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Recent Trends in M&A Activity -- An Increasingly Hostile Environment


by Joseph H. Kye
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.
Chicago Office

May 13, 2004

After a significant decline in hostile activity in 2000, attempted hostile acquisitions in 2001 increased 135% over 2000. While M&A activity dropped nearly 60% in 2001 from the previous year's levels, announced hostile acquisition activity increased from $39 billion to over $94 billion during the same period.


 

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