friendly takeover

A "friendly takeover" is an acquisition which is approved by the management.

Foreign companies spent an additional $4.7 billion in friendly takeovers.

It will need to build another all weather track and effect some friendly takeovers of independent courses.

The owners-to-be were completing the details for a friendly takeover.

"And we have the advantge of being able to do it right because it's a friendly takeover."

This term is used in connection with a friendly takeover.

In a friendly takeover, the management doesn't usually change, and the takeover works to the benefit of the target company.

Their distinctive blue and cream buses finally gave way in 2007 to a friendly takeover by one time rival First.

Mr. Werner said his company was interested only in a friendly takeover.

Also covered in the report are issues of hostile as opposed to friendly takeovers.