little awkward, and said: "Boss, I have already been in contact with the two brothers Armand Marcierno and Maurice Marcino, the founder and shareholder of Gales Company, and the two are a little entangled in selling the shares of Gales Company, after all, this is a company founded by their brother, and they are still very emotional.

Of course, the biggest obstacle to the acquisition is the current stock price, Gales's market value has been cut in half, and the sale of their shares at this time will undoubtedly cost them a lot, and it is even possible that even if they lose the power to eventually lose the company, they will wait until the stock price recovers before making another plan. ”

Andy squinted his eyes slightly, reached out and touched his chin and groaned, he understands this very well, no one is a fool, as long as the GUESS Group can still create value, even if the stock is heavily suppressed, it will eventually rebound, after all, it is a well-known American brand, although it is not touched by the side of luxury, it is also a mid-to-high-end brand in the world fashion industry, and its influence is similar to ck, Diesel denim.

Since GUESS has always been the founder and boss responsibility system, to put it mildly, it was indeed very brilliant, but at present, it is largely eating the old book, and it is involved in everything, and wants to make any money, but it has also been built into a relatively good fashion brand, which is also the main reason why Andy likes it.

After all, brands like Jack Jones, Levi's, and Uniqlo can all be popular in the Celestial Empire market, and Andy's coveting this market has reached the point where he wants to stuff almost everything into it.

The market of the Celestial Empire is too big, the population of Western European and American countries combined is only about 1.2 billion people, and the Celestial Empire is almost 1.3 billion in one country.

"Talk to them, float 50% to buy the shares in their hands, if they don't let go, then ignore them, wait until the acquisition is completed, immediately issue additional shares, and dilute the shares in their hands!"

Andy decided to salute before he was served, after all, his methods of acquiring and annexing companies were actually well-known, and they were too fierce and rude, which was not a good thing, and it would make him face a lot of doubts and precautions in his future investments.

It's just that what he doesn't know is that many people already see him as a greedy hungry wolf, and for his Andy Smith's money, it really makes people feel hot.