proxy fight

proxy fight
1) Often used in risk arbitrage. Technique used by an acquiring company to attempt to gain control of a takeover target. The acquirer tries to persuade the shareholders of the target company that the present management of the firm should be ousted in favor of a slate of directors favorable to the acquirer, thus enabling the acquiring company to gain control of the company without paying a premium price . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
2) Competition of outside group with management for stockholders' proxies in order to accumulate votes to elect a new board of directors . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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proxy fight ˈproxy ˌfight noun [countable] FINANCE
a method used by a company when it is trying to get control of another one in a takeover. It involves persuading people owning shares in the target (= company which the takeover attempt is aimed at) to vote for new members of the board who approve of the takeover:

• If they reject the offer, we'll have no hesitation in launching a proxy fight.

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proxy fight UK US noun [C] (also proxy battle, proxy contest)
► FINANCE a situation in which a group of investors that wants to take control of a company tries to persuade shareholders of that company to vote at shareholders' meetings in a way that helps the investors achieve what they want: »

Three directors fought their way onto the board last year in a proxy fight, charging that the firm was poorly run and needed new management.

 launch/wage/mount a proxy fight »

Investors have threatened to wage a proxy fight to replace the current board of directors.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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